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Gate of Heaven Cemetery (Hawthorne, New York)

Gate of Heaven Cemetery
Gate of Heaven Cemetery Upper Entrance December, 2011.JPG
The upper entrance to Gate of Heaven Cemetery
Details
Established 1917
Location Hawthorne, New York
Type Roman Catholic
Owned by Archdiocese of New York

The Gate of Heaven Cemetery, approximately 25 miles (40 km) north of New York City, was established in 1917 at 10 West Stevens Ave. in Hawthorne, Westchester County, New York, as a Roman Catholic burial site. Among its famous residents is baseball player Babe Ruth, whose grave has an epitaph by Cardinal Francis Spellman and is almost always adorned by a large number of baseballs, bats, and caps. Adjacent to the Garden Mausoleum is a small train station of the Metro North Railroad Harlem Division named Mount Pleasant where 4 trains stop daily, 2 northbound and 2 southbound. Several baseball players are buried here.

New monuments

Kehoe mausoleum

Cremation urn

The tower near Bradhurst Avenue

Main entrance

Brenner mausoleum

The shrine near the grave of Babe Ruth

The Gothic Bridge

Saint Francis of Assisi Chapel

Child tombstone

Frieze at entrance to Queen of Peace Mausoleum

Statue at Upper Entrance

The Receiving Tomb

Coordinates: 41°05′45″N 73°47′40″W / 41.095697°N 73.794546°W / 41.095697; -73.794546


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