St. John Cemetery, Queens, New York
Main entrance at Metropolitan Avenue & 80th Street
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| Established | 1879 |
| Location | Middle Village, Queens, New York |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 40°42′54″N 73°52′01″W / 40.71500°N 73.86694°WCoordinates: 40°42′54″N 73°52′01″W / 40.71500°N 73.86694°W |
| Type | Roman Catholic Cemetery |
| Owned by | Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, Staffed by Catholic Cemeteries |
| Website | St. John Cemetery |
St. John Cemetery is an official Roman Catholic burial ground located in Middle Village in the Queens borough of New York City. It is one of nine official Roman Catholic burial grounds in the New York Metropolitan Area. St. John, along with St. Charles/Resurrection Cemeteries in Farmingdale, Long Island, is among the largest cemeteries in New York State. Since its opening, St. John has been the resting place of various famous and infamous people in New York society, such as Mario Cuomo (1932–2015), Governor of the state of New York from 1983–1995, John F. Hylan (1868–1936), mayor of the city of New York from 1918–1925, Geraldine Ferraro (1935–2011), the first female Vice Presidential candidate representing a major American political party, Lucky Luciano (1897–1962), considered the father of modern organized crime in the United States, and John J. Gotti (1940–2002), the head of the New York based Gambino crime family from 1985–2002.
Also buried here are fitness guru Charles Atlas (1893–1972), slain NYPD police officer Rafael Ramos (1974–2014), and photographer Robert Mapplethorpe (1946–1989).
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