Discover a Brooklyn oasis known as Green-Wood Cemetery

Travel to Green-Wood Cemetery, a national landmark just outside New York City, and find out which famous people chose this as their final resting place and why this space is so important to Brooklyn. Explore Green-Wood Cemetery – where history rests in peace, on a brand-new episode of "Revealed" - tonight at 7:30 p.m.

News 12 Staff

Nov 10, 2023, 8:04 PM

Updated 154 days ago

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Green-Wood Cemetery is the permanent resting spot for nearly 600,000 New Yorkers, but it wasn’t always the famous national landmark it is today.
Explore how the cemetery grounds are maintained, which famous people chose this as their final resting place, and why the space is important to Brooklyn.
Travel to a Brooklyn oasis known as Green-Wood Cemetery on a brand-new episode of "Revealed."

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