Wikipedia's first sentence called it “cemetery in queens”. Today it says “jewish cemetery at 80-35 pitkin avenue in ozone park”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “A gateway in Acacia Cemetery erected by a synagogue located in Williamsburg , Brooklyn”. It now reads “Jewish cemetery in Queens, New York”.
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The opening as it read in 2020
A gateway in Acacia Cemetery erected by a synagogue located in Williamsburg , Brooklyn Bayside Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery located at 80-35 Pitkin Avenue in Ozone Park , Queens , New York . It covers about 12 acres, and has had about 35,000 burials.1 It is bordered on the east by Acacia Cemetery, on the north by Liberty Avenue , on the west by Mokom Sholom Cemetery, and on the south by Pitkin Avenue. Bayside was established by Congregation Shaare Zedek when the latter was an Orthodox Jewish synagogue on the Lower East Side of Manhattan . Shaare Zedek still owns Bayside Cemetery and is currently a Conservative synagogue located on the Upper West Side , about ten miles away.2The cemetery is reachable via public transportation by taking the IND Fulton Street Line A train to either the 80th Street station and walking west on Liberty Avenue around Mokom Sholom Cemetery to Pitkin Avenue, or to the 88th Street station and walking east on Liberty Avenue around Acacia Cemetery to Pitkin Avenue.3 The New York Times . p. "Reclaiming Bayside Cemetery - In the 1865 Jewish graveyard, a diverse group of volunteers fights the insults of man and nature" .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
The Bayside Cemetery is a cemetery in Queens , New York . It one of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in New York City . It was founded in the mid-nineteenth century, and among those buried there are many military veterans from the Civil War onward. It is bordered on the east by Acacia Cemetery and on the west by Mokom Sholom Cemetery. Each cemetery is a separate and distinct entity. Both Acacia Cemetery and Mokom Sholom Cemetery are well maintained by their respective administrations and professional ground crews. However, in the last several decades Bayside Cemetery has fallen into extensive disrepair. It is individually owned by Congregation Shaare Zedek , which is located several miles away on the Upper West Side of Manhattan . The Congregation Shaare Zedek claims that the cost of maintaining Bayside Cemetery is more than the congregation can bear; it used funds collected for the improvement of this desecrated cemetery to repair the roof on its synagogue.
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A gateway in Acacia Cemetery set up by a Williamsburg synagogue The Bayside Cemetery is a cemetery in Ozone Park , Queens , New York . It is one of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in New York City . It was founded in the mid-nineteenth century, and among those buried there are many military veterans from the Civil War onward. It is bordered on the east by Acacia Cemetery and on the west by Mokom Sholom Cemetery.
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It covers about 12 acres (4.9 ha) and has about 35,000 interments. It is bordered on the east by Acacia Cemetery, on the north by Liberty Avenue , on the west by Mokom Sholom Cemetery, and on the south by Pitkin Avenue. Bayside was established by Congregation Shaare Zedek when the latter was an Orthodox Jewish synagogue on the Lower East Side of Manhattan . Shaare Zedek still owns Bayside Cemetery and is currently a Conservative synagogue on Manhattan's Upper West Side , about 10 miles (16 km) away.The cemetery is reachable via the New York City Subway 's IND Fulton Street Line ( A train) to the 80th Street or 88th Street stations. The New York Times . p. "Reclaiming Bayside Cemetery – In the 1865 Jewish graveyard, a diverse group of volunteers fights the insults of man and nature" .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Jewish cemetery in Queens, New York For the cemetery in Potsdam, New York, see Bayside Cemetery and Gatehouse Complex . It covers about 12 acres (4.9 ha) and has about 35,000 interments. It is bordered on the east by Acacia Cemetery, on the north by Liberty Avenue , on the west by Mokom Sholom Cemetery, and on the south by Pitkin Avenue. Bayside was established by Congregation Shaare Zedek when the latter was an Orthodox Jewish synagogue on the Lower East Side of Manhattan . Shaare Zedek still owns Bayside Cemetery and is currently a Conservative synagogue on Manhattan's Upper West Side , about 10 miles (16 km) away. The cemetery is reachable via the New York City Subway 's IND Fulton Street Line ( A train) to the 80th Street or 88th Street stations. The New York Times . p. "Reclaiming Bayside Cemetery – In the 1865 Jewish graveyard, a diverse group of volunteers fights the insults of man and nature" .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “cemetery in queens”. Today it says “jewish cemetery at 80-35 pitkin avenue in ozone park”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “A gateway in Acacia Cemetery erected by a synagogue located in Williamsburg , Brooklyn”. It now reads “Jewish cemetery in Queens, New York”. Read the current article and compare.
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cemetery in queens
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jewish cemetery at 80-35 pitkin avenue in ozone park
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