Gate of Heaven Cemetery (Hawthorne, New York)
The Gate of Heaven Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery in Hawthorne , Westchester County , New York , about 15 miles north of New York City , It was opened on West Stevens Avenue in 1917. Among the most famous people buried here is the baseball player Babe Ruth , whose grave bears an epitaph of Cardinal Francis Spellman and is continuously honored by the laying down of baseball balls, bats and hats. In addition to a few other baseball players and athletes, three former mayors of New York City and other politicians are also buried here. Adjacent to the Garden Mausoleum is a station on the Metro North Railroad , where four trains stop daily, two in each direction.
Buried personalities (selection)
- Robert Abplanalp (1922–2003), inventor of the spray can
- Fred Allen (1894-1956), actor
- Heywood Broun (1888-1939), journalist
- Charles A. Buckley (1890–1967), Congressman
- James Cagney (1899–1986), actor and his wife Billie (1899–1994)
- Bob Considine (1906-1975), writer
- Paul Dixon (1918–1974), TV and radio entertainer
- Bella Dodd (1904–1969), communist and later anti-communist activist
- Jessica Dragonette (1900–1980), singer
- James Farley (1888–1976), Postmaster General and Advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Hector Guimard (1867–1942), architect and prominent representative of Art Nouveau in France
- Julie Haydon (1910–1994), actress
- Anna Held (1872–1918), actress
- Bess Houdini (1876–1943), wife of Harry Houdini
- G. Murray Hulbert (1881–1950), Congressman
- Ethel D. Jacobs (1910-2001), racehorse owner
- Peggy Hopkins Joyce (1893–1957), actress
- Arthur Judson (1881–1975), co-founder of CBS
- Dorothy Kilgallen (1913-1965), journalist
- Thomas F. Leahy (1937–2002), President of CBS Television
- T. Vincent Learson (1912-1996), Chairman of IBM
- Ernesto Lecuona (1895–1963), composer and lyricist
- James J. Lyons (1890–1966), Borough President of the Bronx from 1934–1962
- Tim Mara (1887–1959), founder of the New York Giants
- Wellington Mara (1916–2005), owner of the New York Giants
- Billy Martin (1928–1989), Major League Baseball player and manager
- Malachi Martin (1921–1999), writer
- Pat McDonald (1878–1954), Olympic champion in the shot put in 1912 and in weight throwing in 1920
- Joseph V. McKee , New York Assembly MP and Mayor of New York City
- John McSherry (1944-1996), Umpire in Major League Baseball
- Sal Mineo (1939–1976), actor
- Condé Montrose Nast (1873–1942), publisher
- George Jean Nathan (1882–1958), theater critic
- Elliott Nugent (1896–1980), actor, director and screenwriter
- John P. O'Brien (1873–1951), Mayor of New York City
- Richard W. O'Neill (1898–1986), recipient of the Medal of Honor from the First World War
- Fulton Oursler (1893-1952), writer
- Westbrook Pegler (1894–1969), journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner
- Mike Quill (1905–1966), founder of the Transport Workers Union of America
- Dan Reeves (1912–1971), owner of the NFL club Cleveland / Los Angeles Rams
- Babe Ruth (1895-1948), Hall of Fame baseball player
- Dutch Schultz (1901-1935), Mobster
- Charles M. Schwab (1862–1939), steel magnate (later transferred to St. Michael Cemetery in Loretto , Pennsylvania)
- Arnold Skaaland (1925-2007), professional wrestler
- Spyros Skouras (1893–1971), President of 20th Century Fox
- James H. Torrens (1874–1952), politician
- Jimmy Walker (1881–1946), Mayor of New York City
- William B. Widnall (1906-1983), Congressman
- Malcolm Wilson (1914-2000), Governor of New York
- Sal Yvars (1924-2008), baseball player
Image gallery
Tower on Bradhurst Avenue
Main entrance
Shrine at the grave of Babe Ruth
The Gothic Bridge
Saint Francis of Assisi Chapel
Frieze at the entrance to the Queen of Peace Mausoleum
Statue at the Upper Entrance
The Receiving Tomb
Web links
Coordinates: 41 ° 5 ′ 44.5 " N , 73 ° 47 ′ 40.4" W.