St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery graveyard stories

St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery sits on the former Stuyvesant family farm and includes the vault of Peter Stuyvesant in its churchyard, making it one of Manhattan's oldest historic sites. Parish histories and local guidebooks record ghost stories and accounts of unexplained occurrences in and around the churchyard, often linking them to early burials and the site's colonial past. These tales are part of local folklore and are discussed alongside the church's documented historical record.