Green‑Wood Cemetery as a 19th‑century attraction

Green‑Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn was founded in 1838 and became a popular rural‑cemetery destination for 19th‑century New Yorkers, drawing visitors for its landscape, monuments, and views of the harbor. The cemetery contains the graves of numerous notable figures and has been the subject of preservation efforts and local stories about its monuments and historic landscape. Green‑Wood is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and continues to be referenced in accounts of New York's social and cultural history.