Cemetery in Westchester County
Babe Ruth gravesite: Section 25, Plot 1115, Graves 3 & 4. The new indoor building of Our Lady Queen of Peace Mausoleum Garden Mausoleum with Saint Francis of Assisi Chapel in the background Gate of Heaven Cemetery , approximately 25 miles (40 km) north of New York City , was established in 1917 at 10 West Stevens Ave. in Hawthorne , Westchester County , New York , as a Catholic burial site. Among its famous residents is baseball player Babe Ruth , whose grave has an epitaph by Cardinal Francis Spellman and is almost always adorned by many baseballs, bats and caps. Adjacent to the Garden Mausoleum is a small train station of the Metro-North Railroad Harlem Division named Mount Pleasant , where four trains stop daily, two northbound and two southbound. Several baseball players are buried here.
Notable interments Robert Abplanalp (1922–2003), inventor of the aerosol spray valveFred Allen (1894–1956), actor and comedianMario Biaggi (1917–2015), decorated policeman and US CongressmanSpruille Braden (1894–1978), diplomatRalph Branca (1926–2016), professional baseball pitcher who gave up the Shot Heard 'Round the World to Bobby Thomson in 1951Heywood Broun (1888–1939), journalistAlfred Bryan (1871-1958), songwriterRonald Paul Bucca (1954–2001), New York City Fire Department Marshal killed in the September 11 attacks Charles A. Buckley (1890–1967), United States Representative from New YorkFrances W. "Billie" Cagney, née Vernon (1899–1994), dancer and wife of James Cagney James Cagney (1899–1986), actorCharles J. Carroll (1882–1942), lawyer and politicianEmil A. Ciccotelli (1929–1998), Chief of Detectives New York City Police Department Mary Higgins Clark (1927–2020), novelistBob Considine (1906–1975), authorMark J. Coyle (1965–2007), political consultant Angelo "Gyp" DeCarlo (1902–1973), mobsterPhilip D'Antoni (1929–2018), film producerDudley Digges (1880–1947), stage and film actorBella Dodd (1904–1969), activist, teacher and attorneyDorothy Donnelly (1876–1928), actress, playwright, librettist, producer and directorJessica Dragonette (1900–1980), singerJames Farley (1888–1976), Postmaster General and advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt Joseph T. Flynn (1894–1935), World War I pilot, New York State Assemblyman, lawyerSamuel J. Foley (1891–1951), attorney, judge and Bronx County District Attorney Bill Froats (1930–1998), baseball playerHenry Jacques Gaisman , philanthropist and inventor of the safety razorRalph W. Gallagher (1881–1952), chairman of Standard Oil of New Jersey Federico García Rodríguez (1859–1945), father of Federico García Lorca Hector Guimard (1867–1942), French architect and most prominent representative of the Art Nouveau movement in FranceErnest E. L. Hammer , Administrator of the Bronx, Supreme Court Justice of the State of New York, presided over Bruno Hauptman trial for extradition in the Lindbergh baby kidnappingFrank Hardart (1884–1972), son of founder of Horn & Hardart automatJulie Haydon (1910–1994), actressMartin J. Healy (1883–1942), member of the New York State Assembly and New York City Board of Aldermen Anna Held (1872–1918), actress and singerPortland Hoffa (1905–1990), actressPhillips Holmes (1907–1942), actorPhillips Holmes (1911–1942), Royal Canadian Air Force airman of World War II (lying in a Commonwealth war grave )[1] Bess Houdini (1876–1943), wife of magician Harry Houdini Peter Hujar (1934–1987), photographer and artistG. Murray Hulbert (1881–1950), United States Representative from New YorkEthel D. Jacobs (1910–2001), thoroughbred racehorse ownerPeggy Hopkins Joyce (1893–1957), actress and socialiteArthur Judson (1881–1975), co-founder of CBSOwen M. Kiernan (1867–1940), member of the New York State Assembly Dorothy Kilgallen (1913–1965), journalist and television personalityRichard Kollmar (1910–1971), Broadway producerT. Vincent Learson (1912–1996), IBM chairman and Ambassador at Large for Law of the Sea MattersErnesto Lecuona (1896–1963), composer and songwriterAugustus C. Long (1904–2001), chairman of Texaco James J. Lyons (1890–1966), Bronx Borough President from 1934 to 1962Ann Mara (1929–2015), wife of Wellington MaraTim Mara (1887–1959), founder of the NFL New York Giants Wellington Mara (1916–2005), owner of the NFL New York GiantsBilly Martin (1928–1989), Major League Baseball player/managerMalachi Martin (1921–1999), Irish Catholic priest and writerAnne O'Hare McCormick (1880–1954), Pulitzer Prize-winning journalistPat McDonald (1871–1954), Olympic champion weight-throwerCharles B. McLaughlin (1884–1947), attorney, judge and Bronx County District AttorneyJohn McSherry (1944–1996), Major League Baseball umpireSal Mineo (1939–1976), actorCondé Nast (1873–1942), publisherGeorge Jean Nathan (1882–1958), drama criticElliott Nugent (1896–1980), actor, director and screenwriterJohn P. O'Brien (1873–1951), politician and mayor of New York CityRichard W. O'Neill (1898–1986), soldier and Medal of Honor recipient in World War I Fulton Oursler (1893–1952), writerLester W. Patterson (1893–1947), Bronx assemblyman and county judge.Westbrook Pegler (1894–1969), Pulitzer Prize-winning journalistJustin Pierce (1975–2000), actor and skateboarderMike Quill (1905–1966), founder of Transport Workers Union of AmericaDan Reeves (1912–1971), former owner of the NFL Los Angeles Rams Michael Restel (1924–2014), World War II Navy Veteran Babe Ruth (1895–1948), Hall of Fame baseball playerClaire Merritt Ruth (1900–1976), wife of baseball great Babe Ruth Dutch Schultz (1902–1935), mobster[2] Charles M. Schwab (1862–1939), steel magnate (remains later moved to St. Michael Cemetery in Loretto, Pennsylvania )Arnold Skaaland (1925–2007), professional wrestlerSpyros Skouras (1893–1971), former president of 20th Century-Fox Lisa Steinberg (1981–1987), child murder victimDaniel V. Sullivan (1886–1966), attorney, judge and Bronx County District AttorneyHenry Waters Taft (1859–1945), lawyer and author, brother of President William Howard Taft Mike Tiernan (1867–1918), professional baseball player New York GiantsJames H. Torrens (1874–1952), politicianVito Valentinetti (1928–2021), Major League Baseball pitcherJimmy Walker (1881–1946), mayor of New York CityBill Wendell (1924–1999), television announcerWilliam B. Widnall (1906–1983), former US CongressmanMalcolm Wilson (1914–2000), Governor of New York for whom the previous Tappan Zee Bridge over the Hudson River was namedSal Yvars (1924–2008), Major League Baseball catcherImage gallery New monuments
Kehoe mausoleum
Cremation urn
The tower near Bradhurst Avenue
Main entrance
Brenner mausoleum
The shrine near the grave of Babe Ruth
The Gothic Bridge
Saint Francis of Assisi Chapel
Child tombstone
Frieze at entrance to Queen of Peace Mausoleum
Statue at Upper Entrance
The Receiving Tomb
References ^ "CWGC casualty record". ^ Brooks, Patricia (October 22, 2008). "The Rich and Famous, at Rest in Eden". The New York Times . Retrieved June 12, 2019 . External links Gate of Heaven Cemetery at FindAGrave.com Gate of Heaven Cemetery at Interment.net 41°05′45″N 73°47′40″W / 41.095697°N 73.794546°W / 41.095697; -73.794546