Wellwood Cemetery, Long Island

#98 among attractions in Long Island

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Facts and practical information

Wellwood Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery in West Babylon, New York. It was established as the annex to Beth David Cemetery in Elmont, New York. The cemetery comprises many sections, each under the auspices of a synagogue, landsmanschaft, or group such as the Brooklyn Jewish Postal Workers Union. Each of these is marked, most commonly by a stone arch or a pair of stone columns. Many of the landsmanshaft have dedicated Holocaust monuments to the victims of the Nazis in their ancestral town. Examples include Baranovichi, Belarus; Ioannina, Greece; Pilica, Poland; Sokołów Podlaski, Poland; and Burshtyn, Ukraine. ()

Coordinates: 40°44'19"N, 73°23'12"W

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Wellwood Cemetery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Adventureland, Central Branch, American Airpower Museum, Bethpage State Park.

2 miNW
Amusement park
Adventureland, Farmingdale
51 min walk • Adventureland is an amusement park in East Farmingdale, New York, located on Route 110. Adventureland has been Long Island's main amusement park since 1962. There are a total of thirty rides, two of which are roller coasters and three are water rides.
4.4 miW
Bridge
Central Branch, Long Island
112 min walk • The Central Branch is a rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York, extending from 40.734°N 73.470°W / 40.734; -73.470 just east of Bethpage station to 40.696°N 73.341°W / 40.696; -73.341 just west of Babylon station.
1.4 miW
History museum, Specialty museum, Military museum
American Airpower Museum, Farmingdale
36 min walk • The American Airpower Museum is an aviation museum located on the former site of Republic Aviation at Republic Airport in East Farmingdale, New York.
3.7 miW
Park
Bethpage State Park, Bethpage Black Course
95 min walk • Bethpage State Park is a 1,477-acre New York state park on the border of Nassau County and Suffolk County on Long Island. The park contains tennis courts, picnic and recreational areas and a polo field, but is best known for its five golf courses, including the Bethpage Black Course, which hosted the 2002 and 2009 U.S.
2.6 miSE
Area
West Babylon, Babylon
68 min walk • West Babylon is a census-designated place in the Town of Babylon in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 43,213 at the 2010 census.
2 miNW
Amusement park, Amusement ride
Turbulence, Long Island
50 min walk • Turbulence is a steel spinning roller coaster at Adventureland in East Farmingdale, New York. The coaster opened in May 2015 and replaced the aging Hurricane coaster, which had operated at the park for 22 years. It is considered as the park's headlining attraction.
4.4 miSE
City hall
Babylon Town Hall, Babylon
113 min walk • Babylon Town Hall, also known as Town of Babylon Old Town Hall, is a historic town hall located at Babylon in Suffolk County, New York. It was built in 1917 and is a 2 ¹⁄₂-story Classical Revival style building with a low hipped roof. It is rectangular in shape, approximately 58 feet long and 54 feet wide.
4.1 miNE
40°45'41"N • 73°18'49"W
Monster Mini Golf, Long Island
106 min walk • Golf, Park, Game and entertainment center
4.4 miSE
40°40'60"N • 73°20'37"W
Bergen Point Golf Course, Babylon
114 min walk • Golf
1.3 miN
Cemetery
Long Island National Cemetery, Babylon
34 min walk • Long Island National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in Suffolk County, New York. It is surrounded by a group of other separate cemeteries and memorial parks situated along Wellwood Avenue – these include Pinelawn Memorial Park, St. Charles / Resurrection, Beth Moses, New Montefiore and Mt. Ararat Cemeteries.
4 miNW
History museum, Museum
Old Bethpage Village Restoration, Plainview
103 min walk • The Old Bethpage Village Restoration is a 209-acre recreated living museum village in Old Bethpage, New York. The village opened in 1970 with dozens of historic structures that had been saved from demolition by Nassau County.

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How to get to Wellwood Cemetery by public transport?

The nearest stations to Wellwood Cemetery:

Train

Pinelawn (21 min walk)