Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City

#42 among attractions in Jersey City

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Holy Name Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery in Jersey City, New Jersey administered by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark. It was established in 1866 and at the end of calendar year 2002 has accepted 264,984 burials. The cemetery parcel is 63 acres and all but 0.3 acres has been developed and sold for burials. It is an active cemetery providing services to Catholic families. ()

Established: 1866 (158 years ago)Coordinates: 40°43'53"N, 74°4'43"W

Address

823 W Side AveWest SideJersey City 07306 United States

Contact

(201) 433-0342

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Holy Name Cemetery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Stanley Theater, Loew's Jersey Theatre, Mana Contemporary, Temple Beth-El.

0.8 miE
Nightlife, Cinema
Stanley Theater, Jersey City
22 min walk • The Stanley Theater at Kennedy Boulevard and Pavonia Avenue is near Journal Square in Jersey City, New Jersey. The theater opened to the public on March 24, 1928.
0.7 miE
Theater, Concerts and shows
Loew's Jersey Theatre, Jersey City
19 min walk • The Loew's Jersey Theatre is a movie palace type theater and live entertainment venue located in Jersey City, New Jersey. Opened in 1929, it was one of the five Loew's Wonder Theatres, a series of flagship Loew's movie palaces in the New York City area.
0.7 miNE
Museum, Art gallery, Art museum
Mana Contemporary, Jersey City
18 min walk • Mana Contemporary is a cultural center in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States with affiliated centers in Chicago and Miami.
0.7 miS
Synagogue
Temple Beth-El, Jersey City
19 min walk • Temple Beth-El is a Reform synagogue in Jersey City, New Jersey. located at 2419 Kennedy Boulevard in the Bergen Section.
0.5 miSW
Park
Lincoln Park, Jersey City
13 min walk • Lincoln Park is an urban park in Jersey City, New Jersey with an area of 273.4 acres. Part of the Hudson County Park System, it opened in 1905 and was originally known as West Side Park. The park was designed by Daniel W. Langton and Charles N.
0.7 miN
Bridge
Wittpenn Bridge, Jersey City
18 min walk • The Wittpenn Bridge is a vertical-lift bridge that carries New Jersey Route 7 over the Hackensack River connecting Kearny and Jersey City, New Jersey. It is named after H. Otto Wittpenn, a former mayor of Jersey City. The bridge has an annual average daily traffic of nearly 50,000 vehicles, including about 2,000 trucks.
0.5 miS
Monuments and statues
Lincoln the Mystic, Jersey City
13 min walk • Lincoln the Mystic, also known as the Abraham Lincoln Memorial, is a bronze statue by James Earle Fraser. It is located at Lincoln Park in Hudson County, New Jersey, near the beginning of the Lincoln Highway.
0.6 miSE
Church
Old Bergen Church, Jersey City
17 min walk • The Old Bergen Church is a historic church congregation in Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. Established in 1660 in what was then the Dutch colony of New Netherland, it is the oldest continuous religious congregation in what is today the State of New Jersey.
0.8 miE
Skyscraper
1 Journal Square, Jersey City
21 min walk • 1 Journal Square is a skyscraper complex at Journal Square in Jersey City, New Jersey proposed by the Kushner Companies. The initial version consisted of two towers with roughly 3,000 residential units and 160,000 square feet if commercial space, but the project has been scaled back as of 2020.
0.7 miE
Square
Bergen Square, Jersey City
18 min walk • Bergen Square, at the intersection of Bergen Avenue and Academy Street in Jersey City, is in the southwestern part of the much larger Journal Square district.
0.6 miN
Bridge
PATH Lift Bridge, Jersey City
17 min walk • The PATH Lift is a lift bridge carrying the Port Authority Trans-Hudson rapid transit line across the Hackensack River between Kearny and Jersey City, New Jersey. It is used by PATH trains going to and from Newark.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Holy Name Cemetery?

Nearby attractions include Hudson County, Jersey City (6 min walk), Marion Section, Jersey City (10 min walk), Saint Peter's University, Jersey City (11 min walk), Lincoln Park, Jersey City (13 min walk).

How to get to Holy Name Cemetery by public transport?

The nearest stations to Holy Name Cemetery:

Bus

Sip Avenue at Tonnelle Avenue • Lines: 10 (16 min walk)
JFK Boulevard at Communipaw Avenue • Lines: 10, 119 (21 min walk)

Metro

Journal Square Transportation Center • Lines: Jsq–33, JSQ–33 via HOB, Nwk–Wtc (22 min walk)

Light rail

West Side Avenue • Lines: Hblr (32 min walk)