The historic cemetery is running out of space for new graves, and plans to offer a more sustainable alternative to cremation ...

Starting next year, the storied cemetery will offer a new burial option: “natural organic reduction,” also known as human composting.

In what could be a first for our area, Green-Wood Cemetery is Brooklyn is planning to offer so-called "human composting." ...

Green-Wood Cemetery will start offering a service called Natural Organic Reduction, where a human body is decomposed naturally and turned into soil.

Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery is set to become the first on the East Coast to offer human composting.

Green-Wood Cemetery is moving forward to become the first cemetery in New York state to offer natural organic reduction. It's ...

Brooklyn's Greenwood Cemetery and its thousands of permanent residents are the focal point of Eugene Richards's latest book, Remembrance Garden. (all photographs ...

GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY — Richard J. Moylan served as the president of Green-Wood Cemetery since 1986 and announced his decision to retire in 2025. As the head of one of the nation’s most storied ...

On September 6-7, 2025, the MasterVoices Chorus sings in ARCH, an installation opera, by Kaleider, the UK-based production studio, at The Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn. The two free Down to Earth ...

Green-Wood Cemetery is the permanent resting spot for nearly 600,000 New Yorkers, but it wasn’t always the famous national landmark it is today. Explore how the cemetery grounds are maintained, which ...