Green-Wood Invites New Yorkers to Gather at Largest Free Day of the Dead Family Celebration
October 9, 2026
For the ninth year in a row, The Green-Wood Cemetery will host New York City’s largest FREE Day of the Dead Family Celebration on Día de Muertos, Monday, November 2, 2026, from 4pm to 7pm.
Under a Canopy of Marigolds, New Yorkers Honor Their Loved Ones at Green-Wood’s Día de Muertos Ofrenda
October 1, 2026
Visitors to Green-Wood’s annual Día de Muertos ofrenda can remember loved ones while reclining in a handwoven hammock, beneath a canopy of paper marigolds and papel picado (perforated paper banners).
Mortal Matters at Green-Wood: Where Death is the Subject and Everyone is Invited
September 10, 2026
In the span of one weekend, New Yorkers can contemplate the death of the universe with an astrophysicist, learn how a human body can become earth, enter a working crematory, dive into the science of embalming with a mortician, and participate in “Grief Karaoke” inside a nineteenth-century cemetery chapel.
Brooklyn’s Leading Cultural Institutions Unite for Brooklyn 250 Borough-Wide Commemoration
August 6, 2026
As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, six Brooklyn cultural and historical institutions are turning the sites of the Revolutionary War’s largest battle into a borough-wide public classroom, inviting thousands of New Yorkers to a series of free programs, tours, and events across the borough.
New York City Council Awards $4 Million for Community Outreach and Design of the Green-Wood Green-Way
July 27, 2026
The Green-Wood Cemetery today announced $4 million in funding from the New York City Council for community outreach and design of the Green-Wood Green-Way.
Contact
Please direct press requests for information, images, and interview opportunities to Daniela Ochoa-Bravo, Green-Wood’s Manager of Communications.
Email: dochoabravo@green-wood.com
Phone: (718) 210-3077
The External Relations Department is located at The Green-House at Green-Wood (750 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11232).