St. John’s Cemetery Middle Village

About St. John’s Cemetery

The cemetery sits at 80-01 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, N.Y. Bishop John Loughlin, the first Bishop of Brooklyn, established the cemetery in 1881. This large and scenic cemetery covers 190 acres of land.

Within St John’s Cemetery, section 056 provides resting places for Diocesan Priests and many other religious congregations.

Saint John’s Cemetery Corporation now owns all the cemeteries formerly managed by the Diocese of Brooklyn after the 2007 transfer. This group manages Brooklyn’s Holy Cross Cemetery, Mount St Mary in Flushing, and St Charles/Resurrection Cemetery in Farmingdale, among others.

Cemetery Rules & Regulations

Like all cemeteries, St John’s Cemetery enforces specific rules and regulations regarding visitor conduct and decorations. Although cemetery management understands the pain of losing a loved one, these rules balance the needs of visitors and the cemetery staff. The goal remains to keep the cemetery orderly and maintain its reputable standards. For a complete list of rules and regulations, please see the Planting and Decoration Regulations.

St John’s Cemetery enforces rules about decorations left at graves. However, management supports actively remembering your departed loved ones. It maintains these regulations to preserve the cemetery’s beautiful and peaceful atmosphere.

Some general rules about visitor conduct and decorations include:

• Vehicles entering the cemetery must not exceed 10 miles per hour.
• Children under 16 years old must be accompanied by an adult.
• Animals are not allowed in the cemetery.
• Visitors must not place ornaments, statuary, shells, Christmas decorations, glass or crockery jars, barriers, or other unauthorized items on any grave, plot, or memorial. Cemetery Authorities will remove such items without notice.
• Cemetery Management does not take responsibility for plants or decorations left at graves.
• After burial services, cemetery management reserves the right to remove and dispose of all floral pieces.
• Photography is not permitted anywhere in the cemetery.
• Visitors must not pick flowers or disturb plants and shrubbery.
• St John’s Cemetery removes any decorations that deteriorate and affect the cemetery’s overall beauty.
• Visitors may not place emblems of non-religious organizations on graves or plots. Authorities may, at their sole discretion, permit emblems of police and firemen.