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Subject: [NYC] NY: Brooklyn Wellwood Cemetery Question.
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 15:31:09 EST


On 2/2/04 (12:32:10 PM MST), Brett Lieberman () asked,

"I am looking for information on Wellwood Cemetery, I belive its in Brooklyn
off,Wellwood Ave, Suffolk, Brooklyn. I need a look up there for someone
buired their in 1960.

I am wondering if anyone has dealt with this Cemetery and who to contact
there if one needed a look up done and what condition the Cemetery might be in
now?"

The Wellwood Cemetery -- final resting place of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
(executed on June 19, 1953 for providing American Atomic secrets to the Soviet
Union) -- is in the Hamlet of East Farmingdale in the Town of Babylon, Suffolk
County.


Wellwood Cemetery
Wellwood Avenue
East Farmingdale (Farmingdale P.O.), NY 11735

Tel: 631/249-2300
Fax: 631/???-????

eMail: ?????

http://????????????????


The area where this cemetery is located also includes a number of other
cemeteries and, in the past, was in the then Hamlet of Pinelawn. However, in 1980
the part of the Hamlet of Pinelawn where the cemeteries were located was
absorbed into the Hamlet of East Farmingdale. (Other parts of what had been the
Hamlet of Pinelawn, the part with living, breathing people in it, was absorbed
into the Hamlet of Wyandanch, also in the Town of Babylon.)

East Farmingdale is one of those many communities on Long Island where none
of the places in East Farmingdale have an "East Farmingdale, NY" mailing
address.

The pertinent geography:

East Farmingdale is a hamlet (unincorporated area) in the northwestern part
of the Town of Babylon, Suffolk County (along the Babylon/Huntington/Oyster Bay
town line and the Suffolk/Nassau County line ). There are 3 villages
(incorporated areas) and 12 hamlets all or partly in the Town of Babylon. There are
no cities and 10 towns in Suffolk County. There are 2 Indian reservations in
Suffolk County. (I'm including after my name a NYS Geographic Glossary with
the NYS definitions of county, city, town, village, hamlet and postal zone.)

Beginning on the north and moving in a clockwise direction, the Hamlet of
East Farmingdale in the Town of Babylon is bordered on the north by the Hamlet of
Melville in the Town of Huntington (the Babylon/Huntington Town line); on the
east by the Hamlets of Wyandanch and West Babylon; on the south by the
Hamlets of North Lindenhurst and North Amityville and, on the west by the Village of
Farmingdale, Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County (the Babylon/Oyster Bay Town
line and the Suffolk/Nassau County line).

And, as occurs in every one of Suffolk County's 157 communities (0 cities, 31
villages and 126 hamlets), the hamlet and the postal zone that use the same
name, have much different borders: In this case there is no "East Farmingdale,
NY" postal zone and places in the Hamlet of East Farmingdale have other than
an "East Farmingdale, NY" mailing address (these places have a "Farmingdale,
NY 11735" mailing address).

For those who have their copy of the 2002 or earlier edition of the LI
Population Survey or have already downloaded the report from the Long Island Power
Authority web site (eMail me directly if you need instructions on how to access
and download the report), you'll find the Hamlet of East Farmingdale in the
Town of Babylon, Suffolk County on pages 14 & 18 (map) and 19 (population
estimate).

I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting.

Happy Tu B'Shvat, the Jewish Arbor Day celebrating the New Year for trees
(begins Friday, February 6 at sunset),

Walter Greenspan

. Cities, Towns, Villages, Hamlets and Postal Zones in New York State

New York State is divided into counties.

County
A county is a municipal corporation, a subdivision of the state, created to
perform state functions; a "regional" government. All counties are divided
into cities, towns and Indian reservations.

City
A city is a unique governmental entity with its own special charter. Cities
are not sub-divided, except into neighborhoods, which are informal geographic
areas.

Town
A town is a municipal corporation and encompasses all territory within the
state except that within cities or Indian reservations. Towns can be
sub-divided into villages and hamlets.

Village
A village is a general purpose municipal corporation formed voluntarily by
the residents of an area in one or more towns to provide themselves with
municipal services. The pattern of village organization is similar to those of a
city. A village is divided into neighborhoods, which are informal geographic
areas.

Hamlet
A hamlet is an unincorporated area in one or more towns that is governed
at-large by the town(s) it is in. A hamlet is divided into neighborhoods, which
are informal geographic areas.

Postal Zone "City" and "Town"
A postal zone "City" and "Town" is an administrative district established by
the U.S. Postal Service to deliver the mail. Postal zone "City" and "Town"
may not (but are encouraged to) conform to municipal or community borders.
Thus, postal zone location does not always determine city, village or hamlet
location.


Please be aware: In many areas of New York State, the problem of
non-conforming postal zones leads to a situation where the majority of places have a
different community name in their mailing address than the community where that
place is actually located.

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