Gate of Heaven Cemetery (Hawthorne, New York)

Gate of Heaven Cemetery, approximately 25 miles (40 km) north of New York City, was established in 1917 at 10 West Stevens Avenue in Hawthorne, Westchester County, New York, as a Catholic burial site. Several famous individuals are buried here including actors, athletes and politicians. Among its residents is baseball player Babe Ruth, whose grave has an epitaph by Cardinal Francis Spellman and is almost always adorned by many baseballs, bats and caps. Adjacent to the Garden Mausoleum is the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Division Mount Pleasant station. One train each way stops here on weekdays, and three trains each way stop here on weekends. Notable interments Robert Abplanalp (1922–2003), inventor of the aerosol spray valve Fred Allen (1894–1956), actor and comedian Odette Barsa (1901–1975), Syrian-born American fashion designer Mario Biaggi (1917–2015), decorated policeman and US Congressman Spruille Braden (1894–1978), diplomat Ralph Branca (1926–2016), professional baseball pitcher who gave up the Shot Heard 'Round the World to Bobby Thomson in 1951 Heywood Broun (1888–1939), journalist Alfred Bryan (1871–1958), songwriter Ronald Paul Bucca (1954–2001), New York City Fire Department Marshal killed in the September 11 attacks Charles A. Buckley (1890–1967), United States Representative from New York Frances W. "Billie" Cagney, née Vernon (1899–1994), dancer and wife of James Cagney James Cagney (1899–1986), actor Charles J. Carroll (1882–1942), lawyer and politician Emil A. Ciccotelli (1929–1998), Chief of Detectives New York City Police Department Mary Higgins Clark (1927–2020), novelist Bob Considine (1906–1975), author Mark J. Coyle (1965–2007), political consultant Angelo "Gyp" DeCarlo (1902–1973), mobster Philip D'Antoni (1929–2018), film producer Dudley Digges (1880–1947), stage and film actor Bella Dodd (1904–1969), activist, teacher and attorney Dorothy Donnelly (1876–1928), actress, playwright, librettist, producer and director Jessica Dragonette (1900–1980), singer James Farley (1888–1976), Postmaster General and advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt Joseph T. Flynn (1894–1935), World War I pilot, New York State Assemblyman, lawyer Samuel J. Foley (1891–1951), attorney, judge and Bronx County District Attorney Bill Froats (1930–1998), baseball player Henry Jacques Gaisman, philanthropist and inventor of the safety razor Ralph W. Gallagher (1881–1952), chairman of Standard Oil of New Jersey Alexander Gettler (1883–1968), toxicologist and "the father of forensic toxicology in America" Federico García Rodríguez (1859–1945), father of Federico García Lorca Hector Guimard (1867–1942), French architect and most prominent representative of the Art Nouveau movement in France Ernest E. L. Hammer (December 17, 1884 – March 10, 1970), Administrator of the Bronx, Supreme Court Justice of the State of New York, presided over Bruno Hauptman trial for extradition in the Lindbergh baby kidnapping Frank Hardart (1884–1972), son of founder of Horn & Hardart automat Julie Haydon (1910–1994), actress Martin J. Healy (1883–1942), member of the New York State Assembly and New York City Board of Aldermen Anna Held (1872–1918), actress and singer Portland Hoffa (1905–1990), actress Phillips Holmes (1907–1942), actor, Royal Canadian Air Force airman of World War II (recorded by Commonwealth War Graves Commission with younger age of 31.) Bess Houdini (1876–1943), wife of magician Harry Houdini Peter Hujar (1934–1987), photographer and artist G. Murray Hulbert (1881–1950), United States Representative from New York Ethel D. Jacobs (1910–2001), thoroughbred racehorse owner Peggy Hopkins Joyce (1893–1957), actress and socialite Arthur Judson (1881–1975), co-founder of CBS Owen M. Kiernan (1867–1940), member of the New York State Assembly Dorothy Kilgallen (1913–1965), journalist and television personality Richard Kollmar (1910–1971), Broadway producer T. Vincent Learson (1912–1996), IBM chairman and Ambassador at Large for Law of the Sea Matters Ernesto Lecuona (1896–1963), composer and songwriter Augustus C. Long (1904–2001), chairman of Texaco James J. Lyons (1890–1966), Bronx Borough President from 1934 to 1962 Ann Mara (1929–2015), wife of Wellington Mara Tim Mara (1887–1959), founder of the NFL New York Giants Wellington Mara (1916–2005), owner of the NFL New York Giants Billy Martin (1928–1989), Major League Baseball player/manager Malachi Martin (1921–1999), Irish Catholic priest and writer Anne O'Hare McCormick (1880–1954), Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Pat McDonald (1871–1954), Olympic champion weight-thrower Charles B. McLaughlin (1884–1947), attorney, judge and Bronx County District Attorney John McSherry (1944–1996), Major League Baseball umpire Sal Mineo (1939–1976), actor Condé Nast (1873–1942), publisher George Jean Nathan (1882–1958), drama critic Elliott Nugent (1896–1980), actor, director and screenwriter John P. O'Brien (1873–1951), politician and mayor of New York City Richard W. O'Neill (1898–1986), soldier and Medal of Honor recipient in World War I Fulton Oursler (1893–1952), writer Lester W. Patterson (1893–1947), Bronx assemblyman and county judge. Westbrook Pegler (1894–1969), Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Justin Pierce (1975–2000), actor and skateboarder Mike Quill (1905–1966), founder of Transport Workers Union of America Dan Reeves (1912–1971), former owner of the NFL Los Angeles Rams Michael Restel (1924–2014), World War II Navy Veteran Babe Ruth (1895–1948), Hall of Fame baseball player Claire Merritt Ruth (1900–1976), wife of baseball great Babe Ruth Dutch Schultz (1902–1935), mobster Charles M. Schwab (1862–1939), steel magnate (remains later moved to St. Michael Cemetery in Loretto, Pennsylvania) Arnold Skaaland (1925–2007), professional wrestler Spyros Skouras (1893–1971), former president of 20th Century-Fox Lisa Steinberg (1981–1987), child murder victim Daniel V. Sullivan (1886–1966), attorney, judge and Bronx County District Attorney Henry Waters Taft (1859–1945), lawyer and author, brother of President William Howard Taft Mike Tiernan (1867–1918), professional baseball player New York Giants James H. Torrens (1874–1952), politician Vito Valentinetti (1928–2021), Major League Baseball pitcher Jimmy Walker (1881–1946), mayor of New York City Bill Wendell (1924–1999), television announcer William B. Widnall (1906–1983), former US Congressman Malcolm Wilson (1914–2000), Governor of New York for whom the previous Tappan Zee Bridge over the Hudson River was named Sal Yvars (1924–2008), Major League Baseball catcher Image gallery References External links Media related to Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, New York at Wikimedia Commons Gate of Heaven Cemetery at FindAGrave.com Gate of Heaven Cemetery at Interment.net