St. Raymond's New Cemetery — Attraction in New York

I am very dissatisfied with this cemetery. I wish I never chose this cemetery for my mom who was a devowed catholic. I put bricks around my moms grave because the upkeep of the grass is horrible so I pulled all the weeds out of the ground and made it neat since I visit my moms grave every week since she passed away 6 years ago. So come Christmas time I put decorations on December 6 which marked the 6 years when she entered the hospital, I come back a week later the bricks were removed and her decorations were all flipped upside down. I call the office and they say it is against the rules of the cemetery to have bricks around the grave. So my moms is against the rules but other gravesites right on the same row as my moms have bricks and they don’t remove them. I have called the office numerous times and the director Ralph is a coward and won’t speak to me. Meanwhile I paid for the bricks. They vandalized my moms grave. I put balloons for her birthday in Jan, the following week they were removed. They have rules only for people who don’t give the grounds men a few dollars under the table. And they have rules for somethings but it’s ok for people to smoke weed, picnic, drink alcohol and play loud music by the gravesites. Don’t bury your loved ones here it is only nice when u drive in as a false pretense of the cemetery. I am seriously looking to take them to court for vandalism of my...

I'm an airline pilot and happened to have a long New York layover so I took the bus from midtown to the old St. Raymond's cemetery. I hadn't been to the cemetery since my Uncle Salvatore was buried there in 1983.

First I called St. Raymond's and the woman I spoke with on the phone gave me helpful directions on how to find the gravesite.

Once off the bus at Tremont and Bruckner, I used my smartphone and it was easy to find my way to the cemetery. Shortly after entering the cemetery a Security Guard in a marked car and I waved at each other so I asked him to point me in the direction of Section 16. He offered to drive me and although it was a lovely day for a walk, he was so friendly that I didn't have the heart to say 'no.' He dropped me off right at the gravesite. I thanked him and tried to give him a tip but he refused. After I'd been there for 10 minutes, he returned to the gravesite in to point out where I could purchase some flowers for the grave if I wanted to and I thanked him.

Later, as I was walking back to the bus stop he passed me again and we waved again.

My Dad's parents, two of his brothers and one of his sisters are buried at St. Raymonds. The assistance I received from the woman on the phone as well as the Security Guard was...

Went to a burial today. The cemetery looked beautiful. However, I’ve never experienced such a rush job in my life. I was under the impression that we were going to be given a chance to gather around to pray and say our last goodbyes. Boy was I wrong! By the time we made our way to the plot from the roadway, the casket had already been lowered and the workers were rushing off. People were scrambling trying to say goodbye. I felt like our grief and goodbyes were on a tight schedule, (4 minutes and 29 seconds). I don’t know if this was an isolated incident, but if this is the way it’s usually conducted, then St. Raymonds needs some improvements to make. They’ve obviously forgotten that this is the final goodbye for the family/friends and they need some compassion and empathy and not have their experience treated in such a rushed and callous manner. I will say this though, the staff member (from the funeral home) that was there with us was very nice and helpful and navigated us throughout...