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Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, 540 North Broadway, Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591, 914-631-0081. Founded in 1849, the cemetery is non-profit and non-sectarian. There are nearly 45,000 interments in its 90 acres.
Famous burials include Washington Irving, Andrew Carnegie, Walter Chrysler, Samuel Gompers, Elizabeth Arden, Leona Helmsley, Brooke Astor, and William Rockefeller. Walk or drive the grounds on your own or try an afternoon or evening guided tour. A full-color, 17” x 20” map to more than 50 special features of the cemetery is available for purchase at the cemetery office during business hours (Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 4:00 pm, closed major holidays), online through Sleepy Hollow Gifts, or at the Philipsburg Manor museum shop at 381 North Broadway, Sleepy Hollow. Free legal-sized maps, perfect for a short, self-guided tour to major figures in the cemetery, are available in literature boxes at both entrances to the grounds.
Visiting hours: The cemetery is open to visitors Monday through Friday from 8 am to 4:30 pm, Saturday and Sunday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. Grounds and gates close at 4:30 pm. Office hours: Monday through Friday, except major holidays, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.
Parking: small lot inside the south gate, adjacent to the Old Dutch Church. Parking is allowed along cemetery roads in areas where your vehicle will not block others.
Tours and other events
Check our Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown calendar for more special events. Sleepy Hollow Cemetery runs tours from April through November. Their 2013 schedule is below.
Afternoon guided tours — 2013 dates
Advanced reservations required. Two-hour tours $19.99; Original Knickerbocker one-hour tour $9.99.
Dig deeper into the history of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery and its inhabitants. On these two-hour walks you’ll hear of Washington Irving, author of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” Revolutionary War veterans, wealthy industrialists, and others. You’ll also be introduced to some of the cemetery art, architecture, and symbols on the grounds, and tours almost always step into the cemetery’s 113-year-old underground receiving vault.
May: Art Lovers Tour: Saturday, May 25, 10 am.
June: The Original Knickerbocker tour: Saturdays, June 1 and 8. Sundays, June 2 and 9.
October: Saturdays, October 5, 12, 19, 26; 2 pm.
Questions about Sleepy Hollow Cemetery tours? Email tours@sleepyhollowcemetery.org.
Evening guided tours — 2013 dates
Advanced reservations required. $24.99.
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery lantern tour
These popular evening lantern tours introduce you to some of the famous and infamous residents of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery—all by the flickering light of kerosene lanterns. After paying respects to Washington Irving, author of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” you may visit a Revolutionary War militia captain, the cemetery’s Revolutionary War monument, the soaring Gothic monument of a wealthy merchant, industrialists Andrew Carnegie and William Rockefeller, and others. You’ll also be introduced to some of the cemetery art, architecture, and symbols on the grounds, and tours often step into the cemetery’s 112-year-old underground receiving vault.
• May: Saturday, May 25; 8 pm.
• June: Saturdays, June 8 and 22; 8 pm.
• July: Murder & Mayhem themed tour, Saturdays, July 6 and 13, 9 pm.
Questions about Sleepy Hollow Cemetery tours? Email tours@sleepyhollowcemetery.org.
Themed tour. Murder & Mayhem introduces some of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery’s fallen angels and colorful incidents. By the flickering light of a lantern you’ll meet both victims and perpetrators: the flamboyant businesswoman remembered as “the wickedest woman in New York,” a debonair counterfeiter, the scene of a grave robbery, a brotherly murder-suicide, and the celebrated opera singer who was alleged to have assaulted, extorted, and killed various of her seven husbands. • 2013 Dates: April 27, 8pm. July 6 and 13, 9 pm.
Themed tour. There Goes the Neighborhood! Join Sara Mascia and Tara Van Tassell (yep, she’s a real Van Tassell) as they discover our colorful local residents and some of our world famous inhabitants. You’ll visit author Washington Irving, inventor and self-styled frontiersman Alfred Weed, eccentric poet Minna Irving, business owner and social activist Amanda Foster, wealthy industrialists William Rockefeller and John Archbold, labor leader Samuel Gompers, and many others—all by the light of kerosene lanterns. You might even talk Tara into spinning a few tales of her legendary family!
• 2012 Dates: October 21, 27, 28; 7pm.
Schedule a tour
Tour operators, corporate groups, and other organizations, please email tours@sleepyhollowcemetery.org for more information.
