Cypress Hills in Brooklyn in Kings County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Brooklyn Rapid Transit System Veterans Memorial
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 17, 2025
1. Brooklyn Rapid Transit System Veterans Memorial Marker
Capt. Harry A. Bullock Sgt. Martin Lelfus Sgt. Matthew Fahey Sgt. Charles S. Hilton Sgt. Bernard F. Spaulding Corp. Luke P. Burke Corp. William M. Fallon Corp. Paul C. Fuhrman Corp. John J. Kowalski Corp. Anthony Lyons Corp. Martin P. Ryan Corp. Louis Sanwald Corp. William Schultz Marine David J. Barry Pvt. Andrew P. Cavanagh Pvt. Joseph T. Dolan Pvt. John J. Doyle Pvt. Jesse Denninger Pvt. Charles E. Fagan Jr. Pvt. John Farrell Pvt. Patrick Farrell Pvt. Carl Fleck Pvt. James Gillick Pvt. Celestine Gombole Pvt. William Gray Pvt. Walter E. Hansen
Pvt. August Hegel Pvt. Theodore P. Jensen Pvt. Frank Kelly Pvt. Peter Laffey Pvt. Thomas Lyden Pvt. William Maher Pvt. Eugene Munson Pvt. William Murray Pvt. Terence McAree Pvt. Thomas McDermott Pvt. William McDonnell Jr. Pvt. Francis J. McLoughlin Pvt. Patrick J. McNally Pvt. John J. McNerny Pvt. John McCormick Pvt. John J. Neville Pvt. James Newell Pvt. James V. O'Donnell Pvt. Walter Reilly Pvt. William J. Reilly Seaman George H. Rettiger Pvt. Edward
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World War II
Korean and Vietnam
veterans
Erected 1919 by Employees of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit System.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II.
Location. 40° 40.64′ N, 73° 54.028′ W. Memorial is in Brooklyn, New York, in Kings County. It is in Cypress Hills. It is on Broadway west of Fulton Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 4140 Broadway, Brooklyn NY 11207, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in New York City. It is also in the American Northeast. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, the Western Hemisphere, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Callahan-Kelly Playground (approx. 0.2 miles away); Howards Inn Evergreen Cemetery (approx. 0.3 miles away); Hull Street Community Garden (approx. 0.4 miles away); Rudd Playground (approx. half a mile away); Thomas Boyland Park (approx. half a mile away); Grace Playground (approx. half a mile away); New Hope Pentecostal Church of Greater Mt. Zion Inc. (approx. half a mile away); Rockaway Footpath (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Brooklyn.
Credits. This page was last revised on January 28, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 28, 2025, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 182 times since then and 15 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on January 28, 2025, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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