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Potter's Field Fiftieth Street

Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA

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  • Get directions East 50th Street and Park Avenue
    Manhattan, New York, USA
    Coordinates: 40.75625, -73.97345
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A public cemetery for Manhattan's poor and victims of contagious diseases, it extended from East 48th Street to East 50th Street, and from Fourth Avenue (present-day Park Avenue) to east of what became Lexington Avenue.

It was the successor to the Potter's Field at present-day Bryant Park.

It was superseded by the Potter's Field on Randall's Island (primarily used as a Potter's Field from 1843 until 1845, though still in use through 1880) and, in 1845, the Potter's Field on West 45th Street (the main Potter's Field from 1845 to 1851, which was in turn superseded by the Potter's Field at Ward's Island in June 1852).

During its years of use, it was called simply "Potter's Field" and it appears written as such in the Manhattan Death Registers of the day.

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▫ Years of use: 1836 — 1843.

▫ Cemetery disposition: Destroyed.

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The site of the former East Fiftieth Street Potter's Field is presently occupied by the Waldorf Astoria New York and other adjacent structures.

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NOTE: For the Potter's Field still in use for New York City (since 1869), see Potter's Field at Hart Island (Hart Island Cemetery).
























A public cemetery for Manhattan's poor and victims of contagious diseases, it extended from East 48th Street to East 50th Street, and from Fourth Avenue (present-day Park Avenue) to east of what became Lexington Avenue.

It was the successor to the Potter's Field at present-day Bryant Park.

It was superseded by the Potter's Field on Randall's Island (primarily used as a Potter's Field from 1843 until 1845, though still in use through 1880) and, in 1845, the Potter's Field on West 45th Street (the main Potter's Field from 1845 to 1851, which was in turn superseded by the Potter's Field at Ward's Island in June 1852).

During its years of use, it was called simply "Potter's Field" and it appears written as such in the Manhattan Death Registers of the day.

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▫ Years of use: 1836 — 1843.

▫ Cemetery disposition: Destroyed.

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The site of the former East Fiftieth Street Potter's Field is presently occupied by the Waldorf Astoria New York and other adjacent structures.

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NOTE: For the Potter's Field still in use for New York City (since 1869), see Potter's Field at Hart Island (Hart Island Cemetery).























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