Paved-over historic Black cemetery is now up for sale, lawyer says
An Elmhurst, Queens, parking lot sits atop the former cemetery of the St. Mark AME Church, where an estimated 290 people are buried. Aug. 17, 2026. Credit: Alex Krales/The City Reporter.

A foreclosure sale of the Elmhurst, Queens, lot where hundreds of free Black New Yorkers are buried is complicated by state laws protecting unmarked graves from disturbance.

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