What: A cemetery to address 19th century bans on downtown burials
When: mid 1800s
Where: 770 Riverside Drive, between 153 and 155 streets
Jun 13, 2017 | Categories: All stories, Consolidation (1855-1897), Health & Medicine, Upper West Side | Tags: Board of Health, cholera, disease, miasma, Trinity Church, Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum, yellow fever | Leave A Comment »
What: Repeated yellow fever outbreaks led to quarantines and a fence
When: 1822
Where: Financial District, Manhattan
Jul 31, 2011 | Categories: All stories, Early America (1784-1854), Financial District, Health & Medicine | Tags: Carlisle Street, epidemic, Marine Hospital, Rector Street, Trinity Place, Washington Square Park, yellow fever | Leave A Comment »