About
Forest Park Cemetery, More well known as Pinewoods Cemetery. Its an abandoned cemetery, located in Brunswick New York. Famous for the numerous haunted urban legends. It is private property and considered trespassing unless given express permission from the Town of Brunswick. It is taken very seriously.The police like to use the open area of the gates as a hot spot for catching speeders.
The cemetery was first incorporated in 1897 by a group of wealthy Troy businessmen under the Forest Park Cemetery Corporation. The Forest Park Cemetery Corporation went bankrupt in 1914 and the cemetery was never completed to the original plans.
- In 1988, the cemetery was featured in the local Troy, NY Times Record newspaper after two youths discovered a partially exhumed grave. Two shovels, a pick and several beer cans were found at the crime scene. Although police reports were filed, no one was apprehended for the crime.
- It is said that the cemetery ranked in a LIFE Magazine article entitled "Top Ten Most Haunted Places in the Country". Some also say that the cemetery is the "Gateway to Hell".
Know Before You Go
There is no direct address. Once your on pinewoods avenue, fallow it till you come across big black metal gates. behind it youll notice alot of open area and a half demolished building.
