A headless angel from the cemetery

Forest Park Cemetery is an abandoned cemetery located on Pinewoods Avenue just west of the hamlet of Eagle Mills in the Town of Brunswick, Rensselaer County, New York, just east of the city of Troy. It is infamous for the numerous reported ghost sightings from those who visit and has even been cited by Life Magazine as one of the top ten most haunted places in the United States. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 701 KB) Summary This is a picture of a headless angel, taken by a friend at Forest Park Cemetery. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 701 KB) Summary This is a picture of a headless angel, taken by a friend at Forest Park Cemetery. ... Brunswick is a town located in Rensselaer County, New York, USA. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 11,664. ... Rensselaer County is a county in the state of New York. ... Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 27th 141,205 km² 455 km 530 km 13. ... Looking west down Broadway at downtown Troy. ... A manufactured image of a ghostly woman ascending a staircase A ghost is an alleged non-corporeal manifestation of a dead person (or, rarely, an animal or vehicle). ... A cover of Life Magazine from 1911 Life has been the name of two notable magazines published in the United States. ...

History

Forest Park Cemetery was originally designed by Garnet Baltimore, the first African-American graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. It was first incorporated in 1897 by a group of wealthy Troy citizens. The original area chosen for the cemetery occupied over 200 acres. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, or RPI, is a private university in Troy, New York, near Albany, founded in 1824 by Stephen Van Rensselaer. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... An acre is an English unit of area, which is also frequently used in the United States and some Commonwealth countries. ...

This original incorporation went bankrupt in 1914. Forest Park Cemetery was re-incorporated in 1918 by a group of investors from Chicago and New York City under the new name, "Forest Hills". This corporation also went bankrupt sometime in the 1930s. 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... Nickname: The Big Apple Official website: City of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area Total 468. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Today, the cemetery occcupies only 22 acres (9 hectares), most of it having been bought by the Troy Country Club. It has been plagued by vandalism, as a majority of the tombstones have been toppled over. A hectare (symbol ha) is a unit of area, equal to 10,000 square meters, commonly used for measuring land area. ...

There are many statues of Angels in the cemetary, all of which are missing their heads, because they were removed by the owners because blood was coming oout of there eyes.