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# Woodlawn

Woodlawn Cemetery is one of the largest cemeteries in New York City and a designated National Historic Landmark.

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## Every way there

- Hartford → Woodlawn 436 km · quickest by road, 6h 58m · $40–55 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/hartford-to-woodlawn) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Hartford&to=Woodlawn)
- Philadelphia → Woodlawn 151 km · quickest by road, 2h 32m · $14–19 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/philadelphia-to-woodlawn) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Philadelphia&to=Woodlawn)
- Albany → Woodlawn 446 km · quickest by road, 7h 12m · $43–60 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/albany-to-woodlawn) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Albany&to=Woodlawn)

Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

The field note

What is in and around Woodlawn, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

[Read the note on Woodlawn](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/woodlawn)

What Woodlawn has

- Y Scheduled flights New York (LGA), 12 km
- Y Trains and coaches Transitous carries 5 timetable feeds for this country, 2 with real-time
- Y Ferries Hart Island Ferry Terminal, 9 km, NYC Department of Corrections; sailings estimated
- Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
- N Bike and scooter share no share feed known
- N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known.

40.889°, -73.873°

Located south of Woodlawn Heights, Bronx, it has the character of a rural cemetery. It is notable in part as the final resting place of some well-known figures.

How locals move

## Getting around Woodlawn the local way

- Get around If you happen to be staying in or venturing to the southeast Bronx, consider taking a NYC Ferry to the Soundview (connections to buses Bx39 and Bx27) or Throgs Neck docks (free parking) for a more unique experience than riding the subway underground (you'll do plenty of that in NYC).
- Get around If the salt water views are making you thirsty, grab a drink at the ferry's snack bar.
- Get around The fare is a flat $4 with free transfers to other ferries for 120 minutes.
- Get around Check the official NYC Ferry website for current maps and schedules.

From [Wikivoyage: Bronx](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Bronx), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodlawn_Cemetery_(Bronx%29), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.


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