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Burial Ground Beneath Asphalt in Elmhurst | New York City News
Beneath a gravel parking lot in Elmhurst, Queens, lies a forgotten African burial ground holding the remains of up to 290 formerly enslaved New Yorkers. Once part of a historic church, the land was paved over and turned into an illegal lot for abandoned cars—despite decades of awareness and warnings from city officials. A 2011 discovery of a remarkably preserved woman in an iron coffin confirmed the site’s sacredness, but developers resisted proper protocols. Now, after pressure from authorities and the community, the lot is being shut down, but the future of honoring this buried history…
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