Quarantine Hospital Staten Island Part 3, conclusion.... The Quarantine cemetery in the St. George section of Staten Island which operated from 1799-1849 was leveled in 1957 to make way for a municipal parking lot. In 2006 the state of New York started preliminary testing of the Quarantine cemetery grounds/municipal parking lot for a planned upcoming court house project. Miraculously, close to 1,000 scattered human remains as well as a cluster of intact human skeleton's along with a burial area of infants was found. These human remains were removed from the site and are currently stored at a facility in Brooklyn. The Staten Island Cemetery Association who once offered families a free dignified burial for their children under 2 years of age in the 1840's, has once again offered a dignified means of reinterrment to the state of New York by donating a large section of frontage cemetery property for the purpose of a proper reinterrment of the human remains that were found. A proposed memorial is in the planning stages. The state of New York has indicated that they are also considering the reburial of these remains back into the municipal parking lot. The bedrock in this area is shallow which would prohibit the use of coffins, not to mention the lack of human decency that this suggests. Whether or not you have an ancestor who died while in quarantine, we urge you to send a letter or email us a letter of support for the respectful reinterrment of these human remains to S.I. Cemetery. Time is running out, we need your support, please write us. Please write to: Friends of Abandoned Cemeteries Staten Island, 115 Lathrop Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10314 or email SICemetery@aol.com Your name and address must be included in the letter. Thank you. Lynn A. Rogers Executive Director - 917-545-3309 Friends of Abandoned Cemeteries, Inc. Staten Island Rest in Peace Inc. Friends of Abandoned Cemeteries, Inc. S.I.