The Memorial Park section was opened in 1943 . The Lodge was torn down and the original Queens Boulevard Entrance was moved further south on Queens Boulevard , next to Briarwood subway station ( ) . Memorial Park 's Presidential Circle includes a memorial to the 21 people interred at Maple Grove who died in the 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center . There are approximately 83,000 interments , with approximately 30,000 of them in the Monumental Park section . In Memorial Park the new Center at Maple Grove building , designed by architect Peter Gisolfi , was opened in 2009 . The Maple Grove offices were moved from the old Victorian Administration Building into the Center . It also houses the Celebration Hall , Community Room , the Columbarium etc . A third entrance was created next to the Center on Kew Gardens Road at 129th Street
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Maple Grove Cemetery (Queens)