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New York Graveyard Goes On Sale
The 13-acre (5.3 ha) Canarsie cemetery in New York's borough of Brooklyn, boasting space for us many as 3,000 more graves, is the latest and most unusual item on the city's real estate inventory.
But these are hard times for property sales in the United States, even in this specialized and undersupplied sector.
"We have sent mail to 40 cemetery operators. Ten people visited last week, and four are interested," Mark Daly, director of New York's department of administrative services, told AFP.
He declined to say how much money the city, which is the owner of Canarsie, was asking.
Unlike Canarsie, most cemeteries in New York are owned by churches, synagogues or private associations and are not run as businesses.
The only other city-owned cemetery is on Hart Island, the last resting place for paupers, prisoners and the unclaimed.
Daly said that now "the city wants to shed property that no longer fits our mission. Our mission is to support the city agencies that can be used."
New York won't let just anyone snap up a graveyard. Prospective buyers must be specialized in the field and agree to run the site under considerable business restrictions.
Though remaining places can be sold, prices for graves averages at 5,000 dollars but can top 8,000 dollars, the owner has no other revenue and is required to pay maintenance costs even after the whole graveyard is full.
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