It was established as the annex to Beth David Cemetery in Elmont, New York.

The cemetery comprises many sections, each under the auspices of a synagogue, landsmanschaft, or group such as the Brooklyn Jewish Postal Workers Union.

Many of the landsmanshaft have dedicated Holocaust monuments to the victims of the Nazis in their ancestral town.

Examples include Baranovichi, Belarus;[1] Ioannina, Greece;[2] Pilica, Poland;[3] Sokołów Podlaski, Poland;[4] and Burshtyn, Ukraine.

The Belz Kehilla still dedicated (Mekudash) this section when the previous Belz Rebbe Reb Aharon was still alive.