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50th Anniversary of Park Slope Airplane Crash Ceremony

On the morning of December 16, 1960, 134 people tragically lost their lives when United Airlines flight 826 and TWA flight 266 collided over the skies of Staten Island.  The United aircraft crashed in Park Slope, at the intersection of Sterling Place and Seventh Avenue. 

Green-Wood Cemetery will be honoring those individuals who perished, both in the sky and on the ground in Park Slope, by unveiling a new eight-foot memorial. The granite monument will stand sentinel near the gravesite where the unidentified remains of victims have rested for half a century. 

This special unveiling ceremony and memorial service are co-sponsored by New York Methodist Hospital and the Park Slope Civic Council, and are free to the public. 

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