The Brooklyn Heights Cemetery is located in the heart of Old Brooklyn and is easily accessed from I-77, I-480, I-71, I-90 and the Jennings Freeway. Additionally, both of the cemetery entrances, located at
4700 Broadview Road and
4581 State Road, are located on scheduled R.T.A. routes.
The Brooklyn Heights Cemetery’s perpetual care endowment fund was established in 1947, before such funds were required by Ohio law. Now under Ohio law, any incorporated cemetery is required to place 10 percent (10%) of the revenue generated by lot sales and sales of mausoleum crypts and niches into a trust fund. The cemetery is allowed to use the income and interest earned by the trust fund to offset cemetery maintenance and repair costs.
Consumers should be aware, however, that not all Ohio cemeteries are endowment care cemeteries. Cemeteries that are owned and operated exclusively by churches, religious societies, established fraternal organizations, or the city, state or federal government, are not required to have endowment care funds. The Brooklyn Heights Cemetery Association’s endowment care fund provides annual income for the upkeep of the cemetery grounds and buildings, avoiding the necessity of annual assessments to lot owners and ensuring the continuous maintenance of the cemetery grounds and mausoleums both for today and for future generations.