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Skeletal remains found near NYC church at site of former centuries-old cemetery

By Big New York · 11/05/2026 · Updated 11/05/2026

Construction workers stumbled upon the bones while excavating a garden area near St. John’s Lutheran Church on Christopher Street and Seventh Avenue in the West Village. Construction workers renovating a Manhattan garden near a church on Thursday unearthed skeletal remains at a former centuries-old cemetery, according to authorities and sources. The hardhats stumbled upon the bones.

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Construction workers stumbled upon the bones while excavating a garden area near St. John’s Lutheran Church on Christopher Street and Seventh Avenue in the West Village. Construction workers renovating a Manhattan garden near a church on Thursday unearthed skeletal remains at a former centuries-old cemetery, according to authorities and sources. The hardhats stumbled upon the bones.

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