New York has a lot of well-known cemeteries, with a surfeit of burial grounds throughout Queens. Holy Cross Cemetery in central Brooklyn isn’t as famous, but it can boast of at least one celebrity burial to its name: Baseball legend Gil Hodges, who played first base for the Dodgers and later managed the New York Mets. Gil Hodges wasn’t a Brooklyn native, as he was born and raised in Indiana. He was signed to the Dodgers in 1943, but only played one game before being shipped off with the Marines…
