New York City crematorium breaks due to heavy usage

At Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn borough of New York City crematorium is booked for next month.

same is true at crematoriums across city, according to Richard Moylan, President of Green-Wood Cemetery.

One of five ovens at Green-Wood had to be repaired due to heavy us during coronavirus pandemic.

wall collapsed because it was being used for several extra hours per day than usual.

It can take two to six hours to cremate someone, depending upon ir size and wher y are cremated in a wood box or a cloth or cardboard box.

backlog at New York City crematoriums means that funeral homes have to store bodies until becomes available, exacerbating problem of funeral homes overwhelmed with bodies.

At Green-Wood Cemetery re is t a backlog for burials.

New York metropolitan area, consisting of about 20 million people across about two dozen counties, including city's rrn suburbs, Long Island and rrn New Jersey, has been hardest-hit corner of country, accounting for at least one-third of nation's 70,000 coronavirus deaths.