DFS Memorials Brooklyn

07/26/2024

Looking for affordable cremation services in Brooklyn, NY? Look no further! Our compassionate team at DFS Memorials is here to provide dignified and respectful cremation services at a price you can afford. Let us help you honor your loved one's memory with care and professionalism. Contact us today to learn more. Call (718) 395-3211

05/16/2022

NY could introduce a new eco-death care alternative - human composting. Would you consider this as a more sustainable disposition option?
https://nypost.com/2022/05/14/this-compost-mortem-may-be-coming-to-a-nyc-funeral-parlor-near-you/

New York state Assembly member Amy Paulin (D-Westchester) and state Sen. Leroy Comrie (D-Queens), have co-sponsored a bill to legalize human composting as part of measures the state is putting in p…

07/14/2021

11/18/2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/18/nyregion/brooklyn-funeral-home-trucks.html

The Brooklyn funeral director says New York failed to help mortuaries struggling with an onslaught of bodies at the height of the pandemic.

08/16/2020

https://www.mytwintiers.com/health/coronavirus/funeral-homes-learn-and-adapt-during-pandemic/

HORNELL, NY (WETM) – Being a funeral director during COVID-19 means you are a front line worker putting your health and safety at risk. In April, Jim Dagon Owner and Funeral Director of Dagon…

05/01/2020

https://abcnews.go.com/US/unprecedented-dead-pile-funeral-homes-feel-crush-coronavirus/story?id=70305788

Funeral homes face overwhelming toll under COVID pandemic

05/01/2020

https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/04/30/coronavirus-toll-nycs-cremation-backlog-blamed-for-overwhelmed-funeral-homes-dozens-of-found-corpses/

Dozens of decomposing bodies improperly stored in unrefrigerated rental trucks were discovered at a Brooklyn funeral home on Wednesday.

04/26/2020

https://www.thestreet.com/mishtalk/economics/new-york-forced-to-send-bodies-out-of-state-for-cremation

The death toll far exceeds the capacity of New York city crematories. "It’s like draining a bathtub with a tablespoon"

04/23/2020

https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-forces-new-york-to-send-bodies-out-of-state-for-cremation-11587559742

04/04/2020

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-bodies/new-york-city-crematories-work-overtime-as-coronavirus-brings-backlog-of-bodies-idUSKBN21K27D

New York City crematories are extending their hours, burning bodies into the night. The state has started a running tally of all cremations and burials. City officials are surveying upstate cemeteries for temporary interment sites.

04/04/2020

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04/04/2020

https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-coronavirus-deaths-surge-new-york-city-allows-cremations-24-hours-a-day-11585929876

New York City crematories are so overwhelmed with the death toll from coronavirus cases that regulators are letting them operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week.