Parkside Memorial Chapels Inc

What Parkside Memorial Chapels Inc does

Parkside Memorial Chapels Inc is a Jewish-specialty funeral home located at 114-03 Queens Blvd in Forest Hills, New York, founded in 1950 by the Goldstein, Sherman and Yassky families. The company operates a two-story facility featuring two large chapels seating 350 and 175 guests respectively, a Celebration of Life venue for receptions, and specialized Jewish-religious infrastructure including a tahara room for ritual washing, a kohanim building with closed-circuit television for those whose beliefs preclude being under the same roof as the deceased, kosher catering capability, and a shomer arrangement service. Parkside serves all sects of the Jewish faith (Orthodox, Conservative, and Reformed) while also providing funeral, memorial, and burial services to families of all backgrounds, including direct immediate burial and burial arrangements in Israel.

The company's offerings span traditional funeral and cremation services, pre-planned funeral contracts that lock in today's prices (with promotional discounts up to 10% off), cemetery and burial property sales, memorial keepsakes (tribute movies, memory books, online memorials), grief support via the Dignity Memorial Compassion Helpline, and both kosher and non-kosher catering for Shiva and reception events. Revenue is generated through three primary streams: professional service fees for at-need funeral/memorial/burial arrangements, prepaid funeral contracts that function as a subscription/recurring-like stream, and one-time cemetery property sales. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed; CareCredit financing is available for qualifying families. There is no proprietary technology platform; digital capabilities (obituary platform, grief library, yahrzeit calculator) are inherited from the parent Dignity Memorial network.

Parkside operates as a direct-to-consumer provider with 24/7 phone availability, walk-in consultations, and tours. It is part of the Dignity Memorial network, operated by SCI Shared Resources, LLC, an affiliate of NYSE-listed Service Corporation International (SCI), which describes itself as North America's largest funeral and cemetery network with 1,900+ locations serving 375,000+ families annually. The funeral home shares its Forest Hills address with four other Dignity-affiliated Jewish funeral homes (Schwartz Brothers-Jeffer Memorial Chapels, Riverside Memorial Chapel, Boulevard-Riverside Chapels, and I.J. Morris Funeral Directors), concentrating Jewish funeral capacity within a single building under the parent network. Parkside carries a 4.9 rating across 194 customer reviews, indicating strong satisfaction within its served community.

Name

Parkside Memorial Chapels Inc

Legal name

Parkside Memorial Chapels Inc

Website

https://jewishfuneral.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1950

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Parkside Memorial Chapels Inc is a Jewish-specialty funeral home in Forest Hills, NY, founded in 1950 and now part of the Dignity Memorial network (SCI). It serves Orthodox, Conservative, and Reformed Jewish families across the NYC metro with chapels, tahara/kohanim facilities, kosher catering, and pre-planning services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Forest Hills

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Funeral and Memorial Services: Revenue from providing funeral services, memorial services, and burial services to families. Services include creating interactive online obituaries, assisting with travel arrangements, filing death certificates, securing permits, and helping with insurance claims.
2. Pre-planned Funeral Contracts: Revenue from prepaid funeral plans allowing customers to secure today's prices for future services. Pre-planning is positioned as easing burdens on loved ones and potentially offering discounts (up to 10% mentioned in promotions).
3. Cemetery Property Sales: Revenue from burial and cremation property sales, including low interest options on prepaid cremation property and burial plans, with up to 10% off cemetery property mentioned.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Parkside Memorial Chapels is a funeral home providing funeral, memorial, and burial services for people of all cultures and faiths, with a specialization in Jewish funeral traditions. Services are delivered from a two-chapel facility in Forest Hills, NY, and include at-need arrangements, pre-planning contracts, cemetery/cremation property, kosher and non-kosher catering, grief support, and memorial products such as tribute movies and keepsake programs.

Product overview

Parkside Memorial Chapels offers a comprehensive suite of funeral and memorial services centered around its two-chapel facility in Forest Hills, NY. The core offering combines traditional funeral services with specialized Jewish funeral traditions (including tahara room, kohanim building, and kosher catering), supplemented by pre-planning services that allow families to secure pricing in advance. Memorial products such as tribute movies, memory books, and online memorials extend the service portfolio, while venue facilities (East Chapel seating 350, West Chapel seating 175, and Celebration of Life venue) provide physical spaces for services and receptions. Additional offerings include cemetery property, grief support, and Shiva-related catering services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Funeral Services Full-service funeral arrangements including traditional burial, cremation, and memorial services for people of all cultures and faiths, delivered from the Forest Hills, NY facility.
• Jewish Funeral Services Specialized funeral services honoring Jewish traditions including tahara room for ritual washing, kohanim building with closed-circuit television, shomer arrangement, and kosher catering, serving Orthodox, Conservative, and Reformed families.
• Pre-Planning Services Advance funeral planning allowing families to share wishes, secure today's prices for future services, and ease the burden on loved ones, with promotional discounts up to 10% off and $550 off $5,500 funeral plans.
• Chapel Facilities Rental Two large chapels with traditional pews (east chapel seating 350 guests and west chapel seating 175 guests) plus a Celebration of Life venue for receptions.
• Cemetery and Burial Property Burial and cremation property arrangements, including direct immediate burial options and burial in Israel, with up to 10% off cemetery property promotions.
• Memorial Products Tribute movies, memory books, keepsake programs, and online memorials for honoring and remembering loved ones.
• Grief Support Services Compassion Helpline available 24 hours and access to a curated grief library with expert resources for bereaved families.
• Catering Services Both kosher and non-kosher catering options available for Shiva and reception events at the funeral home.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Dignity MemorialcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParkside Memorial Chapels is part of the Dignity Memorial network, North America's largest network of funeral and cemetery service providers with over 1,900 locations serving 375,000+ families annually. The partnership provides the 100% service guarantee, Compassion Helpline grief support, and access to cemetery property options.
• QG FloralminorGTM or Marketing PartnerQG Floral provides shiva items delivery services for Parkside Memorial Chapels, allowing customers to send comfort items during Shiva observance.
• Schwartz Brothers-Jeffer Memorial ChapelsminorOthersShares 114-03 Queens Blvd address with Schwartz Brothers-Jeffer Memorial Chapels, Riverside Memorial Chapel, Boulevard-Riverside Chapels, and I.J. Morris Funeral Directors. All are Dignity Memorial network members specializing in Jewish funeral services.
• Riverside Memorial ChapelminorOthersShares address with Riverside Memorial Chapel, all Dignity Memorial Jewish funeral service providers.
• Boulevard-Riverside ChapelsminorOthersShares address with Boulevard-Riverside Chapels, all Dignity Memorial Jewish funeral service providers.
• I.J. Morris Funeral DirectorsminorOthersShares address with I.J. Morris Funeral Directors, all Dignity Memorial Jewish funeral service providers.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Carriage Services: Publicly traded death care services company (NYSE: CSV) operating a portfolio of funeral homes and cemeteries across the U.S. A broader incumbent in the same funeral and cemetery services industry, though not focused on the Jewish-specialty niche.
• Service Corporation International (SCI): Parkside's parent company and North America's largest funeral and cemetery services provider (NYSE: SCI). Operates Dignity Memorial network of 1,900+ locations serving 375,000+ families annually. Provides the network platform, pre-planning infrastructure, and cemetery property pipeline that Parkside leverages.
• Foundation Partners Group: Privately held funeral and cemetery services operator with a growing portfolio of funeral homes across the U.S. A comparable broad incumbent in death care services, though typically without the religious specialization that Parkside offers.

Others

• QG Floral / QG Shiva: Marketing partner providing shiva items delivery and floral/gift services to families served by Parkside. An ecosystem participant enabling ancillary revenue rather than a direct competitor, but tightly integrated into the customer experience.

Direct peers

• Boulevard-Riverside Chapels: Another Dignity Memorial Jewish funeral home operating from the same 114-03 Queens Blvd building. Directly competes for the same Forest Hills Jewish families with comparable funeral, memorial, and burial offerings.
• I.J. Morris Funeral Directors: Dignity Memorial Jewish funeral home sharing the same Forest Hills address. Specializes in Jewish funeral traditions and competes head-to-head with Parkside for the same local customer base.
• Riverside Memorial Chapel: Co-located Dignity Memorial Jewish funeral home at the same Forest Hills address. Serves the same Orthodox, Conservative, and Reformed Jewish communities with overlapping chapel capacity and funeral services.
• Schwartz Brothers-Jeffer Memorial Chapels: Dignity Memorial-affiliated Jewish funeral home operating at the same 114-03 Queens Blvd address as Parkside. Offers nearly identical Orthodox/Conservative/Reform funeral services and was co-founded by the same family lineage, making it the most direct substitute.

Emerging players

• JewishFunerals.com: Dignity Memorial's dedicated resource site for Jewish funeral traditions, explicitly referenced by Parkside as a partner. Targets the same Jewish family audience with educational content and a path to Dignity network funeral homes including Parkside.
• Shiva.com: Online platform serving Jewish families during shiva observance, including meal coordination, yahrzeit calendars, and related resources. Adjacent to Parkside's Jewish funeral services and shiva catering offerings, addressing an overlapping customer need digitally.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Investors

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Investments

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