The cemetery is bounded by Aurora Road (Ohio State Route 43) on the north side, Richmond Road on the east side, and Columbus Road on the south sides. Entrances are on Aurora Road and Columbus Road. The cemetery was established in 1928 and is 33 acres in extent. The cemetery office is on the property. There are Jewish sections in the cemetery associated with Park Synagogue (Brith Emeth) and Temple Emanu El.

The cemetery is located in city of Bedford Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and is # 2535 (Hillcrest Memorial Park Mausoleum and Crematory/ Hillcrest Cemetery) in “Ohio Cemeteries 1803-2003”, compiled by the Ohio Genealogical Society.
The cemetery is registered with the Ohio Division of Real Estate and Professional Licensing (ODRE) as the Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery with registration license number CRC.0000980433.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) feature ID for the cemetery is 1048333 (Hillcrest Cemetery).