Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Free: Tuesdays 10am – noon

Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s 52-acre site includes a number of specialty “gardens within the Garden,” plant collections, and a conservatory which houses a bonsai museum. The specialty gardens are the cheery trees, the Japanese Hill-and-Pond Gardenn, the Cranford Rose Garden etc. The Garden has more than 200 cherry trees, making it one of the foremost cherry-viewing sites outside of Japan.

Address: 150 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn NY 11225
Opening hours: Tue – Fri 8am to 4:30pm; Sat – Sun 10am – 4:30pm; Closed Mondays
Direction: Subway 2/3 to Eastern Parkway-Brooklyn Museum Station; B/Q/S to Prospect Park Station; 4/5 to Franklin Ave. Station
Phone: +1 718 623 7200
Website: www.bbg.org