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Brooklyn Botanical Garden
1000 Washington Ave. (Eastern Pkwy.), Brooklyn,
NY 11225
A 52-acre urban oasis with specialty gardens such
as an authentic Japanese Hill and a Pond Garden.
Over 13,000 plant varieties, the soaring Steinhardt
Conservatory, children's programs, the Trail of
Evolution, and a bonsai museum.
(718) 623-7200
www.bbg.org |
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Central Park
The largest park in the city sprawls from 59th
Street to 110th between 5th Avenue and Centra
Park West, Manhattan. Landscaped and recreational
areas totaling 843 acres. Activities include horseback
riding, skating rinks, zoos, boathouse, Belvedere
Castle, theater, a Swedish cottage with marionnette
theater, carousel, Strawberry Fields (the memorial
to John Lennon at Central Park & 72nd Street),
and open fields for picnics and play.
(212)360-3444
www.centralparknyc.org |
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New York Botanical Garden
Bronx River Pkwy at Fordham Road, Bronx.
The largest garden in the city offers the most
diversity of flora and fauna in its 250 acres.
Stunning specimens can be seen in the Peggy Rockefeller
Rose Garden with its 230 variety of roses and
the Propagation Range featuring different orchids
from Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and the Americas.
The Enid A. Haupt Conservatory is a Victorian
hothouse filled with tropical plants. The only
original woodlands left in New York exist here
on 40 acres. (718)817-8700
www.nybg.org |
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Pelham Bay Park
Country Club Rd. exit off Bruckner Expwy., Bronx
More than 2,700 acres for swimming, cycling, horseback
riding, fishing, picnicking, and tennis.
(718) 430-1890
www.nycparks.com |
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Prospect Park
95 Prospect Park West
This 526-acre oasis, designed by Olmstead and
Vaux, is considered America's best example of
19th-century romantic landscape design. In addition
to its meadows and groves, it boasts the only
U.S. urban Audubon Center, an historic carousel,
Lefferts Homestead Children's Museum, pedal boating,
ice-skating and NYC's last surviving forest.
(718) 965-8999
www.prospectpark.org |
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Prospect Park Audubon Center
95 Prospect Park West
An Italian Renaissance-style architectural gem
built in 1905. Newly-restored and opened in April
2002. The Audubon Center was built to inspire
children, families and adults to discover the
secrets of nature in the park. Designated an "important
bird area" by Audubon New York, Prospect
Park has long been an avian refuge and important
stopover for migratory birds.
(718) 287-3400
www.prospectparkaudubon.org |
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Queens Botanical Garden
43-50 Main Street (between Dahlia & Elder
Avenues)
Queens 11355
The Queens Botanical Garden was opened in 1948
and remains the only source of horticultural and
botanical information in the nation's most ethnically
diverse county. Its 39 acres include bird, bee,
rose, perennial, and backyard gardens, a compost
home demonstration site, a Wedding Garden, pinetum,
and arboretum with pedestrian access to Flushing
Meadows-Corona Park.
(718) 886-3800
www.queensbotanical.org |
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