Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) is a botanical garden in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City.
A garden inside New York
You can stay in New York
Brooklyn Botanic Garden is inside New York, which has 419,175 hotel and restaurant jobs, so you won’t need a base farther out. Where to stay ↓
Established in 1910
Brooklyn Botanic Garden dates from 1910. About ↓
A day trip from Hempstead
Hempstead is about 19 miles east (straight-line). Where to stay ↓
Best months: May, Jun, Aug, Sep and Oct
May, June, August, September and October are the mild months, with highs of 66–84°. When to go ↓
An airport 9 miles away
LaGuardia (LGA) has airline service, about 9 miles from Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
Written from NOAA 1991–2020 normals, Census job and town figures, Wikidata and Wikipedia.
Weather, month by month
Typical highs and lows in New York. Green months are the mild ones.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) is a botanical garden in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. The botanical garden occupies 52 acres (21 ha) in central Brooklyn, close to Mount Prospect Park, Prospect Park, and the Brooklyn Museum. Designed by the Olmsted Brothers, BBG holds over 14,000 taxa of plants and has over 800,000 visitors each year. It includes a number of specialty gardens, plant collections, and structures. BBG hosts numerous educational programs, plant-science and conservation, and community horticulture initiatives, in addition to a herbarium collection.
- Type
- Garden
- Established
- 1910
- Area
- 5,189 acres
- Wikipedia readers
- 16K a year
Stay in New York, or close by
Towns within 30 miles, closest first. Hotel and restaurant jobs show how many places there are to stay and eat.
| Town | From Brooklyn Botanic Garden | Hotel & restaurant jobs | People | Typical home | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | in town | 419,175 | 8,483,844 | $778K | D |
| Jersey City | 6 mi northwest | 10,220 | 294,078 | $567K | C− |
| Hoboken | 6 mi northwest | 4,648 | 58,668 | $895K | C+ |
| Weehawken Township | 8 mi north | 728 | 17,295 | $889K | B− |
| Union City | 8 mi northwest | 1,497 | 66,463 | $472K | — |
| Bayonne | 8 mi west | 1,480 | 71,553 | $460K | — |
| West New York | 9 mi north | 879 | 52,004 | $466K | C+ |
| Guttenberg | 9 mi north | 102 | 11,754 | $379K | B− |
| North Bergen Township | 9 mi north | 2,265 | 61,250 | $474K | B+ |
| Secaucus | 10 mi northwest | 2,016 | 21,778 | $572K | C− |
| Kearny | 10 mi northwest | 1,073 | 40,614 | $459K | — |
| Cliffside Park | 11 mi north | 226 | 25,781 | $588K | A− |
Day trip from
Straight-line miles.
Getting there
Nearest airports with airline service
Also near Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Other well-known places within 8 miles. Numbered ones are on the map above.
Big draw18 mi🌸 GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw24 mi🏛 MuseumNational September 11 Memorial & Museum
Big draw38 mi🏛 MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw47 mi🏖 BeachConey Island
Big draw57 mi🏛 MuseumMuseum of Modern Art1.2M visitors a year
Big draw66 mi🌸 GardenHigh Line5.0M visitors a year
Big draw78 mi🏛 MuseumAmerican Museum of Natural History5.0M visitors a year
Big draw87 mi🏛 MuseumUSS IntrepidPhoto credits
Central Park: Ed Yourdon from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · National September 11 Memorial & Museum: Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Coney Island: OptimumPx, Public domain · Museum of Modern Art: hibino, CC BY 2.0 · High Line: Wil Fyfordy, CC BY-SA 4.0 · American Museum of Natural History: Gigi alt, CC BY-SA 3.0 · USS Intrepid: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain
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Visiting Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Is Brooklyn Botanic Garden in New York?
Yes. It’s inside New York, NY.
When is the best time to visit Brooklyn Botanic Garden?
May, June, August, September and October, with highs of 66–84°.
How many people visit Brooklyn Botanic Garden each year?
800,000 in 2015, according to Wikidata.
How far is Brooklyn Botanic Garden from Newark and Hempstead?
About 12 miles west of Newark and about 19 miles east of Hempstead, as the crow flies.
What is the closest airport to Brooklyn Botanic Garden?
LaGuardia (LGA), about 9 miles away.
Where should I stay near Brooklyn Botanic Garden?
New York (in town, 419,175 hotel and restaurant jobs), Jersey City (6 mi, 10,220 hotel and restaurant jobs) and Hoboken (6 mi, 4,648 hotel and restaurant jobs).
Tips from people in New York
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