Brooklyn, NY
Admission fee (some libraries offer free passes), parking lot fee, free parking on street
Free from November though February on weekdays
Free on Tuesdays (double check before you go)
Free on Saturdays from 10am to noon (double check before you go)
Optimum Seasons: Spring, Summer, Fall
Cherry Blossom Festival! This is the time to visit this gem of a garden in Brooklyn's Prospect Park! It took us nearly one hour to find parking, but once we did, it was all worth it. Get a map and make sure to take in as much as you can! Every inch is a work of art! The gallery speaks for itself!
If you have extra time, venture out and expore all of Prospect Park (designed by the same architectural team of Manhattan’s Central Park) which should take about two hours to walk the perimeter trails. You will find lakes, ponds, a carousel, an ice skating rink, a roller skating rink, open fields, playgrounds and even waterfalls in this magical place in the middle of Brooklyn. You may even be able to spot an animal (we saw a peacock!) through a fence that connects to the Prospect Park Zoo!
For acquiring free passes, contact your local library. For Great Neck residents, click here www.greatnecklibrary.org.
Kill a few birds with one stone: Visit the Brooklyn Museum when you are here! You may as well! We visited with a baby and a toddler strapped in a double stroller, and walked into the museum for free one hour before it closed for the day. There was a special exhibit that month of structures made out of soda cans as you can see in the photos. You can also dine in Park Slope a couple blocks West of the Botanical Gardens. This is a truly magical part of Brooklyn and a very upscale and wealthy neighborhood. The townhouses are gorgeous! There are other beautiful affluent neighborhoods to the South and West, and lots of celebrities live around here. But Park Slope should be the hippest. I would love to go back once a year!
For a list of other parks and gardens, click here.
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The Boathouse
Grand Army Plaza