New York Botanical Garden
Botanical Garden · Bronx, New York
Two hundred and fifty acres in Bronx Park, founded in 1891 after Nathaniel and Elizabeth Britton visited Kew and decided New York needed one. It is a National Historic Landmark and a serious research institution with a herbarium of some 7.8 million specimens, and it contains the last fifty acres of OLD-GROWTH FOREST left on the island the Bronx sits on — trees that have never been cut.
2900 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, New York, 10458, United States
Generally open Tuesday to Sunday, roughly 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., CLOSED MONDAYS except some holiday Mondays, with shorter winter hours. Metro-North from Grand Central stops at Botanical Garden station outside the gate. ⚠ Wednesday free-grounds rules vary by residency and time — see the tips. HOURS NOT VERIFIED FOR THIS FILE.
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