Hours
General Grounds
April-September
Tuesday-Friday: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Weekends and holidays: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Closed Monday ( open holiday Mondays, except for Labor Day)
October-March
Tuesday-Friday: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Weekends and holidays: 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Closed Monday, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day (open holiday Mondays)
Steinhardt Conservatory, Visitor Center & Garden Gift Shop
Open every day the Garden is open:
April-September 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
October-March 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Garden is closed Mondays, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day.
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Resources
Pictures of Brooklyn Botanic Garden
The Jenkins Fountain is centered in a pool 24 feet in diameter and 1-1/2 feet deep. Lily Pool Terrace.
Rock Garden opened to the public in 1917. It was the first rock garden of considerable size in an American botanic garden.
The focal point of Osborne Garden in Brooklyn Botanic Garden is a water basin more than 17 feet in diameter. Inside is a fountain, the bowl of which was carved from a piece of Indiana limestone that is said to be the widest ever brought to New York City.