The Everything Family Guide to New York City by Jesse Leaf

Author:Jesse Leaf
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: epub, ebook
Publisher: Adams Media
Published: 2008-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

Hours and Fees

The aquarium is open every day of the year and can be visited Monday through Friday between Memorial Day and Labor Day from 10 A.M. to 6 P.M. and on weekends from 10 A.M. to 7 P.M. The aquarium closes at 5 P.M. on weekdays and 5:30 P.M. on weekends from September to October and April to May. It closes at 4:30 P.M. between October and April.

Admission is $12 for adults, $8 for seniors (sixty-five and older) and children ages two through twelve, and free for children under two. Children under sixteen must be accompanied by an adult. Parking is available for $10, but lots fill up quickly on weekends so get there early.

The Brooklyn Botanic Garden

1000 Washington Avenue

Eastern Parkway-Brooklyn Museum station (2 or 3 train)

718-623-7263

www.bbg.org

Smack in the middle of Brooklyn are fifty-two of the most lavishly beautiful acres New York City has to offer. More than 750,000 people visit this spectacular tribute to Mother Nature annually. The Brooklyn Botanic Garden is located among the red brick buildings, row houses, storefronts, and municipal buildings that characterize much of the borough.

Consisting of gardens, greenhouses, and exhibits, the garden offers a visual mirage of colors and a host of pleasing fragrances all year round. The following are just some of the attractions offered by the garden:

The Shakespeare Garden, like its Central Park counterpart, features flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare in a setting modeled after an English cottage garden.

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