Brooklyn Botanic Garden cherry blossom season (Sakura Matsuri)

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Brooklyn Botanic Garden cherry blossom season (Sakura Matsuri)

Photo: King of Hearts · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

🎃 Seasonal · Brooklyn

2.5 hours · $$ · Check website for reservations

age fit
0–1 yr
★ 4.0
1–3 yrs
★ 4.0
3–5 yrs
★ 4.0
5–10 yrs
★ 3.0
  • 🚇
    About 30 min by subway or car
    From Midtown · Getting there: Subway 2/3 to Eastern Pkwy or B/Q/S to Prospect Park, then a 3-minute walk
  • 🍼
    Stroller-friendly
    Flat surfaces — bring the stroller
  • 🌳
    Some shade
    Great on sunny days · Good on cool days
  • ⏱️
    Typical visit: 2.5 hours
    Best seasons: Spring

In April the garden's 200-plus cherry trees bloom variety by variety, and the double rows of big trees on Cherry Esplanade rain pink petals; the Sakura Matsuri on the final weekend brings taiko drums, dance and crowds in kimono, and kids can't look away.

💡 Tips
The garden's website has a day-by-day CherryWatch bloom map; Sakura Matsuri weekend needs advance tickets and is very crowded, so with a 2-year-old a weekday is a more comfortable way to see the blossoms.

What this place offers

✓cherry esplanade
✓Japanese festival
✓taiko drums
✓picnic lawn
✓timed tickets
✓stroller-friendly

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This weekend's weather in Brooklyn

Forecast at the destination itself (coast and hills often differ from home)

🌧️
Sat 10/17
Rain · 45–61°F · 34% rain
☀️
Sun 10/18
Sunny · 42–59°F · 3% rain

Location

Brooklyn, New York

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