A treasure for the neighborhood. The garden is always kept…read moreso neat and clean. Seating offered throughout the garden. It's a beautiful space, respect it and it will respect you. I will fight for this Garden as long as I need to.

Elizabeth Street Garden was quite a nice find. It is well maintained by volunteers. Many shaded…read moreareas to sit and ponder while looking at beautiful greenery and statues of year. It was a great sit down stop.

This is the greatest community garden, I can't believe it was right around the corner and I always…read morewalked past admiring that giant tree without stopping in. Open for impromptu outdoor dinners and gatherings, a grill and seating for public use, individual gardening plots (with a lengthy waitlist I'm sure), free bugspray (and wow are there mosquitoes), summer movie nights, and best of all -- COMPOST! You can bring your compost by during open hours or sign up for a composting annual membership with a personal key so you can have access whenever. I'm impressed. This is the best of Brooklyn.

I love this garden. One of the sweetest places in the neighborhood. Open long hours and a great…read moreplace to drop your compost. It is beautiful and a really tranquil slice in busy NYC. You can come here to eat dinner, they have great community programs and a sweet koi pond.

Prospect Park is a beautiful park. It gets overshadowed by Central Park, but I think we like it…read morethat way. We're okay with gatekeeping it even though it's not really even hidden. It's gorgeous, it's spacious - no tourists, no horse rides.

'An urban oasis' first comes to mind when I think about our first visit to Prospect Park. The…read moreoverall experience was certainly positive, with some fine points. As a visitor to the city, finding parking on a weekday afternoon was near impossible, until it became possible after what felt like 25 minutes of searching for a spot. The park is truly sprawling and there are many places to explore, including pavilions, bridges, falls, a pond, a creek, and endless paved trails. We also couldn't help but notice that the park overall may not have been maintained consistently, based on the extensive weeds in fountains, for instance. We saw at least two cafes that had pastries, sandwiches, and beverages on their menu that looked good enough to make us think we'd definitely go there if we lived locally. All in all, I'm grateful for this space being available for locals and visitors to enjoy, and hope it is maintained and stays open for many more years.

Went during their tulip festival! There is a bit of a line…read moreto enter as they limit the number of visitors allowed inside the garden. I really appreciated that as it didn't become too crowded and you could fully take your time and look at every single flower. It was free which is rare in NYC. Their website says it is fully funded by grants and donations and operated by volunteers! They have other events and opportunities to volunteer in their website as well! It's a really beautiful garden and a nice break from the city. Snap a few pretty photos of the flowers and then put your phone away. Take the time to really be present and relax!!!

It's a small garden on the Upper West Side with some the most beautiful flowers. Located on 89th…read morebetween Amsterdam and Columbus and open daily from dawn to dusk. The West Side Community Garden is committed to providing a beautiful, peaceful, green space in which everybody can relax. It's funded by grants and run by volunteers. I was lucky enough to be up here for the Tulip Festival. The garden is lovely and so colorful. There were over 13000 tulips! It was absolutely gorgeous. Weekends are crowded but the festival is on until Mid-May. Check out their website for upcoming events. In the spring and summer they have concerts, opera, a Shakespeare festival, and other events.

When reality sets in that I don't have a partner, or when I feel deep in my soul that the only…read morefriend I have in the universe is the city I live in, the city of alphabets, I come to 9th Street Community Garden Park to feel better. Lonely as I am, together we cry. Sorry, my dear reader, I've been a little down in the dumps after a recent situationship went south. I'm trying to see the bright side in it. I think it will give me some space to breathe and allow me to blossom into the person the universe has destined me to become. But yeah, I've been coming here a lot recently to mope and be sad. It's important to let yourself feel feelings in order to process them.... Although wtf do I know I'm just so random dude reviewing a garden ahahahahah. This garden is LUCIOUS with greenery and BOOMING with life. It's so much greenery that it provides a bit of a shelter and capsule from the brutalistic concrete jungle. Sometimes it's just nice to be around life, even if it's not human you know? After all we human beings need sunlight just as much as plants, so it's kinda of nice to just sit and photosynthesize with them every once in a while........Damn I'm down bad ahahahahaha Be careful though you can get lost in here it's lowkey a maze! A-TOWN STAND UP! IG @jnov_ Tiktok @jnov__

It is a cute and well maintained garden in the area. I went on the NYC Open Garden Day so I was…read morestrolling around a few gardens near East Village, and this is one of the best. I also learnt from them that they have a volunteering program that you can work yourself up to become a member and get a lot for your gardening passions. I have never really done that before - but if I decide to do it some time, this is likely the place that I will go try for it!

Beautiful and cozy community garden. Great place to relax and enjoy the beautiful weather.read more

This is a wonderful community garden. It isn't the best place to take people who aren't steady on…read moretheir feet, as much of the garden has stepstones instead of a path. This is a small, local community garden where locals each have their own plot, so please tread carefully and don't pick anything. Because of the private nature of the plots, there are no sidewalks inside the garden. There is a small patio area near the beehives and storage shed where you could read a book, eat lunch, or simply sit on a bench and enjoy the company of the flowers, squirrels, and birds. The benches are not commercial benches, so it really feels like you're in someone's yard. The fence is open limited hours. If you aren't able to get inside the fence, it's a perfectly enjoyable option to walk around the edge of the plot as there are sidewalks and it is considered a public area. While you're here, why not stop in at Morton Williams, open 24 hours, for some excellent options? There is a fellow who lives on this corner. You can't miss him - her has dread locks longer than he is tall, and the end of them are growing moss that makes him look like a tree spirit. He has a small grill and a bicycle. COVID-Specific info: Last year, the garden underwent some renovations. Due to COVID, the garden seems to always be locked up. The new fences feel hostile. I hope to feel differently when everything is alive again in the spring. As with most of the iconic homeless people, the dryad is gone. I hope he is enjoying a hotel bed in the NYC Homless-in-hotels COVID program.

I first visited this garden more than a decade ago when it was featured in book NY's 50 best places…read moreto find peace & quiet! I've always love it & always drop by when i'm in the area on a Sunday afternoon. Thats the only time they are open to the public. It's very small garden but very charming. I think what makes it unique is its on top of a parking garage & partially hidden. Most people passes by it without realizing its there. Perfect place for passive recreation, read a book, smell the flowers. Definitely worth checking out if you are in the area.

Love, love, love!! We were visiting from out of the area and this was the perfect relaxation spot!…read moreThe pond with the fishes were our favorite! Perfect place to come bring lunch, a snack, and a good book

Local gem and creative events…read more Visited with some family going to see some of the local history. Staff were super welcoming and I was blown away by the photos of the Inwood/Washington Heights before the subway was introduced uptown. The vast swath of farm land and this farmhouse is one place to see how it looks in that bucolic time period. The backyard had a hessian hut of what the military groups used during the historical time period. It is fascinating to think about so much history that took place across the last four centuries in Manhattan and previous to the European arrivals. Thank you for having a local spot for people to learn about history. Great value.

A historical pitstop near our crib. Dutch colonial built in 1785. surrounded by modernity, we sat…read moreat the rear of the farmhouse examining and marvelling the Hessian Soldier hut unearthed in 1916 and subsequently reconstructed. The Farmhouse was closed but it was still worth visiting and mulling over how they farmed on all that rocky terrain.