Gardens Worth Visiting

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MANHATTAN

Upper Manhattan

The Cloisters - Map it
(Fort Tryon Park, at the northern tip Manhattan)
212-923-3700
www.metmuseum.org

The Heather Garden
(Margaret Corbin Circle, at 192nd St. & Cabrini Blvd.)
212-795-1388

Dyckman Farmhouse MuseumMap it
(4881 Broadway, at 204th St.)
212-304-9422

Morris-Jumel Mansion
(65 Jumel Terrace, between 160th and 162nd Sts.)
212-923-8008

Convent Garden
(Intersection of West 151st St., Convent and St. Nicholas Aves.)

Riverside Valley Community Garden
(138th St. and Twelfth Ave.)
646-456-3024

Children's Storefront Garden
(70 East 129th St.)
212-427-7900

Ricardo O'Gorman Garden and Center
(23 West 129th St.)
212-289-6319

Rev. Linnette C. Williamson Memorial Park Association
(53-55 and 65 West 128th St.)

Pleasant Village Community Garden
(118th St. and Pleasant Ave.)

Holy Rosary Community Garden
(119th St. between Pleasant and First Aves.)

Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine
(1047 Amsterdam Ave., at W. 112th St.)
212-316-7400
www.stjohndivine.org

Upper West Side

The Lotus Garden
(W. 97th St. between Broadway and West End Ave.)
212-580-4897

The 91st Street Garden
(Riverside Park at W. 91st St.)

West Side Community Garden
(Between W. 89th St. and 90th St. and Columbus and Amsterdam Aves.)

Arthur Ross Terrace
(American Museum of Natural History. Central Park West at W. 79th St.)
212-769-5100
www.amnh.org

Shakespeare Garden
(in Central Park at W. 79th St. and West Drive)
www.centralparknyc.org

Upper East Side

The Conservatory Garden
(Central Park at Fifth Ave. and E. 105th St.)
212-860-1382

Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution
(2 E. 91st St. at Fifth Ave.)
212-849-8400

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
(1000 Fifth Ave. at 82nd St.)
212-535-7710
www.metmuseum.org

Eighth Church of Christ, Scientist
(103 E. 77th St., between Park and Lexington Aves.)
212-535-2670

The Frick Collection
(1 East 70th St., between Fifth and Madison Aves.)
212-288-0700
www.frick.org

Mount Vernon Hotel Museum and Garden
(421 East 61st St., between First and York Aves.)
212-838-6878
www.mvhm.org

Central Park Wildlife Center
(Central Park at E. 64th St. and Fifth Ave.)
212-861-6030

Midtown

Rockefeller Center
(W. 48th to W. 51st Sts. Between Fifth Ave. and Rockefeller Plaza)
www.rockefellercenter.com

The Museum of Modern Art
(11 West 53rd St., between Fifth Ave. and Ave. of the Americas)
212-708-9400
www.moma.org

Samuel Paley Plaza
(3-5 East 53rd St., between Fifth and Madison Aves.)

Greenacre Park
(217 E. 51st St., between Second and Third Aves.)
212-838-0528

Midtown (continued)

Mary's Garden
(Holy Family Church, 315 E. 47th St., between First and Second Aves.)
212-753-3401

The Japan Society
(333 East 47th St., between First and Second Aves.)
212-832-1155
www.japansociety.org

United Nations
(First Ave., between E. 42nd and E. 48th Sts.; enter at E. 46th St.)
212-963-1234
www.un.org

The Ford Foundation
(320 E. 43rd St., between First and Second Aves.)
212-573-5000

Tudor City Greens
(between E. 41st and E. 43rd Sts. Between First and Second Aves.)

The Howard A. Rusk Institute of Rehabilitative Medicine
(400 E. 34th St., between First Ave. and FDR Dr.)
212-263-6058

Bellevue Hospital Center Comfort Garden
(E. 27th St. at First Ave.)

Herald Square and Greeley Square
(Broadway at W. 33rd St. and W. 34th St.)

Bryant Park
(6th Ave. between W. 40th and W. 42nd St.)
212-768-4242
www.bryantpark.org

Clinton Community Garden
(436 W. 48th St., between Ninth and Tenth Ave.)
www.clintoncommunitygarden.org

Balsley Park
(Ninth Ave. at W. 57th St.)

Downtown

The General Theological Seminary
(175 Ninth Avenue)
212-243-5150
www.gts.edu

Gramercy Park
(Between East 20th and East 21 Streets, and Park and Third Avenues)

Vera List Courtyard
The New School
(66 West 12th Street)
212-229-5600
www.newschool.edu

Jefferson Market Garden
(Greenwich Avenue between Sixth Ave. and West 10th Street)

The Sheridan Square Viewing Garden
(Intersection of West 4th St., Barrow St. and Washington Place)

The Garden at the Church of St. Luke in the Fields
(487 Hudson Street)

Laguardia Corner Garden
(Laguardia Place and Bleecker Street)

Merchant's House Museum
(29 East 4th Street)
212-777-1089
www.merchantshouse.com

The Liz Christy Bowery-Houston Community Garden
(110 East Houston Street at Bowery)
212-594-2155
www.greenguerillas.org

Lower East Side Community Gardens
(Between Houston St. and E. 13th Sts. and First Ave. to Ave. D)

Federal Plaza
(Worth and Lafayette Streets)

Bogardus Triangle
(Intersection of Hudson St., West Broadway and Reade St.)

Duane Park
(Hudson and Duane Sts.)

Washington Market Park
(Greenwich St. at Chambers St.)

Battery Park City
(Along the Hudson River from Chambers St. to the Battery)
212-267-9700
www.batteryparkcityparks.org

Teardrop Park