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have stations within a few feet of the gates, and entrances are 
only three or four minutes walk, or less, from six trolley lines. 
We are less than thirty minutes from Times Square, Manhattan, 
by either subway, and about thirty-five minutes by automobile. 
The population of the Borough of Brooklyn (the most populous 
of the five Boroughs), as of the 1940 census, is nearly 2,700,000. 
The center of this population is 150 feet east of Bedford Avenue 
on the north side of Lenox Road. This is only about ten minutes 
walk from our nearest gate. Brooklyn also has the largest school 
population of any borough of the City. 
Opportunity is thus literally at the very gates of the Garden. 
Easy access by rapid transit lines and automobile is annually 
bringing more and more visitors and school classes from other 
boroughs. The Brooklyn Botanic Garden is a New York City 
institution, an opportunity for all citizens and all schools of all 
boroughs, meriting city-wide support in return for city-wide 
service. 
Revistration and Attendance at Classes 
The total registration for regular classwork was 1,797 (adults, 
1,085: children, 712). The total attendance at all classes and 
lectures was 116,386 (Botanic Garden classes, 42,698; visiting 
classes from schools, 73,688). This is the largest class attendance 
in the history of the Garden. The corresponding figures for 1940 
were 108,368 (41,239 and 67,129 respectively). Children’s classes 
came from all five Boroughs of the city. 
Adult Hducation 
The appended report of the Curator of Public Instruction (p. 
106) gives the details of the year’s educational work with adults. 
Special attention is called to the classes for employees of the 
Department of Parks, who were given time off with pay so that 
they might take advantage of this opportunity. The work began 
in the Fall of 1940, with an enrollment of 86. The enrollment for 
1941 was 67, naturally less than in 1940 as so many enrolled the 
first year. These classes are proving very popular and very 
practical and helpful. 
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Publication has included two illustrated Guides to the Garden 
collections, as follows: 
