THE BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN 



The Brooklyn Botanic Garden was established in 1910 

 as a Department of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and 

 Sciences. Its object is the advancement and diffusion of a 

 knowledge and love of plants. 



It is located just east of Prospect Park, south of Eastern 

 Parkway, and comprises approximately forty-eight acres, 

 situated in the very heart of the Borough of Brooklyn. 



The Garden is open free to the public daily from 8 a.m. 

 until dark; on Sundays and holidays it opens at 10 a.m. 



The entrances are on Flatbush Avenue, near Malbone 

 Street and near Mt. Prospect Reservoir; on Washington 

 Avenue, south of Eastern Parkway and near Malbone 

 Street; on Eastern Parkway, west of the Brooklyn Museum. 

 The Laboratory and Administration Building is on Wash- 

 ington Avenue, with entrances opposite Crown Street, as 

 well as from the Garden, and may be reached by Flatbush 

 Avenue surface cars to Malbone Street; Franklin Avenue 

 and Lorimer Street surface cars to Washington Avenue; St. 

 John's Place surface cars to Sterling Place; Ninth Avenue, 

 Sixteenth Avenue, Union Street, Greenpoint, and Smith 

 Street surface cars to Prospect Park Plaza and Union 

 Street; and Brighton Beach elevated to Consumers' Park 



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