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Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Rhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0

16% trees around it and 806 species recorded.

38Forestyas Score

ArboretumFungiBirds

  • trees within 3 km16%
  • wild within 10 km38%
  • species recorded806
  • Altitude58 m

The forest around

16% trees.

Read like the rings of a cut trunk: from the centre out, the land within 1, 3, 6 and 10 km, coloured by what covers it.

Trees 40%Grassland 3%Water 0%Built-up 56%Trees 13%Grassland 3%Water 1%Cropland 0%Built-up 84%Trees 6%Grassland 2%Water 14%Bare ground 0%Built-up 77%Trees 9%Grassland 6%Wetland 1%Water 30%Bare ground 1%Cropland 0%Built-up 54%16%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km40%
  • 1–3 km13%
  • 3–6 km6%
  • 6–10 km9%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees13%
  • Grassland3%
  • Wetland0%
  • Water1%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Built-up84%

ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m, from Sentinel satellites), sampled every 120 m. A clearing, a road or a lake counts as what it is.

Who lives here

806 species recorded.

The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.

London Plane
London PlanePlatanus × hispanica4,708 recordsArbres d'ornement-2 - ornamental trees in colour - Public domain book illustration (visual · CC0
Norway maple
Norway mapleAcer platanoides2,807 recordsMartin Bobka (= Martin120 ) · CC BY-SA 2.5
Small-leaved Lime
Small-leaved LimeTilia cordata2,313 recordsImreKiss · CC BY 3.0
Bradford pear
Bradford pearPyrus calleryana1,709 recordsBruce Marlin · CC BY 3.0
Honey shuck
Honey shuckGleditsia triacanthos1,296 recordsKevmin · CC BY-SA 3.0
Green ashCR
Green ashFraxinus pennsylvanica1,262 recordsJerzy Opioła · CC BY-SA 3.0
American elm
American elmUlmus americana1,251 recordsUser Henryhartley on en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
Ginkgo
GinkgoGinkgo biloba1,213 recordsThis photo was taken by Susanna Giaccai . Feel free to use my photos, but please mention m · CC BY-SA 3.0
Scholar tree
Scholar treeStyphnolobium japonicum826 recordsJean-Pol GRANDMONT · CC BY 3.0
Japanese-elmNT
Japanese-elmZelkova serrata804 recordsja:User:Miya · CC BY-SA 4.0
Northern Red Oak
Northern Red OakQuercus rubra523 recordsNicholas A. Tonelli from Northeast Pennsylvania, USA · CC BY 2.0
American basswood
American basswoodTilia americana479 recordsWendy Cutler from Vancouver, Canada · CC BY 2.0

Open records within 2 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

38out of 100

Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).

  • 16%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 38%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 806Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
  • 58 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in May and in October.

How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.

  1. Jan4°-2°99 mm
  2. Feb4°-1°95 mm
  3. Mar7°1°114 mm
  4. Apr12°6°107 mm
  5. May17°12°101 mm
  6. Jun22°17°115 mm
  7. Jul26°21°114 mm
  8. Aug26°21°114 mm
  9. Sep23°18°97 mm
  10. Oct18°12°124 mm
  11. Nov12°7°101 mm
  12. Dec7°2°133 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

Botanical garden in Brooklyn, New York City

Brooklyn Botanic Garden is an arboretum in United States.

Seen from space, 16% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 38% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

806 species have been recorded around it: 368 plants, 145 fungi, 285 birds and 8 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: London Plane, Norway maple and Small-leaved Lime.

The best time to walk is in May and in October.

Pipevine swallowtail (72226)
Rhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0

Get there and walk

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

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From above

The forest and its surroundings.

The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the trails, notable trees, picnic sites and huts that OpenStreetMap shows.

Brooklyn Botanic Garden seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 8marked trails within 5 kmHudson Valley Greenway Trail (The Battery, NYC to Inwood), Wall Street, Peninsula Trail and 5 more
  • 12named and notable trees within 6 kmCamperdown Elm, Survivor Tree, Stuffed Animals Tree and 9 more
  • 263picnic sites within 4 km
  • 172shelters and huts within 6 kmI Ought To, Bristol and 170 more
  • 28viewpoints within 5 kmBattle Hill, The Overlook, Granite Prospect and 25 more
  • 5visitor centres within 6 kmSteinberg Visitor Center, Visitor Center, New Amsterdam Pavilion and 2 more
  • 275car parks within 3 km
  • 6campsites within 10 kmLiberty Harbor RV, Goldenrod Campground, Tamarack Campground and 3 more
  • 540places to stay within 10 kmNu Hotel, New York Loft Hostel, The Frederick Hotel and 537 more
  • 1,012restaurants and cafés within 3 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

In our other atlases

Around Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

The mountains, lakes, rivers, waterfalls and canyons around this forest, the viewpoints above it, the birds and the night sky, in the family's atlases.

Peakyas13 mountains within 25 km
Grymes Hill, Staten Island12 kmKings Bluff12 kmSummit Rock13 kmTodt Hill14 kmSnake Hill14 kmInwood Hill23 kmSpuyten Duyvil Hill24 kmTetards Hill24 km
Islandyasthe island
Long Island3,566 km²
Coastya1 beaches within 10 km
Canarsie Beach7.8 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 km
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir0.3 km² · 13 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 km
Hayden PlanetariumBortle 9 · 13 km
Viewyas6 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
One World Observatory6.5 kmStatue of Liberty7.2 kmNew York Wheel9.9 kmEdge10 kmTop of the Rock10 kmWonder Wheel10 km
Birdyas1 birding sites within 25 km
U Thant Island345 species · 8.7 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Photographs

The forest, as people saw it.

Bridge to Eden
Bettycrocker · CC BY-SA 3.0
BBG Children's Garden
GK tramrunner · CC BY-SA 4.0
Brooklyn Botanic Garden - 20200911 - 03 - Osborne Garden
Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

United States

  • 38Forestyas Score
  • 16%Trees
  • 38%Wild
  • 806Species

Drew University

United States · 40 km

  • 75Forestyas Score
  • 74%Trees
  • 89%Wild
  • 146Species

See the guide

Pine Barrens

United States · 122 km

  • 83Forestyas Score
  • 91%Trees
  • 94%Wild
  • 390Species

See the guide

New York Botanical Garden

United States · 23 km

  • 48Forestyas Score
  • 25%Trees
  • 57%Wild
  • 1,671Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q1360424) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species1,666,751 open records within 2 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only)
See these recordsgbif.org
Names and photosWikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
AltitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Temperature and rainNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesPeakyas, Islandyas, Coastya, Lakeyas, Darkskyas, Viewyas, Birdyas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.

beachesCoastyaFind your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit lakesLakeyasEvery lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Visit mountainsPeakyasEvery summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit waterfallsCascadyasEvery waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.Visit islandsIslandyasEvery island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.Visit riversRiveryasEvery river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit canyonsCanyonyasEvery canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit cavesCavernyasEvery cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.Visit dark skiesDarkskyasWhere the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.Visit
viewpointsViewyasEvery viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.Coming soonVisit
birdwatchingBirdyasEvery bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.Visit
forestsForestyasEvery forest with its land-cover rings, what grows and lives in it, and the best months to walk it.You are here