The beauty of New York City is even more remarkable during springtime. Daffodils are popping-up, Magnolia trees are decorating the gardens, and Callery Pears dominate with their marvellous white.
However, the show’s real star is the Cherry tree, which got significant publicity in Japan and worldwide.
Cherry trees of all kinds can be spotted in different parts of the city, parks, gardens, churches and even around the five boroughs’ streets.
Here are some places you don’t want to miss to enjoy the peak bloom.
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens
Flushing Meadows Corona Park is one of the famous spots in the city to enjoy the beautiful cherry blossom. Especially along the Unisphere (the stainless steel globe), you can enjoy Okame cherry trees, which are the first cherries to bloom in the city from the end of March-Early April.
Central Park, Manhattan
This appearance was expected. With small street with low-level charming historic buildings, spring just Pretty obvious, but don’t underestimate this tourist attraction. Central Park has a wide variety of Cherry trees. Around the big lake is your easy chance to find them easily. Enter the park from east 79th street and walk south if you are ready for a walk, and you will see fluffs of white petals all around you. Cherry Hill is another great spot to see their glory.
Brookfield Place, Manhattan
Dumbo is famous for its stunning view of Manhattan, Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan bridge.
Brookfield Place is a towering waterfront office complex offering shopping and dining. But right outside, you will find Pumphouse Park, which has some beautiful Yoshino cherries that can also be seen from the food hall inside the building. Later on, around mid-April, the tulips are starting to pop-up also.
Hunter’s Point South (LIC), Queens
This relatively new park on the edge of LIC has something special that not sure many New Yorkers know about besides the best view in the city.
Right next to the LIC LANDING CAFE, a circle of Yoshino cherry trees makes the Manhattan skyline even more glorious with these white-pink petals in the picture. If you go north next to the playground, you will find the historic LIC train tracks with many beautiful tulips.
Roosevelt Island
Roosevelt Island is not a secret either to New Yorkers or tourists. However, surprisingly not many people visit the Island during springtime. And that’s a shame because the Island is full of new developments that bring a lot of thinking behind the landscape architecture. That’s probably why the Island is packed with Cherry trees.
Walk along the W loop rd for Kwanzan cherries(Mid-April – late-April).
Walk along the E loop rd for Okame cherries (late-March – early-April).
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn
Last but not least, The Brooklyn Botanic Garden is a real pearl on our list.
Located next to Prospect Park, it has areas with promising names: Cherry Walk, Cherry Esplanade and the Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden. I cannot say enough words to express the breathtaking landscapes you will see there from early April through May. Sakura Festival takes place there every year in April. The official website provides a map with Cherry blossom daily tracking, so you can be sure you visit on your favorite prime time. http://bbg.org/collections/cherries
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