Green-Wood Cemetery
A hilly Victorian cemetery in Brooklyn with harbor views and the graves of Leonard Bernstein, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Boss Tweed.
- Open
- Daily in daylight
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- 1.5 hours
- Address
- 500 25th St, Brooklyn, NY 11232Google MapsApple Maps
- Getting There
- 25 St station (R train).
Why Go
In the 1860s it drew as many visitors as Niagara Falls. Its Gothic gate is home to wild monk parrots, and the Battle of Brooklyn was fought here.
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