New York Botanical Garden

New York Botanical Garden
	Visitor Center in June 2012
Established	1891
Location	The Bronx, New York City
Public transit access	Metro-North Railroad: Harlem Line Botanical Garden; New York City Subway: Pelham Parkway; New York City Bus: Bx12, Bx12 SBS, Bx19, Bx22, Bx26
Website	www.nybg.org
	New York Botanical Garden
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. National Historic Landmark
	Enid A. Haupt Conservatory
Location	Southern and Bedford Park Boulevards; Bronx, New York 10458
Coordinates	40°51′49″N 73°52′42″W / 40.86361°N 73.87833°W
Area	250 acres (100 ha)
Built	1891
Architect	Lord & Burnham Co.
Architectural style	Victorian era
NRHP reference No.	67000009
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	May 28, 1967
Designated NHL	May 28, 1967

The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) is a botanical garden at Bronx Park in the Bronx, New York City. Established in 1891, it is located on a 250-acre (100 ha) site that contains a landscape with over one million living plants; the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, a greenhouse containing several habitats; and the LuEsther T. Mertz Library, which contains one of the world's largest collections of botany-related texts. As of 2016^[update], over a million people visit the New York Botanical Garden annually.

NYBG is also a major educational institution, teaching visitors about plant science, ecology, and healthful eating through NYBG's interactive programming. Nearly 90,000 of the annual visitors are children from underserved neighboring communities. An additional 3,000 are teachers from New York City's public school system participating in professional development programs that train them to teach science courses at all grade levels. NYBG operates one of the world's largest plant research and conservation programs.

NYBG was established in 1891 and the first structures on the grounds opened at the end of that decade. Since 1967, the garden has been listed as a National Historic Landmark, and several buildings have been designated as official New York City landmarks.

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
^ "The New York Botanical Garden". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. September 17, 2007. Archived from the original on November 13, 2013.

[1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.

[nhlsum-2] "The New York Botanical Garden". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. September 17, 2007. Archived from the original on November 13, 2013.

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