At Cherry Blossom Time, Prospect Heights and Crown Heights shine: Part One
Eye On Real Estate: Brooklyn Botanic Garden's blooms bring visitors to nearby neighborhoods
It’s Cherry Blossom Time — which shines a spotlight on the neighborhoods near Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
Sakura Matsuri, the weekend horticultural — and cultural — extravaganza that draws as many as 70,000-plus visitors each year, took place on April 25 and 26. They come from Japan, Philadelphia, Connecticut and all over the city for this Cherry Blossom Festival, which is the largest event that takes place in a U.S. public garden.
Also, over the next couple weeks, crowds will keep pouring into BBG — and nearby blocks of Prospect Heights and Crown Heights — as the cherry trees of the garden’s famed Esplanade flower forth with big, fat blooms that have “selfie backdrop” written all over them.