1 p.m. Eternal Beauty: Green-Wood Through the Lens Talk & Tour
The Historic Chapel at Green-Wood 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesWITH A SPECIAL PRESENTATION ON VICTORIAN MOURNING Photographer John Thomas Grant inspires us with images from his extraordinary book Final Thoughts on the “landscaped paradises” that are cemeteries in America. Viewed as a unique art form, the headstones and memorials that are found in America’s cemeteries are captured in Grant’s inspiring photographs. Complementing the ... Read more
1 p.m. Historic Trolley Tour
Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesExperience the most magnificent and historic 478 acres in New York City. Join our expert tour guide to hear fascinating stories of Green-Wood’s permanent residents, see breathtaking views of Manhattan, tread where George Washington and his troops fought the Battle of Brooklyn, and much more. Feb - May 2012 Winter/Spring Trolley Tour Schedule: Wednesday, February ... Read more
(Sold Out) 1 p.m. RMS Titanic and Green-Wood: 100 Years Later Trolley Tour
Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesTHIS EVENT HAS SOLD OUT. Please check our calendar for other Green-Wood events. One hundred years ago, on April 15, 1912, the world experienced one of the most devastating maritime disasters of all time when the RMS Titanic sank- on her maiden voyage. This trolley tour will visit the final resting places of ... Read more
1 p.m. Historic Trolley Tour
Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesExperience the most magnificent and historic 478 acres in New York City. Join our expert tour guide to hear fascinating stories of Green-Wood’s permanent residents, see breathtaking views of Manhattan, tread where George Washington and his troops fought the Battle of Brooklyn, and much more. Feb - May 2012 Winter/Spring Trolley Tour Schedule: Wednesday, February ... Read more
1 p.m. Historic Trolley Tour
Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesExperience the most magnificent and historic 478 acres in New York City. Join our expert tour guide to hear fascinating stories of Green-Wood’s permanent residents, see breathtaking views of Manhattan, tread where George Washington and his troops fought the Battle of Brooklyn, and much more. Feb - May 2012 Winter/Spring Trolley Tour Schedule: Wednesday, February ... Read more
1 p.m. Historic Trolley Tour
Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesExperience the most magnificent and historic 478 acres in New York City. Join our expert tour guide to hear fascinating stories of Green-Wood’s permanent residents, see breathtaking views of Manhattan, tread where George Washington and his troops fought the Battle of Brooklyn, and much more. Feb - May 2012 Winter/Spring Trolley Tour Schedule: Wednesday, February ... Read more
1 p.m. Historic Trolley Tour
Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesExperience the most magnificent and historic 478 acres in New York City. Join our expert tour guide to hear fascinating stories of Green-Wood’s permanent residents, see breathtaking views of Manhattan, tread where George Washington and his troops fought the Battle of Brooklyn, and much more. Feb - May 2012 Winter/Spring Trolley Tour Schedule: Wednesday, February ... Read more
10 a.m. Tu-mulchuous and Tree-mendous Special Event
Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesIMPORTANT NOTICE: All trees for the Tree-Mendous event have been reserved and we are taking no new reservations. However, any trees that have not been picked up by 11:00 a.m. that day (one hour after the tree give-away starts) will be made available to the public shortly after 11. Please note, you must be a ... Read more
1 p.m. Historic Trolley Tour
Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesExperience the most magnificent and historic 478 acres in New York City. Join our expert tour guide to hear fascinating stories of Green-Wood’s permanent residents, see breathtaking views of Manhattan, tread where George Washington and his troops fought the Battle of Brooklyn, and much more. Trolley Tour Schedule: Sunday, April 29: Discover Green-Wood Wednesday, May ... Read more
1 p.m. Historic Trolley Tour
Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesExperience the most magnificent and historic 478 acres in New York City. Join our expert tour guide to hear fascinating stories of Green-Wood’s permanent residents, see breathtaking views of Manhattan, tread where George Washington and his troops fought the Battle of Brooklyn, and much more. Trolley Tour Schedule: Sunday, April 29: Discover Green-Wood Wednesday, May ... Read more
1 p.m. Written in Stone Walking Tour
Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesThe monuments and mausoleums of Green-Wood have many fascinating stories to tell, and some of the most interesting are not about the most famous. Join Green-Wood tour guide Ruth Edebohls to visit the final resting places and hear the stories of the Indian Princess, the girl who died on her 17th birthday, the heartbroken ... Read more
(Sold Out) 1 p.m. The Azaleas and Dogwoods of Green-Wood Trolley Tour
Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesWITH GREEN-WOOD’S SUPERINTENDENT OF GROUNDS ART PRESSON This event is sold out. You won’t want to miss this tour. Green-Wood’s superintendent of grounds and resident expert in all things green (and pink, yellow, white and purple), Art Presson will dazzle you with the extraordinary beauty of the spring blooms at Green-Wood. Whether you’re the ... Read more
1 p.m. Historic Trolley Tour
Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Experience the most magnificent and historic 478 acres in New York City. Join our expert tour guide to hear fascinating stories of Green-Wood’s permanent residents, see breathtaking views of Manhattan, tread where George Washington and his troops fought the Battle of Brooklyn, and much more. Click the event title above for more information and to purchase tickets.
1 p.m. Green-Wood’s Great Women: Mother’s Day Walking Tour
Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Join us on Mother’s Day to celebrate some of the most colorful and influential women of the 19th and early 20th centuries who are buried here. Matilda Tone, wife of the Irish patriot; pioneering doctors Susan McKinney Steward and Mary Jacobi; abolitionist Abigail Hopper Gibbons; and actresses Laura Keene and Kate Claxton rest here along with the more notorious Lola Montez and Elizabeth Tilton. Click here for more information and to purchase tickets.
1 p.m. Historic Trolley Tour
Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesExperience the most magnificent and historic 478 acres in New York City. Join our expert tour guide to hear fascinating stories of Green-Wood’s permanent residents, see breathtaking views of Manhattan, tread where George Washington and his troops fought the Battle of Brooklyn, and much more. Click the event title above for more information and to purchase tickets.
Green-Wood’s public programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, as well as the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
