1 p.m. Historic Trolley Tour

Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Green-Wood TrolleyExperience 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.

(Sold Out) 1 p.m. The Azaleas and Dogwoods of Green-Wood Trolley Tour

Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Do not attempt to adjust your dials – our spring colors really are that vibrant! 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. Click here for more information and to purchase tickets.

1 p.m. Historic Trolley Tour

Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States
 

Green-Wood TrolleyExperience 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 Trolley Tour

Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Join us before Mother’s Day to celebrate some of the most colorful and influential women of the 19th and early 20th centuries, buried right here in Green-Wood. 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.

(Sold Out) 1 p.m. Historic Trolley Tour

Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Green-Wood TrolleyExperience 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. Life and Death Along Sportsmen’s Row: Brooklyn’s Eighth Avenue and Green-Wood

Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States

In the 1890s, a swath of Eighth Avenue was grandly deemed Sportsmen’s Row for the many residents in horseracing as owners, trainers, and jockeys. Meanwhile, they lived among men of prominence and success in politics, business, law, and the arts. Lucas Rubin has explored their intertwined lives in his 2012 book, Brooklyn’s Sportsmen’s Row: Politics, Society, and the Sporting Life on Northern Eighth Avenue. And in fact, much of Rubin’s research was done in Green-Wood’s fruitful archives. Click here for more information and to purchase tickets.

7 p.m. (Sold Out) Twilight Tour and Mausoleum Mixer

Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States

 
 

There are few places more atmospheric than a cemetery at dusk – and Green-Wood is top notch when it comes to beauty and atmosphere. So take a walk on the wild side during this special event that will lead you on a twilight tour of the expansive grounds. As the sun sets on 478 spectacular acres, you’ll weave through stunning landscapes and visit the graves of fascinating figures in New York and American culture. Click here for more information and to purchase tickets.

1 p.m. Historic Trolley Tour

Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Green-Wood TrolleyExperience 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.

2:30 p.m. Green-Wood’s Annual Memorial Day Concert

Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States

This year Green-Wood celebrates 15 years of bringing Memorial Day music to visitors from all over the area. The concert features the ISO Symphonic Band, founded in 1995 to sponsor talented students throughout New York City and led by ISO’s inimitable founder and conductor Brian P. Worsdale. Each year we feature the works of Green-Wood’s permanent residents Fred Ebb, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Leonard Bernstein, and many others. Click here 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.