Green-Wood

Spring Egg Hunt: Spotted Lanternfly Edition￼
2023-03-19 13:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
Credit: Sara Evans

This is not your familiar Eastertide activity. Join Sara Evans, senior manager and curator of living collections, on a hunt for spotted lanternfly egg masses on the trees in Green-Wood.

Since 2014, the spotted lanternfly, a planthopper native to Asia, has been spreading and establishing throughout the eastern United States. Because they lack significant natural predators in the area, their population is expanding unchecked.

Price: Free. Registration required.

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As spotted lanternflies feed on trees and vines, they add stress to the plants, and can even kill several species, including tree-of-heaven. Removing egg masses before they hatch is a surefire way to manage their population and reduce stress on our urban forest!

Join us to learn how to identify, safely remove, and effectively discard egg masses, while learning about the life cycles and documenting the egg-laying habits of the spotted lanternfly.

And remember that you can slow the spread of spotted lanternfly by checking that your vehicle and firewood is free of egg masses or nymphs before traveling with it out of state.

Free. Registration required. Please consider a donation to the Green-Wood Historic Fund so that we can continue to offer free and low-cost programs throughout the year.

Before Reserving Your SPot, Please Note:

COVID-19 Policy: In accordance with New York State and CDC guidance, masks are optional. Attendees must follow ALL instructions and guidance from Cemetery staff and ambassadors.Tickets: There are no paper or e-tickets! Attendees will be checked in by name.Where To Go: Check-in takes place at the meadow near the Main Entrance at Fifth Avenue and 25th Street (500 25th Street).For Your Safety: We strongly encourage attendees to wear suitable footwear. The route includes several steep hills, some stairs, as well as grassy and uneven terrain. There is no place to sit down during the tour. Due to the challenging nature of the route, this tour is not ADA accessible and is not recommended for children under the age of 10.A Little More About Safety: Unless it is a medical emergency, it is not possible to leave during the tour. Please consider your own abilities—as well as those in your party—before purchasing tickets.Refunds and exchanges: Ticket sales are final. No exchanges or refunds unless the tour is canceled.Inclement Weather Policy: We monitor the weather throughout the day for the best chance of proceeding with the tour, and will not make a final decision until at least 3 hours before the start of the tour. Cancellations will be announced via Eventbrite email blasts, so check your email and spam folders.Feeling Sick? Stay home if you are feeling sick or running a fever.

Mother
2023-03-20 00:00 - 23:59, 2023-03-21 00:00 - 23:59, 2023-03-22 00:00 - 23:59, 2023-03-23 00:00 - 23:59, 2023-03-24 00:00 - 23:59, 2023-03-25 00:00 - 23:59, 2023-03-26 00:00 - 23:59, 2023-03-27 00:00 - 23:59 and 12 more dates
AN Installation by Eiko Otake

Photo Credit: Maria Baranova

February 25th–May 7thFree and Open to the Public Daily 10am–5pmHistoric Chapel

In her fifty-year career, Eiko Otake has explored themes of loss, which has included practicing her own death, conversing with the dead, and moving among the abandoned remains of irradiated Fukushima. Otake is interested in communing with and surveying the physical and emotional traces of the deceased.

In Mother, through videos and sculpture, Otake talks to and dances with her mother, who died in 2019. It is one daughter and her mother’s personal story. The artist, however, hopes viewers have an opportunity to contemplate their own maternal bonds, as well as the diverse yet common connection to a mother that “links us all to the distant past.” Green-Wood’s Historic Chapel is a poignant setting for Mother, as for over a century it has provided many with a place for such reflection.

Mother is curated by Harry Weil, Green-Wood’s Vice President of Education and Public Programs. Iris McCloughan aided in the installation’s creation as a dramaturg. Mother includes two videos created in 2019 soon after Otake’s mother passed away, as well as photo prints and objects. The video of the artist speaking is excerpted from “Elegies,” made in collaboration with John Killacky and Brian Stevenson. The other, “With Mother in Twilight,” was filmed by Rebekkah Palov.

Made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts and National Endowment for the Arts.

Click here for more information about the artist and installation.

Free and open to the public, no reservations are necessary. Please consider a donation to The Green-Wood Historic Fund so that we can continue to offer free and low-cost programs throughout the year.

Baseball Greats of Green-Wood Trolley Tour
2023-03-25 10:00 - 12:00
Batter up! To kick off the 2023 season, we welcome baseball historian Tom Gilbert, along with Green-Wood historian Jeff Richman, for a tour of Green-Wood’s ball-playing pioneers. On this trolley tour you’ll visit the monuments and gravesites of Henry Chadwick, the “Father of Baseball,” who invented the game’s scoring system; James Creighton, baseball’s first national star; Charles Ebbets, owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers; and many others who played a role in making baseball America’s national pastime.

Price: $30, and $25 for members

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Before Purchasing A Ticket, Please Note:

COVID-19 Policy: In accordance with New York State and CDC guidance, masks are optional. Attendees must follow ALL instructions and guidance from Cemetery staff and ambassadors.Tickets: There are no paper or e-tickets! Attendees will be checked in by name.Where To Go: Check-in takes place at the Historic Chapel near the Main Entrance at Fifth Avenue and 25th Street (500 25th Street).For Your Safety: This tour includes climbing stairs and walking on grassy and uneven terrain. We strongly encourage attendees to wear suitable footwear. Due to the nature and length of the route, this tour is not recommended for children under the age of 10.A Little More About Safety: Unless it is a medical emergency, it is not possible to leave the tour early.Refunds and exchanges: Ticket sales are final. No exchanges or refunds unless the tour is canceled.Inclement Weather Policy: We monitor the weather throughout the day for the best chance of proceeding with the tour, and will not make a final decision until at least 3 hours before the start of the tour. Cancellations will be announced via Eventbrite email blasts, so check your email and spam folders.Feeling Sick? Stay home if you are feeling sick or running a fever.

Green-Wood trolley tours are fully accessible and ADA compliant. In order to accommodate a wheelchair or other mobility aids on the trolley, arrangements must be made in advance. Please call 718-210-3080, ext. 1 or email events@green-wood.com.

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Discover Green-Wood Trolley Tour
2023-03-25 13:00 - 15:00
Join our expert tour guides aboard our fully heated trolley to explore Green-Wood’s historic landscape and some of its most fascinating permanent residents. If you have never been to the Cemetery this is your opportunity to discover its 478 acres of art, history, and nature! You will tread where George Washington and his troops fought in the Battle of Brooklyn, visit the grave of one of America’s greatest artists, and much more.

Price: $30, and $25 for members

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Before Purchasing A Ticket, Please Note:

COVID-19 Policy: In accordance with New York State and CDC guidance, masks are optional. Attendees must follow ALL instructions and guidance from Cemetery staff and ambassadors.Tickets: There are no paper or e-tickets! Attendees will be checked in by name.Where To Go: Check-in takes place at the Historic Chapel near the Main Entrance at Fifth Avenue and 25th Street (500 25th Street).For Your Safety: This tour includes climbing stairs and walking on grassy and uneven terrain. We strongly encourage attendees to wear suitable footwear. Due to the nature and length of the route, this tour is not recommended for children under the age of 10.A Little More About Safety: Unless it is a medical emergency, it is not possible to leave the tour early.Refunds and exchanges: Ticket sales are final. No exchanges or refunds unless the tour is canceled.Inclement Weather Policy: We monitor the weather throughout the day for the best chance of proceeding with the tour, and will not make a final decision until at least 3 hours before the start of the tour. Cancellations will be announced via Eventbrite email blasts, so check your email and spam folders.Feeling Sick? Stay home if you are feeling sick or running a fever.

Green-Wood trolley tours are fully accessible and ADA compliant. In order to accommodate a wheelchair or other mobility aids on the trolley, arrangements must be made in advance. Please call 718-210-3080, ext. 1 or email events@green-wood.com.

Not a Member?

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Click the gray tickets button to activate the Eventbrite pop-up, then click Enter promo code. Type in your ID number and apply your discount.

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Don’t know your Member ID number? Not sure which ticket or membership type to order? Call 718-210-3080 or email contactus@green-wood.com with any questions.

Green-Wood’s Greatest Hits
2023-03-26 13:00 - 14:30, 2023-04-02 13:00 - 14:30
Credit: Amy Nieporent

Join our expert tour guides to explore Green-Wood’s historic landscape and visit its most fascinating permanent residents. If you have never been to the Cemetery, this is your opportunity to discover the highlights of some of its 478 acres of art, history, and nature!

On this walking tour, you will tread where George Washington and his troops fought in the Battle of Brooklyn; learn of the massive fire that struck the Brooklyn Theatre in 1876; pay your respects to the maestro, Leonard Bernstein; and discover much more.

Price: $25, and $20 for members

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Before Purchasing A Ticket, Please Note:

COVID-19 Policy: In accordance with New York State and CDC guidance, masks are optional. Attendees must follow ALL instructions and guidance from Cemetery staff and ambassadors.

Tickets: There are no paper or e-tickets! Attendees will be checked in by name.

Where To Go: Check-in takes place at the meadow near the Main Entrance at Fifth Avenue and 25th Street (500 25th Street).

For Your Safety: We strongly encourage attendees to wear suitable footwear. The route includes several steep hills, some stairs, as well as grassy and uneven terrain. There is no place to sit down during the tour. Due to the challenging nature of the route, this tour is not ADA compliant and is not recommended for children under the age of 10.

A Little More About Safety: Unless it is a medical emergency, it is not possible to leave during the tour. Please consider your own abilities–as well as those in your party–before purchasing tickets.

Refunds and exchanges: Ticket sales are final. No exchanges or refunds unless the tour is canceled.

Inclement Weather Policy: We monitor the weather throughout the day for the best chance of proceeding with the tour, and will not make a final decision until at least 3 hours before the start of the tour. Cancellations will be announced via Eventbrite email blasts, so check your email and spam folders.

Feeling Sick? Stay home if you are feeling sick or running a fever.

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Already a Member?

Click the gray tickets button to activate the Eventbrite pop-up, then click Enter promo code. Type in your ID number and apply your discount.

Questions?

Don’t know your Member ID number? Not sure which ticket or membership type to order? Call 718-210-3080 or email contactus@green-wood.com with any questions.

Threading Stones: Soul Candles￼
2023-03-26 13:00 - 16:00
In Partnership with The Neighborhood

For centuries, Jewish women in Eastern Europe, called feldmesterins, measured cemeteries and graves with thread. They used the threads to make special neshome likht (soul candles) or, in some cases, protection bands worn around the wrists, ankles, or neck.

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In this workshop / walking tour, led by Sarah Chandler and Annie Cohen of The Shamir Collective, we will learn about these forgotten cemetery rituals, and the traditional belief that the cemetery was a portal where we could access the help of our ancestors. We will visit some of the Jewish people buried at Green-Wood and use these rituals to connect with them and with our own ancestors. We will then use the threads to make soul candles.

This is an event for anyone who is interested in Jewish and/or local history, who wants to discover some neglected folklore and protection magics, or to find new paths of ancestral connection.

This event is presented in collaboration with The Neighborhood.

Check-in will take place by the Modern Chapel near the Main Entrance to Green-Wood on Fifth Avenue and 25th Street.

The Neighborhood: An Urban Center for Jewish Life is a new model of cultural and community center designed to match the needs and spirit of the Jewish communities in Central and Northern Brooklyn. They partner with creative people and organizations throughout Brooklyn on pop-up programs.

The Shamir Collective is a small group of mystics, artists, and scholars who are working to renew the Jewish relationship with the earth through creative ritual, mindfulness, and transformative experiential learning.

Discover Green-Wood Trolley Tour
2023-04-01 13:00 - 15:00, 2023-04-08 13:00 - 15:00
Join our expert tour guides aboard our temperature-controlled trolley to explore Green-Wood’s historic landscape and some of its most fascinating permanent residents. If you have never been to the Cemetery this is your opportunity to discover its 478 acres of art, history, and nature! You will tread where George Washington and his troops fought in the Battle of Brooklyn, visit the grave of one of America’s greatest artists, and much more.

Please note that if only 1 ticket shows as available during the purchase process that is the last ticket available.

Price: $30, and $25 for members

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Before Purchasing A Ticket, Please Note:

COVID-19 Policy: Attendees MUST wear a face covering at all times on the trolley, regardless of vaccine status, and follow instructions and guidance from Cemetery staff and ambassadors.

Tickets: There are no paper or e-tickets! Attendees will be checked in by name.

Where To Go: Check-in takes place at the Historic Chapel near the Main Entrance at Fifth Avenue and 25th Street (500 25th Street).

For Your Safety: This tour includes climbing stairs and walking on grassy and uneven terrain. We strongly encourage attendees to wear suitable footwear. Due to the nature and length of the route, this tour is not recommended for children under the age of 10.

A Little More About Safety: Unless it is a medical emergency, it is not possible to leave the tour early.

Refunds and exchanges: Ticket sales are final. No exchanges or refunds unless the tour is canceled.

Inclement Weather Policy: We monitor the weather throughout the day for the best chance of proceeding with the tour, and will not make a final decision until at least 3 hours before the start of the tour. Cancellations will be announced via Eventbrite email blasts, so check your email and spam folders.

Feeling Sick? Stay home if you are feeling sick or running a fever.

Green-Wood trolley tours are fully accessible and ADA compliant. In order to accommodate a wheelchair or other mobility aids on the trolley, arrangements must be made in advance. Please call 718-210-3080, ext. 1 or email events@green-wood.com.

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Click the gray tickets button to activate the Eventbrite pop-up, then click Enter promo code. Type in your ID number and apply your discount.

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Don’t know your Member ID number? Not sure which ticket or membership type to order? Call 718-210-3080 or email contactus@green-wood.com with any questions.

Birding in Peace
2023-04-02 06:30 - 08:00
Credit: Evan Rabeck

Before our gates open to the general public, birding expert Rob Jett leads these peaceful early morning walking tours to discover the many birds that make Green-Wood their home—at least temporarily. Green-Wood’s official birding checklist will be made available to all attendees, or you can print it in advance here.

And depending when you stop by, you may see a variety of different species passing through:

Price: $20, and $15 for members

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Early Spring Migration (April)

Our April tours will be a feast for the ears and eyes with the trilling song of pine warblers and drumming pronouncements of woodpeckers on newly blossoming trees (including magnolias, maples, quinces, and dogwoods). We’ll discover thousands of songbirds resting before their trip farther north as well as arriving herons and egrets at Green-Wood’s glacial ponds.

Peak Spring Migration (May to mid-June)

From ruby-throated hummingbirds to over twenty species of colorful wood warblers, our peak migration tours will feature many of the 163 bird species that have been recorded at Green-Wood during the month of May. Beginning just after sunrise, we will experience spring’s dawn chorus at the most active time of day for birds.

Summer Birding (Late June to August)

In July we should see the offspring of our resident red-tailed hawk bravely preparing to leave the nest. Warbler songs will be replaced by chirring cicadas and the tweets of fledgling birds. Butterflies and dragonflies are abundant. By late-July, expect the arrival of the first southbound migrants.

Before Purchasing A Ticket, Please Note:

COVID-19 Policy: In accordance with New York State and CDC guidance, masks are optional. Attendees must follow ALL instructions and guidance from Cemetery staff and ambassadors.

Tickets: There are no paper or e-tickets! Attendees will be checked in by name.

Where To Go: Check-in takes place at the meadow near the Main Entrance at Fifth Avenue and 25th Street (500 25th Street).

For Your Safety: We strongly encourage attendees to wear suitable footwear.The route includes several steep hills, some stairs, as well as grassy and uneven terrain. There is no place to sit down during the tour. Due to the challenging nature of the route, this tour is not ADA accessible and is not recommended for children under the age of 10.DA accessible and is not recommended for children under the age of 10.

A Little More About Safety: Unless it is a medical emergency, it is not possible to leave during the tour. Please consider your own abilities–as well as those in your party–before purchasing tickets.

Refunds and exchanges: Ticket sales are final. No exchanges or refunds unless the tour is canceled.

Inclement Weather Policy: We monitor the weather throughout the day for the best chance of proceeding with the tour, and will not make a final decision until at least 3 hours before the start of the tour. Cancellations will be announced via Eventbrite email blasts, so check your email and spam folders.

Feeling Sick? Stay home if you are feeling sick or running a fever.

Not a Member?

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Already a Member?

Click the gray tickets button to activate the Eventbrite pop-up, then click Enter promo code. Type in your ID number and apply your discount.

Questions?

Don’t know your Member ID number? Not sure which ticket or membership type to order? Call 718-210-3080 or email contactus@green-wood.com with any questions.

Great Trees of Green-Wood
2023-04-02 14:00 - 15:30
Credit: Stacy Locke

It’s what we wait for all year: the explosion of colors from hundreds of flowering trees and plants across Green-Wood. This feast for the eyes only lasts for a few weeks, so don’t miss it! Lace up your walking shoes and get ready to post like crazy on Instagram as you discover these blossoms for yourself. This walking tour, led by a member of the Cemetery’s horticulture team, will highlight some of the nearly 8,000 trees in this accredited Level III Arboretum—one of only 25 in the US (and only 42 in the world!)

Price: $25, and $20 for members

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Before Purchasing A Ticket, Please Note:

COVID-19 Policy: In accordance with New York State and CDC guidance, masks are optional. Attendees must follow ALL instructions and guidance from Cemetery staff and ambassadors.

Tickets: There are no paper or e-tickets! Attendees will be checked in by name.

Where To Go: Check-in takes place at the meadow near the Main Entrance at Fifth Avenue and 25th Street (500 25th Street).

For Your Safety: We strongly encourage attendees to wear suitable footwear.The route includes several steep hills, some stairs, as well as grassy and uneven terrain. There is no place to sit down during the tour. Due to the challenging nature of the route, this tour is not ADA accessible and is not recommended for children under the age of 10.DA accessible and is not recommended for children under the age of 10.

A Little More About Safety: Unless it is a medical emergency, it is not possible to leave during the tour. Please consider your own abilities–as well as those in your party–before purchasing tickets.

Refunds and exchanges: Ticket sales are final. No exchanges or refunds unless the tour is canceled.

Inclement Weather Policy: We monitor the weather throughout the day for the best chance of proceeding with the tour, and will not make a final decision until at least 3 hours before the start of the tour. Cancellations will be announced via Eventbrite email blasts, so check your email and spam folders.

Feeling Sick? Stay home if you are feeling sick or running a fever.

Not a Member?

Click here for all of our membership levels and information.

Already a Member?

Click the gray tickets button to activate the Eventbrite pop-up, then click Enter promo code. Type in your ID number and apply your discount.

Questions?

Don’t know your Member ID number? Not sure which ticket or membership type to order? Call 718-210-3080 or email contactus@green-wood.com with any questions.
