Wheelchair-accessible entrance
Yes
Elizabeth Street Garden in New York
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New York, New York County, New York, US
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Good for kids
Yes
Comments (136)
A magical little space in NYC. Quiet and full of great sculptures. Reminded me of a Parisian garden, complete with heart locks.
A NYC gem! An escape from the concrete jungle while never leaving it! Its a dreamy garden that is surprisingly peaceful right in the heart of Little Italy. A must for locals and tourists!
A lovely place to take a break from your hectic day. ESG offers a respit within a sanctuary that is ripe for cleansing the mind and catching a deep breathe.Try it and consider donating to help keep this gem free and open to the public.Kudos to the volunteers and ground keepers that maintain this oasis. Thank you. See you soon.
Save this garden! This is the most beautiful gem hidden in downtown nyc!!
Google maps shows a green space for now, but if our wonderful city has its way, it will be plowed under for senior housing. An assisted living project would be poorly suited for the space, because none of the local shops could be considered affordable. Not only that, but the only green space the seniors could enjoy would be eliminated by their own building. The fine print says the senior housing building could be sold 30 years after completion, and this is the real reason the city is choosing this strategy.The garden is enjoyed by local residents, tourists, and just about anyone finding themselves in the area. They cant grab the land outright, so they choose to thinly veil their efforts behind senior housing.If it werent for those medling kids, the city wouldve gotten away with it!!!The park needs your help! Drop by, visit, donate, sign their petition, and find out more!
Paradise. when you get lost in the city of constant noise and hustle, never forget these oasis in the heart of the city. tranquility is your friend here.
Sign up. Donate. Volunteer. Beautiful quiet urban green space. Lots of alcoves for picnic and privacy.
My favorite place in NYC and they need our help! We must not allow the city to take away this green space for housing. Yes, it is for affordable housing, but there are better options just blocks from this location. This has been a respite for my family during this difficult time and we would be heartbroken to see it destroyed.
Why is it that the city only takes spaces where others have spent time and energy on bc the city left it abandoned? The Bronx never gets shined on and when it does it costs the residents more than what is being offered. To use housing for the elderly against a garden which is needed all over this city is a disgrace!! We need more food gardens and green space. I wish them all the best.
Sanctuary in the city. Perfect place for a moment of tranquility right in the middle of the city. Be surrounded by nature and sculpture.
An urban gem. I hope they never destroy this place.
It’s truly a very unique public space you can’t find anywhere else. Hope it won’t get replaced by the newly proposed development on the site.
Beautiful green gardens inside the city
It was a cute and little park in middle of city and craziness. If you are around the garden, take out a coffee/tea and have it there and enjoy your time. Nice!
I love this garden it has such rich history and amazing Antique statues to see an explore.In the summertime it’s the perfect Place to enjoy reading a book, taking the perfect selfies, or just relaxIng with a friend. Highly recommended.
Stop by before this park is no more. Please help contribute to its legal defense!
I love this garden. Very special. Highly recommended. So incredibly beautiful. Peaceful. Relaxing.
What a special spot!!! Love it here, come here all the time
Amazing spot in lower Manhattan
This park is beautiful and one of the most underrated spots in Manhattan. On a nice day, its perfect to grab lunch and sit outside, or take calls, or stroll through for a break from the tourist mobs in Soho. Donate to them. Attend the events. Just do everything to support keeping it!
More of a sculpture park than a garden, this location provides a unique outdoor respite from the concrete jungle. Stop in to read, have something to eat, or just wander around looking at all of the statues. Very classic.
Charming garden to relax in with a book or walk through. Some visitors do yoga while others stop and sit on a bench or the grass to eat lunch or a bagel and coffee.
Such a beautiful oasis! The place is magical! City wants to close it! Preserve the garden! Please go to their webpage: ElizabethStreetGarden.com to learn how you can help! 💛
Please never change Elizabeth Street Garden! Stay open as you are, forever. ♥️ This place is so charming, something about it is just very special. Nothing makes me want to return to Manhattan more than Elizabeth Street Garden.Disclaimer: I havent been here since pre-covid, not sure if anything has changed. But once we all get vaccines, I will be BAAACK
A wonderful little paradise amidst all the madness. Found this little eccentric spot by accident.
Elizabeth Street Garden is a hidden gem in Manhattan. Its a small green space thats more than a community garden. There are statues throughout the space and hidden benches for people to read on. They also host events from morning yoga. If you need a respite from the city life, retreat to this garden for hours. Youll forget youre in New York City.
This has to be my favorite park in the area. I always love getting food from Chinatown and some of the best buys are from hole in the wall restaurants. This is a good place to hang out and enjoy those treats and even journal. It is very well-maintained and it breaks the monotony of the area.
This is a beautiful neighborhood garden that is much appreciated. Its an oasis. It needs support, so pay it a visit!
Nice Place to rest in tn city
Its a nice little garden in the midst of the maddening SoHo crowd of galmor stores and restaurants. The peace is welcoming. I hope it continues fighting to stay there against all the builders who want to take this property because a city like New York needs such green spaces. They do memorials for dead friends and relatives as well and that gives those grieving a place to come and reflect. They take in volunteers and almost completely depend on donations- so do you bit!
What most of these reviews fail to tell you is that this park is enclosed by a chained linked fence that isnt even opened once a week. The stuff you see in the park is owned by the antique store next to it, which is often the way to get into this park. Store is using it as a rent free area for their stuff.
My favorite lil green space on NoLita. Always quite and peaceful. Its a great place to sit on the grass and admire the amazing sculptures. Its kind of like a true, secret garden. Love this place.
Great neighborhood garden at risk of being razed for development purposes. It is a great outdoor space where people can sit, stroll, chat, contemplate, etc. lots of green. Great community space.
Beautiful little green space in the city. Really peaceful its a shame it might me destroyed. Visit it before its gone
Elizabeth Street Garden provides that third place in midst of the busyness of the city. Its small, cute, and convenient and allows for community to take place in the smallest of moments. its so important that funding is kept up to protect this small yet important gem of a place in the neighborhood.
Nice, quiet and it has interesting statues with plenty of seating.
Such a lovely little garden
No commercial photography in the park, theres even a sign in front of the park. This a private garden open to the public. Theres some guys with a table at the entrance monitoring the place. I took my two dauthers to a yoga activity there and there were a couple of guys topless barefoot around the park which I find to be very inappropriate. I complained to the blonde old lady at the table and she basically said that i needed to leave the park because I was taking pictures of my daughters with a DSRL. DSRL arent allowed at the park because the old lady thinks using a DSRL automatically makes you a commercial photographer. I understood, I didnt complain but I was really disappointed until i saw a bunch of school kids taking pictures with a tripod, DSLRs.. Total nonsense. I complained again but to my surprise, they let them finish their little photoshoot. I even asked the kids if they had permission and they said no. So weird.. I even called 311 to see if this was legal, mind you i have all this recored in video because it was a little unbelievable and 311 told me that the city was soon closing the park. So there you go, enjoy it while you can. No DSLR specially if you speak to them with an accent.
SO SAD! Will be destroyed this year. What a pity, this glorious little space of green will vanish. City claims its to house the poor, yet designer buildings springing up all over the area suggest someone is on the take.
It is never open! If you are a working class individual you will never be able to take advantage of this space! The only people who use it seem to be high-end women with yoga mats! Please!
Wonderful oasis. The combination of antiquity style sculptures, topiary, flowers, birds and quiet visitors distinguishes it among pocket parks.
Wonderful garden to hang out in! I hope it gets saved from development.
A great natural small garden in the middle of Soho. Go inside, take a big inhale and relax by the beautiful sculptures and green grass.
What a spectacular place to find some silence
A lovely contrast to public city parks, this lot filled with beautiful sculptures and fountains set between the buildings of the lower east side is a real hidden gem
Help save this emerald jewel from corrupt politicians who want to hand it over to their developer overlords. Dont fall for the affordable housing lie. Follow the money.
Gorgeous green space surrounded by buildings. Great community of volunteers.
Quirky garden with all these statues.
A literal dream place.
I just passed by this place and noticed it was in danger of closing soon. It ought to be saved!
This unique, beautiful green space is scheduled for demolition by city bureaucrats and real estate developers. Write the Mayor today!
Quiet garden tucked in the LES. Quite popular on nice weekends. Lounge in the grass with friends and enjoy a break from city life.
Lovely oasis in the middle of the city.
Beautiful, hidden space in a busy, loud city. I cant believe I didnt discover this place sooner! There needs to be more of these in NYC.
An isle of peace and serenity in this crazy city. The statues gives it a perfect set up for day dreaming.
Awesome place. Beautiful green space in nolita.
Eclectic collection of art in a peaceful setiing. We cannot let them turn this park into housing!
I love this garden so much ♡ So peaceful :)
Super peaceful and a great place to relax and read in nature :)
Eccentric little park tucked away in Soho. Great for picnic lunches in the summer.
Great community garden! The place to breathe and hide from the metropolis chaos 🍀
Beautiful garden to chill out
Lovely place to relax after work but I wish it was open more times.
See it before its gone!
A wonderful place to get away.
This gem is in danger of being closed due to development on its grounds. Praying for this oasis to stay!
Love this place; quiet little garden in the middle of busy Soho.
Beautiful place! Go check it out before its too late... 😢
Nice, but don’t go out if your way to visit
Lower Manhattans BEST garden!
Largely not open to the public, mainly an excuse for a landlord to swindle public land from the city.
Please, Mayor De Blasio, let our Elizabeth Street Garden be! Our spirits need a place to breathe!
Cool place to relax after work or on your lunch break.
Great place to sit and relax. HopeIt doesnt close!!
Quaint in NYC,rescue volunteers needed to restore & maintain
Was gorgeous on Halloween. Lots of pumpkin carving going on
Peaceful place to stop
Cozy park in Nolita. Hope it opens soon!
Fabulous spot to take a break from the bustle of a city.
Build housing there already!
Just amazing. Not crowded during the week.
A nice little park
Such a perfect spot to take a coffee break
One of the few pleasant things left in this hell of a society.
Beautiful garden in the middle of NYC
You can eating and drinking at there, and relax very well.
I love this place nice place to hangout and talk and socialized.
An interesting sculpture garden to hang around and lounge.
Best kept secret in les. Lets keep it that way!
This is the greatest garden in NYC.
Incredible little garden! Very surprising!
Beautiful, relaxing, and quiet corner in the heart of Manhattan
Magical place in soho
What a great find!
Quite little oasis of art at the edge of soho.
Very tranquil neighborhood garden
Great
I love it!
This place is a little gem!save it!
A welcome patch of greenery in the city.
Please let this place continue to exist
Beautiful, must go.
Beautiful little jewel
Awesome!
A gem in the east village.
Unique garden
Lots of statues
Loved the garden!
Tranquility
The cutest garden we have ever seen. They have old benches and statues, its magical.
Paradise⭐️
A magical and timeless oasis in the heart of New York to be able to read, rest and admire many statues and suggestive very simple but atmospheric installations. Absolutely not to be missed.
A peculiar garden with various sculptures of all kinds, which gives it a touch of madness and creativity.I came across it by chance while exploring the neighborhood but it seemed like a nice place for photography and meditation.I will recommend it and will visit in a not too distant future.
Community garden managed by a non-profit association, threatened with eviction by the city council.
Beautiful community garden embellished with some nineteenth-century sculptures donated by a generous gallery owner. Garden plants and flowers are cared for by a group of volunteers, who are also fighting a legal battle with the city of New York, which owns the land they would like to put up for sale to overseas buildings. Corners with sofas and benches invite you to a pleasant and unusual stop in Soho. Do not miss and sign the petition!
A very small park in the city.Prince st. Its a good place to buy a pizza and eat it, and its a good place to take a break with a cup of coffee.There are also small performances from time to time, so please visit once :)
Was here in the winter in the rain. Creepy))) Ill come and see in the summer)
Very pretty and small park in the city center. Its great for having a light lunch, drinking tea or reading a book.
A fantastic park although small
A totally different corner from the rest of Manhattan
Its a small garden with a European feel. Its good to read books, and its good to sit down and take a break.
Nothing that ... There arent many benches ... Piccolo
Delightful and eclectic neighborhood garden.
Magical garden !!!
A little sloppy, very quiet
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Total reviews rating 4.8
136 Reviews for Elizabeth Street Garden 2023:
Review №1
2021-10-17Such a beautiful place. It feels like you are in another place as you walk amongst the different statues and flowers. They are trying to save this Community Garden from being eradicated because of construction. Not only should it be saved but it should be landmarked.
Review №2
2022-05-04We visited this welcoming friendly garden and the most elegant ,pristine ,enchanting garden with beautiful sculptures and colorful variety of flowers ,Butterflies and immaculate landscape with seating areas throughout to relax in nature landscape for the community. Please save Elizabeth Street Garden from being demolished destroyed.
Review №3
2021-07-24Great day to settle in to a groovin DJ set and shady breeze. I hope they do more of this. Even without the music it’s always nice to get out of the shopping mayhem. The garden is pretty well set up for a little privacy or a little social scene.
Review №4
2021-10-02Lovely spot to sit and have a picnic, conversation or just relax. Pet and kid friendly
Review №5
2021-08-26Very chill garden right in the middle of the city ! Many spots hide between trees ;)Enjoy with friends !
Review №6
2021-08-06Precious little hidden sculpture park in the Soho - Nolita area. It’s free and open to the public. Great place to relax and enjoy some ice cream from nearby Milk Bar or Morgenstern’s.
Review №7
2020-11-01A piece of frozen time tucked away in soho. Beautiful garden eclectically decorated with remnants from the past, a refreshing change from the modern and urban architecture of the city. Makes for a lovely getaway from the hustle and bustle of it all. Free and open to the public but accepts donations.
Review №8
2021-04-06This sculpture garden was lovely and peaceful. There were many daffodils and people were having picnics with friends and family.
Review №9
2019-08-11Wow! We stumbled on this gem while we were waiting for our appointment at New York Shaving Company. The sculptures and the plants blend to make a true oasis in the city. Shot way up my favorite park list.
Review №10
2018-05-05This place is like an oasis in the desert. Ideal for lunch break, mainly because its never too packed. Not a tourist attraction, although its a cool landmark of the neighborhood. Beautiful during all the seasons. Lots of cute sitting areas as well as grass , in case you are into picnics! The statues are very picturesque too, and the whole environment feels like a set of a movie!