BBG | 990 Washington Avenue (Visitor Center)

Admission to Brooklyn Botanic Garden is by advance timed ticket. 

• All visitors including children and members must have an advance ticket to enter.


• To preserve social distancing, ticket quantities are limited.


• Visitors will select a specific entrance gate and may enter from 15 minutes before to 45 minutes after their designated time.


• Member, Corporate Member, and Affiliated Organization ticketholders must present valid ID with their free ticket on entry. See below for details.


• All ticket sales are final. We offer ticket exchange for another date or time, but do not offer refunds.


• If tickets are sold out for your category (e.g., Member, Community), please try another time slot.


• Tickets go on sale two weeks in advance of visit dates.

Some types of tickets may sell out before others; thank you for your patience. If you reserve tickets that you cannot use, please cancel your order so that another might use them.

General Admission Tickets

• Adults: $18


• Students (12+ with ID): $12


• Seniors (65+ with ID): $12


• Children under 12 attending with an adult: Free

Community Tickets
A portion of each day’s tickets are available free of charge to those who need them. Please note: Community tickets are not intended for school groups. Schedule a school group visit at bbg.org/teachers.

Member Tickets
Each member, child, and guest needs their own ticket to gain entry to the Garden.

• BBG members: Use Membership Login (above) to unlock ticket options. Your username is your main membership email. Select date, then click "Get Tickets»" to see your options.


• New members: Purchase a bundle offer to join today and receive free tickets.


• Academic & Library members: Reserve an “Affiliated Organization” ticket and show valid ID with your ticket at the gate. Corporate members: See below.

Affiliated Organization Tickets
Free tickets are available to the following BBG partners with valid ID or voucher:

• BBG Library members: Up to 2 adult tickets with library’s BBG membership card


• Members of AHS RAP gardens: Up to 2 tickets with membership card


• Individual members of AHS, APGA, Museums Council: Up to 2 tickets with membership card


• Pratt students, employees, and alums: 1 ticket with school ID


• Culture Pass: Up to 2 tickets with reserved Culture Pass


• New York Pass/New York Explorer Pass: 1 ticket with valid pass


• BASE: 1 ticket with BASE ID or 1 family with BASE family pass


• Cool Culture: Up to 5 tickets with Cool Culture card


• PGR: 1 family with PGR pass


• GAP: Up to 2 tickets with BBG ID


• Urban Advantage: Up to 4 tickets with completed UA voucher


• BBG Complimentary Admission passholders: 1 ticket with redeemed pass


• BBG Education program passholders: 1 ticket with confirmation email


• Brooklyn cultural institution staff: Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Children’s Museum, Grand Army Plaza Library, Prospect Park Zoo, up to 2 tickets with staff ID


• BBG staff (on personal time): Up to 6 tickets with BBG ID


• BBG volunteers: Up to 2 tickets with BBG ID


• Reserve a free Child ticket for each child under 12 attending with Affiliated Organization ticketholders.

Corporate Member Tickets
Current employees of corporate members are admitted with 1 guest during public hours. Employees of Cumberland Packing Corp. may bring up to 3 guests; National Grid, up to 4 guests; Con Edison, Orange & Rockland Utilities, and Stavros Niarchos Foundation, up to 5 guests. See bbg.org/support/corporate for list.

Note: Due to ticket limits, we are unable to accommodate group visits including tourism and senior groups.

Entrance Locations
The Garden has three entrances:

• 150 Eastern Parkway


• 990 Washington Avenue


• 455 Flatbush Avenue
   

All visitors must present ticket for entrance. Children under 12 accompanied by ticket-holding adult must have a free Child ticket. Members with free tickets must also present membership card or confirmation email plus photo ID to enter. Affiliated Organization ticketholders must present program ID with free ticket to enter. All children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult. Tickets are nonrefundable. If you are feeling ill, please reschedule your visit by contacting ShowClix at 888-850-8718.
 

Please review all guidelines at bbg.org/visit before your visit.

For questions about admissions, see Admissions FAQ.

For questions about membership, see Membership FAQ or contact membership@bbg.org.

For all questions about tickets, contact ShowClix at 888-850-8718 or visit their support site.

Phone: Monday–Friday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m EDT
Live Chat: Monday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m EDT
Support Cases: Monday–Sunday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m EDT