New York Tree Trust
Sidewalk Arboreta
Sidewalk arboreta bring the diversity and learning opportunities of a botanical garden to the city streets. Planted with a variety of clearly labeled street tree species, our sidewalk arboreta provide a new way for the public to enjoy the city's natural world. They serve as a showcase of diverse urban street tree specimens, a resource for citizens wishing to learn more about New York City's street trees, an outdoor laboratory for students, and a testing ground for Parks to learn more about the viability of different street tree species. A full species list for each of the eight arboretum locations appears below:
Pelham Parkway from Eastchester Avenue to Fish Avenue
- Ginkgo (Ginkgo Biloba)
- Callery Pear (Pyrus calleryana)
- Goldenraintree (Koelreuteria paniculata)
- Chinese elm (Ulmus parvifolia)
- Kentucky coffeetree (Gymnocladus dioicus)
- Hardy rubbertree (Eucommia ulmoides)
- Japanese pagodatree (Styphnolobium japonicum)
- Green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)
- Dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides)
- Pin Oak (Quercus palustris)
- American linden (Tilia americana)
- Honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos)
Washington Avenue from E. 181 Street to E. 182 Street
- Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)
- Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)
- Japanese pagodatree (Styphnolobium japonicum)
- Hedge maple (Acer campestre)
- Honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos)
- Littleleaf linden (Tilia cordata)
- European hornbeam (Carpinus betulus)
- Pin oak (Quercus palustris)
- Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)
- Red oak (Quercus rubra)
- Silver linden (Tilia tomentosa)
- Japanese pagodatree (Styphnolobium japonicum)
Shore Road from Bay Ridge Avenue to 79th Street
- Baldcypress (Taxodium distichum)
- Japanese tree lilac (Syringa reticulata)
- Hedge maple (Acre campestre)
- Serviceberry (Amelanchier sp.)
- Red oak (Quercus rubra)
- Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
- Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)
- Japanese zelkova (Zelkova serrata)
- European hornbeam (Carpinus betulus)
- Hawthorn (Crataegus crus-galli)
- Red oak (Quercus rubra)
- Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)
- Ash (Fraxinus sp.)
- Honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos)
- Pin Oak (Pyrus pallustris)
- Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana)
- Schubert cherry (Prunus virginiana "Shubert")
- Sawtooth oak (Quercus acutissima)
- Willow oak (Quercus phellos)
- Elm hybrid (Ulmus sp.)
- Fastigate English oak (Quercus robur 'fastigiata')
Broadway Junction at Herkimer Street and Van Sinderen Street
On Herkimer, from Jardine to Van Sinderen
- Schubert cherry (Prunus virginiana "Schubert)
- Honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos)
- Green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)
- Hedge maple (Acer campestre)
- Dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides)
- Goldenraintree (Koelreuteria panniculata)
- Dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides)
- Pin oak (Quercus palustris)
- Hybrid elm (Ulmus sp.)
On Van Sinderen
- Kentucky coffeetree (Gymnocladus dioicus)
- European hornbeam (Carpinus betulus)
- Littleleaf linden (Tilia cordata)
- Amur maple (Acer ginala)
- Serviceberry (
Amelanchier sp.)
Bedford-Stuyvesant
- Littleleaf linden (Tilia cordata)
- Japanese zelkova (Zelkova serrata)
- Dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides)
- Pin oak (Quercus palustris)
- Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
- Red oak (Quercus rubra)
Asser Levy
Median
- Japanese tree lilac (Syringa reticulata)
- Shingle oak (Quercus imbriacata)
- Hedge maple (Acer campestre)
- Hawthorne (Craetegus crus-galli)
- Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
- Sawtooth oak (Quercus acutissima)
- London plane (Platanus x acerfola.)
- Red oak (Quercus rubra)
- American linden (Tilia americana)
- Sawtooth oak (Quercus acutissima)
- Kentucky coffeetree (Gymnocladus doiecus)
Adjacent to recreation center
- Honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos)
- Goldenraintree (Koelreuteria paniculata)
- Pin oak (Quercus pallustris)
- Silver linden (Tilia tomentosa)
- Schubert cherry (Prunus virginiana 'Schubert')
- Japanese pagodatree (Styphnolobium japonicum)
- Dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides)
- Japanese zelkova ( Zelkova serrata)
- Serviceberry ( Amelanchier sp.)
St. Nicholas Terrace
- Hybrid elm (Ulmus sp.)
- Hybrid elm (Ulmus sp.)
- Sawtooth oak (Quercus acutissima)
- Littleleaf linden (Tilia cordata)
- Littleleaf linden (Tilia cordata)
- Littleleaf linden (Tilia cordata)
- Japanese pagodatree (Styphnolobium japonicum)
- Hybrid elm(Ulmus sp.)
- Hedge maple (Acer campestre)
- Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)
- Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana)
- Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana)
- Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)
- Dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides)
- Littleleaf linden (Tilia cordata)
- Shingle oak (Quercus imbricata)
- Sawtooth oak (Quercus acutissima)
- Japanese zelkova (Zelkova serrata)
- Littleleaf linden (Tilia cordata)
- Littleleaf linden (Tilia cordata)
- Japanese pagodatree (Styphnolobium japonicum)
- Kentucky coffeetree (Gymnocladus dioicus)
- Ginkgo Ginkgo (biloba)
- Sawtooth oak (Quercus acutissima)
- Japanese zelkova (Zelkova serrata)
- Sawtooth oak (Quercus acutissima)
- European hornbeam (Carpinus betulus)
- Littleleaf linden (Tilia cordata)
- Red oak (Quercus rubra)
- European hornbeam (Carpinus betulus)
- Amur maple (Acer ginala)
- Kentucky coffeetree (Gymnocladus dioicus)
- Japanese tree lilac (Syringa reticulata)
- Schubert cherry (Prunus virginiana "Schubert")
Queensboro Hall
- Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
- Pin oak (Quercus palustris)
- Fasitgate English oak (Quercus robur 'fastigiata')
- Japanese tree lilac (Syringa reticulata)
- Japanese pagodatree (Styphnolobium japonicum )
- Serviceberry (Amelanchier canadensis)
- Littleleaf linden (Tilia cordata)
- Hedge maple (Acer campestre)
- Baldcypress (Taxodium distichum)
- Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana)
- Red oak (Quercus rubra)
- Schubert cherry (Prunus virginiana "Schubert")
