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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

  1. Ginkgo (Ginkgo Biloba)
  2. Callery Pear (Pyrus calleryana)
  3. Goldenraintree (Koelreuteria paniculata)
  4. Chinese elm (Ulmus parvifolia)
  5. Kentucky coffeetree (Gymnocladus dioicus)
  6. Hardy rubbertree (Eucommia ulmoides)
  7. Japanese pagodatree (Styphnolobium japonicum)
  8. Green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)
  9. Dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides)
  10. Pin Oak (Quercus palustris)
  11. American linden (Tilia americana)
  12. Honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos)

Washington Avenue from E. 181 Street to E. 182 Street

  1. Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)
  2. Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)
  3. Japanese pagodatree (Styphnolobium japonicum)
  4. Hedge maple (Acer campestre)
  5. Honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos)
  6. Littleleaf linden (Tilia cordata)
  7. European hornbeam (Carpinus betulus)
  8. Pin oak (Quercus palustris)
  9. Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)
  10. Red oak (Quercus rubra)
  11. Silver linden (Tilia tomentosa)
  12. Japanese pagodatree (Styphnolobium japonicum)

Shore Road from Bay Ridge Avenue to 79th Street

  1. Baldcypress (Taxodium distichum)
  2. Japanese tree lilac (Syringa reticulata)
  3. Hedge maple (Acre campestre)
  4. Serviceberry (Amelanchier sp.)
  5. Red oak (Quercus rubra)
  6. Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
  7. Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)
  8. Japanese zelkova (Zelkova serrata)
  9. European hornbeam (Carpinus betulus)
  10. Hawthorn (Crataegus crus-galli)
  11. Red oak (Quercus rubra)
  12. Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)
  13. Ash (Fraxinus sp.)
  14. Honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos)
  15. Pin Oak (Pyrus pallustris)
  16. Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana)
  17. Schubert cherry (Prunus virginiana "Shubert")
  18. Sawtooth oak (Quercus acutissima)
  19. Willow oak (Quercus phellos)
  20. Elm hybrid (Ulmus sp.)
  21. Fastigate English oak (Quercus robur 'fastigiata')

Broadway Junction at Herkimer Street and Van Sinderen Street

On Herkimer, from Jardine to Van Sinderen

  1. Schubert cherry (Prunus virginiana "Schubert)
  2. Honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos)
  3. Green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)
  4. Hedge maple (Acer campestre)
  5. Dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides)
  6. Goldenraintree (Koelreuteria panniculata)
  7. Dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides)
  8. Pin oak (Quercus palustris)
  9. Hybrid elm (Ulmus sp.)

On Van Sinderen

  1. Kentucky coffeetree (Gymnocladus dioicus)
  2. European hornbeam (Carpinus betulus)
  3. Littleleaf linden (Tilia cordata)
  4. Amur maple (Acer ginala)
  5. Serviceberry (Amelanchier sp.)

Bedford-Stuyvesant

  1. Littleleaf linden (Tilia cordata)
  2. Japanese zelkova (Zelkova serrata)
  3. Dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides)
  4. Pin oak (Quercus palustris)
  5. Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
  6. Red oak (Quercus rubra)

Asser Levy

Median

  1. Japanese tree lilac (Syringa reticulata)
  2. Shingle oak (Quercus imbriacata)
  3. Hedge maple (Acer campestre)
  4. Hawthorne (Craetegus crus-galli)
  5. Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
  6. Sawtooth oak (Quercus acutissima)
  7. London plane (Platanus x acerfola.)
  8. Red oak (Quercus rubra)
  9. American linden (Tilia americana)
  10. Sawtooth oak (Quercus acutissima)
  11. Kentucky coffeetree (Gymnocladus doiecus)

Adjacent to recreation center

  1. Honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos)
  2. Goldenraintree (Koelreuteria paniculata)
  3. Pin oak (Quercus pallustris)
  4. Silver linden (Tilia tomentosa)
  5. Schubert cherry (Prunus virginiana 'Schubert')
  6. Japanese pagodatree (Styphnolobium japonicum)
  7. Dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides)
  8. Japanese zelkova ( Zelkova serrata)
  9. Serviceberry ( Amelanchier sp.)

St. Nicholas Terrace

  1. Hybrid elm (Ulmus sp.)
  2. Hybrid elm (Ulmus sp.)
  3. Sawtooth oak (Quercus acutissima)
  4. Littleleaf linden (Tilia cordata)
  5. Littleleaf linden (Tilia cordata)
  6. Littleleaf linden (Tilia cordata)
  7. Japanese pagodatree (Styphnolobium japonicum)
  8. Hybrid elm(Ulmus sp.)
  9. Hedge maple (Acer campestre)
  10. Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)
  11. Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana)
  12. Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana)
  13. Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)
  14. Dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides)
  15. Littleleaf linden (Tilia cordata)
  16. Shingle oak (Quercus imbricata)
  17. Sawtooth oak (Quercus acutissima)
  18. Japanese zelkova (Zelkova serrata)
  19. Littleleaf linden (Tilia cordata)
  20. Littleleaf linden (Tilia cordata)
  21. Japanese pagodatree (Styphnolobium japonicum)
  22. Kentucky coffeetree (Gymnocladus dioicus)
  23. Ginkgo Ginkgo (biloba)
  24. Sawtooth oak (Quercus acutissima)
  25. Japanese zelkova (Zelkova serrata)
  26. Sawtooth oak (Quercus acutissima)
  27. European hornbeam (Carpinus betulus)
  28. Littleleaf linden (Tilia cordata)
  29. Red oak (Quercus rubra)
  30. European hornbeam (Carpinus betulus)
  31. Amur maple (Acer ginala)
  32. Kentucky coffeetree (Gymnocladus dioicus)
  33. Japanese tree lilac (Syringa reticulata)
  34. Schubert cherry (Prunus virginiana "Schubert")

Queensboro Hall

  1. Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
  2. Pin oak (Quercus palustris)
  3. Fasitgate English oak (Quercus robur 'fastigiata')
  4. Japanese tree lilac (Syringa reticulata)
  5. Japanese pagodatree (Styphnolobium japonicum )
  6. Serviceberry (Amelanchier canadensis)
  7. Littleleaf linden (Tilia cordata)
  8. Hedge maple (Acer campestre)
  9. Baldcypress (Taxodium distichum)
  10. Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana)
  11. Red oak (Quercus rubra)
  12. Schubert cherry (Prunus virginiana "Schubert")