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New York Botanical Garden vs Ellis Island
New York Botanical Garden and Ellis Island are both rated very highly by professional travelers. On balance, Ellis Island scores marginally better than New York Botanical Garden. Ellis Island ranks #12 in New York City with positive reviews from 8 reviews including Travel + Leisure, The Telegraph and Frommer's.
New York Botanical Garden
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2900 Southern Blvd, Bronx, NY 10458
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"Established in 1891, the 250-acre New York Botanical Garden is an oasis for pavement-pounding city dwellers, just a 20-minute Metro North ride from Grand Central."
Time Out
"Every city park offers its own brand of verdant escapism, but this lush expanse goes beyond landscaped flora."
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Condé Nast Traveler
"This 250-acre green space has plenty of year-round and seasonal plants and flowers as well as an annual holiday train show and exhibits around everything from medicinal herbs to Frida Kahlo."
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Not For Tourists
"Flowers galore in the heart of da Bronx."
Michelin Guide
2 Stars
"One of the largest and oldest gardens in the US, this glorious green space displays a wonderful array of plants and blooms, and conducts important botanical research."
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In season (spring and fall) don't miss the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Gardens.
Ellis Island
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New York Harbor, New York City, NY 10017
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"The island's main building, now a national monument, reopened in 1990 as the Ellis Island Immigration Museum, which is divided into four major exhibit areas."
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Concierge
"Roughly 12 million immigrants passed through this island as they entered America from the late 1800s through the mid-1950s, sometimes at the rate of thousands a day."
Travel + Leisure
"See America through the eyes of the 12 million immigrants that entered through Ellis Island."
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Time Out
"Trace the history of U.S. immigration with a visit to the three floors of objects, photographs and interactive displays housed on the famous island next door to Lady Liberty herself."
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Michelin Guide
2 Stars
"Ellis Island is situated about halfway between lower Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor."
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