Green-Wood Cemetery.
In 4 Shout NY guides.
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The Sunset Park Guide
This stunning, 478-acre cemetery is a National Historic Landmark and a peaceful oasis.
Go for: A quiet walk, incredible history, and one of the highest points in Brooklyn, Battle Hill.
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Things to Do Alone in NYC
478 acres of hills, glacial ponds, Gothic gates and the graves of Basquiat and Leonard Bernstein, and it is free and open daily from 7 a.m.
Go for: a late afternoon walk to Battle Hill.
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Things to Do in NYC as a Couple (Beyond Dinner)
The Brooklyn cemetery is free to walk daily from 7 a.m.
Go for: a fall afternoon, when the trees turn.
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Where to See Fall Foliage in NYC
Green-Wood is an active cemetery, but it was originally designed as a rural landscape and became one of the most popular tourist attractions of the 19th century.
Go for: Victorian architecture surrounded by old-growth trees.