Ratchet Andclank

Info impossible to find on hours open to the public. It is open only for a couple of hours in the morning during standard commuting hours. This is essentially a private garden for the local residents, but since it seems to get some support from the city and is minimally open to the public at hostile times, it therefore is allowed to sport the official NYC parks dept placard. I don't see why they don't have some sort of gate blocking entry during closed hours because they leave it wide open and they'll come rush out and tell you it's closed. Makes zero sense to do it that way if it is in essence a private hangout spot for residents. I don't believe the city should be supporting any park practicing such behavior.

Warning for tourists: this is NOT a real botanical garden the way you are thinking! We enjoyed looking around and shopping here, and we bought a couple of plants. It's a nice place and we do not regret coming here, and our plants we got are growing nicely. HOWEVER, it is called a "botanical gardens" which it most certainly is not. Look that term up in the dictionary and the encyclopedia. This is a nursery/greenhouse, not a botanical gardens. We were on vacation as passersby, we were quickly looking for museums and such in our car and this came up on google maps. As purveyors of 2 or 3 botanical gardens per vacation, we rolled our eyes at the thought of a plant store calling itself a botanical gardens once we drove up into the parking lot. There is nothing wrong with this place but for anyone looking in the area for an actual tourist destination, this is not a "real" botanical garden and frankly I am a little disappointed a business would misname themselves such, it almost seems deceitful.