The Brooklyn Botanic Garden's annual Sakura Matsuri Cherry Blossom Festival is this coming weekend, but as we've noted with delight, trees around the city have already been bursting into bloom for a little more than a week now. Here are some of our favorite shots of blossoms around the city:
Do you like your blossoms paired with skyscrapers?
Spring has arrived on #w42st with #blossom in #HellsKitchen pic.twitter.com/4eFDOJ5rGb
— W42ST (@w42st) April 15, 2015Perhaps you prefer brownstones.
Nature renewing itself. This cherry blossom tree majestically heralds the arrival of spring in New York City. pic.twitter.com/KAoQvAryNS
— Khai (@ThamKhaiMeng) April 20, 2015 Grey skies can do their worst, but they're hard put to make a blossom-packed vista seem any less cheery.
New York City literally starting to blossom. pic.twitter.com/c5vYBXucCr
— Jonah Falcon (@JonahFalcon) April 21, 2015There's something stately about ample, elegant magnolia trees sidewalk-side.
Go little late-blooming Magnolia! Show us your spring blossom photos! pic.twitter.com/ZOkLAs2krK
— MillionTreesNYC (@MillionTreesNYC) April 21, 2015And taking shelter from a spring shower under a blossoming tree in Central Park is undeniably cinematic.
In a spring blossom tree right now while it rains in Central Park - #nyc #NewYorkCity #photography pic.twitter.com/nyHdouSP2R
— Vivienne Gucwa (@travelinglens) April 22, 2015 This photo of blossoms by a Crown Heights bodega won the praise of DNAinfo's own Rachel Holliday Smith:
had enough cherry blossom pics? no? GOOD. MT @philprovencio: Crown Heights, Brooklyn https://t.co/P46iu1Exrp pic.twitter.com/ad686dRZxL
— Rachel H. Smith (@rachelholliday) April 23, 2015And finally — if you're trying to decide how best to tour the blooms gracing your neighborhood, consider your bike.
Blossom scrim for The Guggenheim this morning by stacey.stowe http://t.co/C5uduNyDbp pic.twitter.com/VWaMH069oV
— Central Park in pics (@fromcentralprk) April 24, 2015
