Branch Brook Park | |
 Branch Brook Park and its cherry blossoms | |
  Location in Essex CountyLocation in New Jersey  Location in United States  Branch Brook Park (the United States) | |
| Location | Roughly bounded by Belleville Park, Washington and Clifton Avenues, 6th and Orange Streets, Newark and Belleville, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates | 40°46′13″N 74°10′35″W / 40.77028°N 74.17639°W |
| Area | 359.7 acres (145.6 ha) |
| Built | 1895 |
| Architect | Bogart & Barrett Olmsted Brothers Carrère and Hastings |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian, French Renaissance |
| NRHP reference No. | 81000392[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 12, 1981 |
Branch Brook Park is a county park of Essex County, New Jersey. It is located in the North Ward of Newark, between the neighborhoods of Forest Hill and Roseville. A portion of the park is also located within the Township of Belleville. At 360 acres (150 ha), Branch Brook Park is the largest public park in the city of Newark.
The park is noted for the largest collection of cherry blossom trees in the United States, having over 5,000 in more than eighteen different varieties collectively called Cherryblossomland, as well as a Cherry Blossom Festival each April.[2][3][4]
The park is home to many architecturally significant structures, including bridges, buildings, gates, and sculptures. Many of these were designed by the beaux-arts architectural firm of Carrère and Hastings headed by John Merven Carrère and Thomas Hastings. The pair designed two Subway Bridges now referred to as Subway 1, East and Subway 2, West.[5]
- ^ "National Register Information System – (#81000392)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Student scientists track nation's largest collection of cherry blossom trees at Essex County park". The Star-Ledger. August 13, 2010. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
- ^ Hinds, Kate (March 25, 2012). "Cherry Blossom Trees Flourish in Newark". WNYC. Archived from the original on March 31, 2012. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
- ^ Di Ionno, Mark (March 27, 2016). "The story behind Branch Brook Park's cherry blossom trees". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
- ^ "Branch Brook Park Subway Bridges". bridgesnyc.com. December 23, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2015.