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What was once a garbage-strewn lot is now a lush community garden honoring Bruce Reynolds, who lost his life saving others on 9/11. Volunteers, including former gang members turned gardeners, maintain this leafy retreat with a kids' outdoor library and year-round events.

Community garden
9/11 memorial
Family-friendly
Outdoor library

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🌱"used to be a garbage strewn lot until the Reynolds enlisted gang members to become gardeners"
📚outdoor library for little ones in the shade
🤝volunteer-maintained year round

Bruce's Garden

11 Park Terrace E, New York, NY 10034, USA

Upcoming at Bruce's Garden

Wednesday, Jun 24
Bruce’s Garden: Summer Readings! - Writing New York Stories

Bruce’s Garden: Summer Readings! - Writing New York Stories

June 24 at 7pm

Bruce's Garden hosts an evening of New York storytelling where two historians unpack city life across centuries. Geoff Wisner brings Civil War era diaries while Katie Uva shares modern urban tales, all in a community garden with a powerful 9/11 memorial legacy.

Wednesday, Jul 22
Bruce’s Garden: Summer Readings! - Leslie Day

Bruce’s Garden: Summer Readings! - Leslie Day

July 22 at 7pm

Bruce Reynolds Memorial Garden transforms into an open-air literary salon for the evening. Leslie Day reads from her new Hudson River memoir, a love letter to NYC's waterways, while the community gathers among flowers honoring a 9/11 hero.