Victorian Circus Comes To Green-Wood Cemetery This Weekend

WINDSOR TERRACE, BROOKLYN — Fire eaters, contortionists and floating performers will roam Green-Wood this weekend when the cemetery is transformed into a nineteenth century pleasure garden.

Green-Wood Cemetery will host the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus for the seventh annual "A Night at Niblo’s Garden" Friday and Saturday evenings, organizers announced.

The Victorian festival honors cemetery resident William "Billy" Niblo, an Irish immigrant who became famous in the 1800s for his popular pleasure garden and the picnics he hosted at his Green-Wood mausoleum.

Brooklynites are invited to the banks of the Crescent Water pond at twilight and encouraged to bring picnic baskets (stocked with food, but no alcohol please) and blankets.

Green-Wood is also selling VIP tickets that include a private Bindlestiff Cirkus performance, a tour of Niblo's mausoleum and refreshments.

A Night At Niblo's Garden

Where: Green-Wood Cemetery at 25th Street at 5th Avenue

When: Doors open for VIP ticket holders at 6 p.m. and general admission tickets at 7 p.m.

How Much: $75 for VIP tickets and $40 for general admission tickets. Discounts are available to Green-Wood Historic Fund and Brooklyn Historical Society members.

Reservations recommended.