The annual cherry blossom festival, or Sakura Matsuri, took place last Sunday at the esplanade in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Dope on the Slope was there with camera in hand, and even wrote a haiku about a beer line.
NOTE: The magically updating CherryWatch Blossom Status Map shows that the trees along the Japanese pond garden are pretty much past bloom, but the Cherry Esplanade and Cherry Walk are in peak bloom: