| Picnic Garden | |
| Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta) |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | West Bengal |
| Subdivision Type2: | City |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kolkata |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Kolkata[1] [2] |
| Subdivision Type4: | Metro Station |
| Subdivision Name4: | VIP Bazar (under construction) |
| Seat Type: | Municipal Corporation |
| Seat: | Kolkata Municipal Corporation |
| Parts Type: | KMC ward |
| Parts: | 66 |
| Subdivision Type6: | Parliamentary constituency |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Kolkata Dakshin |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Kasba |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Timezone: | IST |
| Utc Offset: | +5:30 |
| Coordinates: | 22.5306°N 88.3817°W |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 700039 |
| Area Code: | +91 33 |
Picnic Garden is a neighbourhood of East Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Technically Picnic Garden is a locality in the Tiljala area, extending between Bartala More and VIP Nagar. For all practical purposes and in popular parlance, Picnic Garden refers to the area east of the Bondel Gate, off Ballygunge Place.
Buses ply along Picnic Garden Road and Chandra Nath Roy Road (C.N. Roy Road) in Picnic Garden.[3]
The auto-rickshaws running in three routes bring the important crossings of Ballygunge Phari, Gariahat and Park Circus within easy reach.
The construction of the Bondel Gate Rail Overbridge above the Kolkata Suburban Railway (Sealdah South Section), between Picnic Garden Road and Bondel Road, completed in 2006 after a long legal wrangle over land dispute, has eased up much of the traffic congestion. The proposed widening of Picnic Garden Road and G. S. Bose Road is yet to take place.[4]
The under construction VIP Bazar Metro Station on the Orange Line on being commissioned will serve the locality.
Picnic Garden is served by the Sealdah South lines of the Kolkata Suburban Railway. Ballygunge Junction railway station and Park Circus railway station are 1.4 km and 1.8 km away from Colony Bazar respectively.
The Ras Purnima is celebrated with an elaborate fair and a circus show.
Sunil Nagar club won the prestigious Asian Paints Sharad Shamman "Best Durga Puja" award three times in 1992, 1995 and 1999.