Description
Prospect Park is Brooklyn's great park, about 213 hectares of meadows, woods and water designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, the pair behind Central Park. It opened in 1867 and draws some eight to ten million visits a year.
The Long Meadow, about 36 hectares of open grass on the western side, is the place for picnics and long walks. The Ravine, a steep wooded gorge, hides Brooklyn's last old-growth forest.
Prospect Park Lake, the only lake in Brooklyn, has its Boathouse on the Lullwater, and kayaks and pedal boats for rent. The northern entrance is Grand Army Plaza, with the Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch.
Part of the 1776 Battle of Long Island was fought on this land, and sheep grazed the Long Meadow until the 1930s.
The Long Meadow, about 36 hectares of open grass on the western side, is the place for picnics and long walks. The Ravine, a steep wooded gorge, hides Brooklyn's last old-growth forest.
Prospect Park Lake, the only lake in Brooklyn, has its Boathouse on the Lullwater, and kayaks and pedal boats for rent. The northern entrance is Grand Army Plaza, with the Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch.
Part of the 1776 Battle of Long Island was fought on this land, and sheep grazed the Long Meadow until the 1930s.