Prospect Park

Prospect Park Boathouse exterior; Photo by Will Steacy - Courtesy of NYC & Co

Hiking path within Prospect Park; Photo by Will Steacy - Courtesy of NYC & Co

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95 Prospect Park West
Brooklyn, NY 11215
(718) 965-8951
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An official Path Through History Site! The Brooklyn park was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, designers of Manhattan's Central Park. It includes Long Meadow, the Picnic House, Litchfield Villa, home of Edwin Clark Litchfield, an early developer of the neighborhood, the Lefferts House and Museum, Prospect Park Zoo, a nature conservancy, the Boathouse, an Audubon Center, Brooklyn's only lake, Prospect Park Bandshell, and more. The park also has sports fields, the New York Petanque Club, and a Society of Friends cemetery on Quaker Hill.

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