Prospect Park

Park · Park Slope, New York

A 526-acre park designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux. Prospect Park West runs along it and it forms Park Slope's eastern edge; it also borders Windsor Terrace on its southwest side.

History

It opened on October 19, 1867 and was substantially complete by 1873. Its construction in the 1860s spurred the growth of the neighborhoods around it.

Visit

Prospect Park West at 5th Street (Bartel-Pritchard Square entrance) and Grand Army Plaza (northern entrance), Brooklyn, NY

Official website

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Park Slope, Brooklyn: The Slope Up to Prospect Park

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Nearby

Prospect Heights, Brooklyn: Museum, Garden, and Arena · Prospect Heights, New York
Mount Prospect Park's ground was excluded from the adjoining Prospect Park because Flatbush Avenue cut through the proposed area.
Flatbush, Brooklyn: Midwout, Erasmus Hall and Kings Theatre · Flatbush, New York
Prospect Park's southern boundary runs along Parkside Avenue, Ocean Avenue and Flatbush Avenue, next to Flatbush.
Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn: Covenanted Blocks and Nostrand Avenue · Prospect Lefferts Gardens, New York
Prospect Park forms the neighborhood's western border, and the Lefferts family homestead was moved into it in 1918.
Prospect Park South, Brooklyn: Dean Alvord's Rus in Urbe · Prospect Park South, New York
The neighborhood takes its name from its position directly south of Prospect Park.
Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn: Forty-Nine Pleasant Cottage Lots · Windsor Terrace, New York
Prospect Park borders Windsor Terrace along Prospect Park West and Prospect Park Southwest.

Shared history

Greenwood, Brooklyn: The Cemetery That Named It · Greenwood, New York
Green-Wood's popularity as a destination inspired a competition to design Central Park in Manhattan, as well as Prospect Park nearby.