Prospect Park is a 585-acre urban oasis located in the heart of Brooklyn, New York City's most populous borough. The masterpiece of famed landscape architects Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, who also designed Central Park, Prospect Park features the 90-acre Long Meadow, the 60-acre Lake and Brooklyn's only forest. The nation's first urban Audubon Center, the Prospect Park Zoo, and the Celebrate Brooklyn! Performing Arts Festival are just a few of the cultural attractions that make their home here at the Park.
With over seven million visitors a year, the Park borders diverse neighborhoods and attracts both locals and tourists. Popular activities range from skating to birding to pedal boating to picnicking on the Long Meadow on beautiful days. The Park also boasts a stunning variety of natural and geological features. Brooklyn's only forest is here, along with a complex water system, rolling meadows and shaded hillsides.
Hours: New York City Parks are closed to the public daily from 1 - 5 a.m.
Directions: The following subways are located near the Park: · F train at 7th Ave. station, 15th St./Prospect Park station and Fort Hamilton Parkway station. · 2 or 3 train at Grand Army Plaza station. · Q train at Parkside Ave. station and Prospect Park station. · S train at Prospect Park station. · B train at Prospect Park station.
The following bus lines stop near the Park: · B41 or B71 along Flatbush Ave. to Grand Army Plaza or Ocean Ave. · B69 along Prospect Park West. · B75 along 9th St. to Prospect Park West. · B68 along Coney Island Ave./Prospect Park Southwest to Park Circle or Bartel-Pritchard Circle.
Prospect Park