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Prospect Park, Brooklyn →Prospect Park
Olmsted and Vaux’s own favorite · 526 acres, the Long Meadow, the ravine · Free
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More in Prospect Park, Brooklyn
- Brooklyn Museum200 Eastern Pkwy · Beaux-Arts giant beside the Botanic Garden — First Saturdays are a borough institution
- Brooklyn Botanic Garden990 Washington Ave · Cherry esplanade, Japanese garden, conservatory · Jazz evenings in July
- Brooklyn Public Library, Central10 Grand Army Plaza · Prospect Heights · big-name authors & poets in the Dweck Center · most talks free with a reservation
- Grand Army PlazaThe Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Arch · Greenmarket every Saturday · Free
- LeFrak Center at Lakeside171 East Dr, Prospect Park · pedal boats on the lake till the cold comes — then Brooklyn’s great outdoor skating rink
- Green-Wood Cemetery500 25th St · 478 acres of monuments, wild parrots & Brooklyn’s best view — Bernstein & Basquiat rest here