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Best Photo Guide to Prospect Park

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Welcome to Prospect Park, Brooklyn's Green Jewel
Best Photo Guide to Prospect Park

Grand Army Plaza Fireworks for New Year's Eve.

Photo courtesy of Paul Martinka and Prospect Park Alliance
Prospect Park is Brooklyn’s flagship park.

Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, who designed Manhattan’s Central Park, said they considered Prospect Park to be their best work (experts say they didn’t make the same mistakes twice).

Designed in 1866, and now a historic landmark, the 526 acres of rolling green lawns, wooded areas, streams, brooks, and lake make this a great environment for biking, boating, walking, romancing, and relaxing.

The grand entrance to Prospect Park is at Grand Army Plaza.

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