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Prospect Park, New York City, NY

  • Address 95 Prospect Park West
    New York, NY 11215
    United States
  • Phone number+1 718 965 8951
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  • Neighborhood : Park Slope/Brooklyn
    http://www.prospectpark.org

The same architects who designed Central Park in Manhattan, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, were created this beautiful Brooklyn park. Unlike its more famous cousin in Manhattan, Prospect Park is not surrounded by skyscrapers. Many Olmsted fans dub this 526-acre park his crowning achievement. It features horseback riding, ice skating, tennis, paddle boats and a carousel, as well as the Prospect Park Wildlife Center. There is a band shell for concerts, and Prospect Lake is full of ducks, geese and swans.

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yelp Reviews ( 7 Reviews see all ) Top

Diana M.

(Rating: 5.0) 

by Diana M. on November 16, 2009

This is one of the cheapest rinks I've been to. It's also one of my favorites. I havent gone here since 2005 but I remember it wasn't crowded, the rink is...

David E.

(Rating: 4.0) 

by David E. on February 19, 2009

We just had our son's birthday here - and it really was great. I highly recommend it. It was cost effective, super fun for the kids, and they were pretty...

Renvie R.

(Rating: 5.0) 

by Renvie R. on December 30, 2008

Wollman Rink, I remember when I was a kid say about 6 my mother, father, aunts and uncles would take me and 456,768,986 of my cousins to go ice skating here...

Trip Advisor Reviews ( 2 Reviews ) Top

“Beautiful Park”

 by  NYC_Tourist1  on  2004-11-23

Prospect park is so beautiful. It is so big and has a nice zoo. In the winter they have an ice skating rink. All along the park there is greek ...

“Best reason to live in Brooklyn”

 by  jeanmarine  on  2004-05-24

We live four blocks from Prospect Park's 15th/Prospect Park West entrance and love it, can't really imagine living anywhere in Brooklyn that is...

CitySearch Reviews ( 6 Reviews ) Top

After designing Central Park, landscaper Frederick Law Olmsted perfected the urban oasis with this outer-borough gem.

 by  Contributor  on  2006-04-26

OverviewThis park is to Brooklyn what Central Park is to Manhattan, yet Prospect Park is wilder and less structured than its counterpart. A

My Second Home

 by  sinatra1976  on  2002-09-19

Let me just say that I have been to Hyde Park in London, Lincoln Park in Chicago and Chapultepec Park in Mexico DF and Central Park in Manhatta...

Central Park w/o the crowds

 by  aramopj  on  2002-08-08

This Park is beautifully designed and well maintained. It has a lake (with pedalboats), ballfields, jogging and bycicle paths, a waterfall, pic...

delightful

 by  LeeFarrington  on  2002-07-31

This park is one of the few treats of living in Brooklyn. It is almost a car-free park, and the freedom of excersing without worry is nice.

Pick of the Parks

 by  DrewPisarra_Citysearch  on  2002-05-21

There's a perfectly good reason Prospect Park is favorably compared to Central Park. Designed by the same Frederick Law Olmsted, Brooklyn's gre...

A Favorite NYC Spot

 by  DMcAlvanah_Citysearch  on  2002-05-20

Warm-weather Saturdays bring out the best in Prospect Park, as the farmers' market kicks into gear and the Audubon Society fieldhouse offers bo...

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