Prospect Park

One of the best parks I've ever been too. Offers trails for running, walking and exploring! Plenty of places to stop, relax, picnic , etc. Takes a completely different pace from the rest of the area!

Beautiful ~600 acres that seems endless, designed by the same architects of Central Park (but known as their fave!). Full of gems like the boathouse, skating rink , lakes , & great bike/running routes.

Brooklyn residents love Prospect Park, and with good reason: green spaces, curved walkways, summer concerts , vivid foliage in autumn, and an all-season skating rink make it a year-round getaway. Read more

Places to Run: Take your pick! Take a 3.68-mile run around the entire park , or take in serene views of Prospect Park Lake with its 1.76-mile loop. Read more

This park is absolutely gorgeous with many different trails for hiking . The Picnic House area is excellent for having a bbq - but you have to show up really early (7am) to secure a spot.

Have a dog? Off-leash hours for the entire park until 9 am every day. Best in the city . Don't have a dog? Come here before 9 am and play with a sea of dogs.

Vanderbilt playground has a fabulous enclosed area for toddlers with a climbing structure and water feature in the summer. Excellent big "spider web" for older kids and decent shade.

Finally got the chance to come here with my dogs for off-leash hours! It was awesome! So much open so space to run around.

LOVE the dog beach ! what a great thing for dogs to play in ???? this park is relatively clean and is well-lit once it's dark. I feel safe on the track in the evenings. I have seen cops patrol often.

My favorite park in Brooklyn. You truly feel like you're in a different world when you visit Prospect Park. The bandshell , the zoo , the boathouse and so much more! Come here to distress, it's worth it

Fall Foliage: Spot the beautiful, changing colors of autumn at the Long Meadow, the Lullwater and the Ravine, all must-see destinations in the park’s 526 acres.

rospect Park run's a tad shorter—3.35 miles around the main loop, as compared with 5.2 or 6.1 miles around Central—there are fewer cars, bikes and people to get in your way here. Read more

Beautiful & Spacious area. Perfect for summer picnics & hiking . Feels refreshing, relaxing, calming . Completely surrounded by greenery and pretty flowers . Amazing lakes and i love the summer concerts .

One of the best parks in Brooklyn! Very huge park that houses the beautiful Botanical Garden ! Great areas of selection to have a BBQ & there are many events occurring here throughout the summer!!

On days with heavy snowfall, head to the tennis house near 9th St. for a NYC Parks Snow Day! We have sleds, free hot chocolate , snow angel contests, snowball fights, and more! Read more

This is like Brooklyn’s Central Park . Whether or not one agrees with that statement, I think it’s safe to say this park is beautiful!

Walk along the south shore of the lake in fall: the sugar maples are the first trees to change color, and everything is reflected in the water, doubling the spectacle.

Absolutely huge. Prepare to spend your whole day exploring. It's fun to pull up a blanket and watch people playing sports , check out the botanical gardens next door too.

Love this park . Cycle, run, walk - never too crowded , and now has the summertime Smorgasbord to make it even better.

The only one place in whole New York with a chestnut tree

The off-leash hours are a dog lovers' paradise. Hundreds of happy pooches running around, while their owners chat over morning coffee . Great way to start the day!

best park in the city , hands down. not touristy , but you can get lost in the middle of it (in a good way). even better when celebrate brooklyn does their free shows in the summer.

Few people in park today, but many dogs, making my dogs very happy. Nonstop gray sky, but mild 70F all day. Home now, sated by fine nosh from park . If I eat anymore today, it’ll be only sushi/sashimi.

My favorite park in the city ! Aside from Grand Ferry Park (more quaint and small). If you're looking for an alternative to CP with lots of picnic spots, go!

Disembark at the 15th St–Prospect Park F or G stop for easy access to the public barbecues nearby; or just pack your blanket and some ready-to-eat snacks and make for the gently sloping pasture. Read more

Check out the view from Lookout Hill . On a clear day, see if you can spot the Parachute Jump on Coney Island , the Gil Hodges Bridge to Rockaway, and some of the steeples of the "Borough of Churches ."

June 8th: Go old school with funk/soul band Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings in the Prospect Park bandshell , part of BRIC’s Celebrate Brooklyn ! Lineup. Read more

Great respite from the city embedded in the heart of it. Walk, bike , run, read...

June 13th: Longing for the great outdoors? Rough it at OutdoorFest in Brooklyn, where you can learn wilderness survival skills, then go sailing . Read more

An oasis, a peaceful retreat. I love early morning and night runs through this park . Perfect for meditation and prayer as well .

Great place to ride your bike , go for a run, lay out in the sun...basically it's just a great place if you want to spend time outdoors in the city .

Spend a day enjoying public amenities (from a year-round tennis center and summer concert amphitheater to a seasonal ice skating rink ) at the sprawling, well-manicured green space.

There is so much to do in this park and lots of hidden beautiful places. You can forget you're in NYC walking around here!

This is honestly the best looking park i've ever seen! I usually come here and let my daughter walk around with her friends! I use Easy Spy to monitor where they go! Read more

Love this place - so much green space, volleyball courts , running and walking paths . Also a lake with paddle boats .

I can be found in running in this park on most Sundays and any number of days per week every week. I have every detail of every inch of this park memorized as if it were my lover.

This is home to the Brooklynites and their refuge from everyday stress. It was also designed by Olmsted and Vaux in 1867 to be different than Central Park as the people's park to relax and recreate.

Foodmarket on sunday! Very nice place. A little overcrowed but the food is awesome - leider geil.

NYC’s best collective backyard boasts prime people-watching spots such as the Long Meadow and Nethermead The woodland expanse of the Ravine is a towering forest within bustling Brooklyn. Read more

ArtBridge has collaborated with The Prospect Park Alliance to transform 300 feet of construction fencing into a large-scale, outdoor photo installation. Read more

How can I say anything bad about Prospect Park!?! I grew up in Park Slope and this was our neighborhood park . BBQs in the Summer are always good especially with the free concerts at the Bandshell .

Brooklyn’s answer to Central Park serves as both a tourist destination and local sport , picnic , and festival venue for outdoor-loving locals.

In New York for the summer? Be sure to attend one of the (free!) concerts in Prospect Park! Sweet summer air, great food and drinks, and marvelous music to dance away the night!

Go to the lake at night. Also you should know that the park has a lot of bats.

Great picnic spot. Be sure to check in at Smorgasburg on Saturdays. Exceptional food.

Brooklyn's largest park is a very pleasent place for a green escapade. Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted - Central Park 's designer - it hosts a Botanic Garden , a lake and various open areas .

The park is excellent and has very beautiful scenarios. Am soo glad I visited it

A lot of dugs, running people and places just to relax. Highly recommend

Brooklyn only has one natural forest left,right here in Prospect Park.See native flora & fauna, as well as one of the only fresh water lakes left in Brooklyn.Download Green Square for iPhone & Android

Good for lazy afternoons and if you want to avoid the summer tourists in Central Park .