Fort Greene Park
City Park · Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn's first park, opened 1847 after a campaign led by WALT WHITMAN when he edited the Brooklyn Eagle, and redesigned by Olmsted and Vaux in 1867. ⚠ IT IS A TOMB. Beneath the hill lie the remains of some ELEVEN THOUSAND AMERICAN PRISONERS OF WAR who died on British prison ships moored in Wallabout Bay during the Revolution — more Americans than were killed in all the war's battles combined.
Washington Park at DeKalb Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, 11205, United States
FREE and open daily, generally 6 a.m. to 1 a.m. — Brooklyn's first park, opened 1847. ⚠ THE PRISON SHIP MARTYRS MONUMENT stands over a crypt holding the remains of some eleven thousand American prisoners of war who died on British prison ships in Wallabout Bay. ⚠ THE CRYPT IS NOT ROUTINELY OPEN and is unsealed for commemorations and occasional programmes — check with the park or the Fort Greene Park Conservancy. A Greenmarket runs on Saturdays. ⚠ The monument is at the top of a steep hill reached by a long flight of steps.
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