Prospect Park
City Park · Brooklyn, New York
Five hundred and twenty-six acres in central Brooklyn, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux and opened in 1867 — eight years after Central Park, and the pair considered it the better work because they had learned from the first one and had a site with no reservoir and no transverse roads to design around. It contains the LAST REMAINING FOREST IN BROOKLYN and the Long Meadow, which is the longest continuous open meadow in any American urban park.
95 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, New York, 11215, United States
Open daily 5 a.m. to 1 a.m., FREE, always. The 3.35-mile park drive is permanently CAR-FREE. Individual attractions inside the park keep their own hours and charge their own admission — the zoo, the carousel, the LeFrak Center at Lakeside and the boat hire are all separate and several are seasonal. The Boathouse/Audubon Center and Lefferts Historic House are free and keep seasonal hours.