[Photo courtesy of A Year in the Park] If you’ve wandered about Prospect Park, then surely you must have set your sights on the lovely Litchfield Villa on the western side of the park. If not, for shame. It’s kinda hard to miss since it stands on one of the highest points in the park […]

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[Photo courtesy of megunski/GL Flickr Pool] One of our favorite buildings in all of Brooklyn, the Boathouse in Prospect Park, looks beautiful in all seasons, especially fall.

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[Photo courtesy of Dalton Rooney/GL Flickr Pool] Prospect Park has never looked more beautiful than in this gorgeous photo.

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[Photo courtesy of megunski/GL Flickr Pool] Call them Prospect Park Chess Tables in Fall.

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GL Contributor Deborah Matlack spent part of Veteran’s Day in Prospect Park, where the foliage is still lovely. This photo is one of the results of the visit.

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We always consider the beginning of ice skating season at the Wollman Rink in Prospect Park the official end of summer. So, it’s our duty to announce that summer ends on November 19 with the (weather dependent) beginning of the skate season. Per the official word from the park: It’s time again to enjoy the […]

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[Photo for GL Courtesy of Deborah Matlack] Only one word comes to mind about this photo of our beloved Prospect Park in fall: Wow.

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Kevin Walsh of Forgotten NY ran a tour of Prospect Park this weekend. Scoker3 posted a big photoset on flickr that shows our favorite Brooklyn Park in all its glory, including a number of spots we’ve never seen. If you’re not partial to the slideshow we’ve embedded, you can find the full photoset here.

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Hey, nothing like a bit of Live Action Role Playing in Prospect Park, right?

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[Photo courtesy of five25tenthstreet/GL Flickr Pool] It is one of the pretty waterfalls in Prospect Park captured by the photog in a most pretty way.

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A GL reader wrote in to say that she found a small, black wallet near the northern end of Prospect Park’s Long Meadow. The wallet, which was found at around 8:45 this morning, contained a few dollars, a library card, MetroCards, and a couple of bank cards. Our reader turned it in to the 78th […]

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[Photo courtesy of Gary Mirabelle] Last week, local sculptor, artist, photographer and faithful GL Contributor Gary Mirabelle hit us off with a treasure trove of photos he’s shot recently. This is one of from Prospect Park on what was a very nice day to lounge.

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If you’ve never done a Forgotten NY tour with Kevin Walsh, there’s a great opportunity coming up with “The Secrets of Prospect Park.” It takes place on Sunday, October 26, starting at Noon. The meet up spot is the southwest corner of Prospect Park West at Grand Army Plaza. The cost is a mere $5 […]

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[Photo courtesy of June Carter Cash Peep/GL Flickr Pool] GL Flickr Pool Contributor June Carter Cash Peep sees a little something phallic in this pic of one of the entrances to Prospect Park. Others, of course, might only see flowers. Yet others, might think of both. Et tu?

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A forum on traffic in Park Slope and Prospect Park will be coming up on Wednesday, October 15 at 7PM at the Community Bookstore, which is at 143 Seventh Avenue in Park Slope. (The issue of banning traffic in the park is a divisive one in the community). Here’s an email about the forum: All […]

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[Photo courtesy of Dalton Rooney/GL Flickr Pool] This is a very cool shot of Prospect Park shot with a 4×5 pinhole camera. It’s a Palladium print. We think that means this is a decidedly non-digital work.

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A nanny was threatened with arrest in Prospect Park yesterday after some of her charges peed in front of the bushes rather than behind them, according to a Park Slope Parents email. The little ones–ages two to six–were playing soccer and had to go. A Parks Dept. cop saw the public urination. Words with the […]

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Apparently, someone is walking around Park Slope flashing people or, at least, flashing a nanny and child. Here’s the sordid story from a Park Slope Parents email: My nanny was at the park with my son on Monday, and a man came up and exposed himself. His description: 5’8″ to 5’10”, 200pounds, black hair with […]

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Do check it out.

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The Quaker Cemetery in the Prospect Park is surrounded by a tall fence topped by barbed wire. “I suppose one has to protect one’s self from our stupid fucking local teen pseudo-thugs. Barbed wire though? Zowee. Don’t be like that, baby. I thought we were Friends. Actually, I’m kidding. I really do have respect for […]

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There has been some controversy lately, particularly on Brooklynian, about rats, rat turds, rat poison and other problems at Prospect Park’s Dog Beach. Here’s another one: “En route to my Cemetery Fence Tour, I stopped by Dog Beach – there’s an awesome stepped hill and grove of trees across the lane that serves as an […]

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This comes from Snark in the Park, whose new blog we noted on Friday. We continue to look forward to great things from Mr. Snark.

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It’s hard to know what to make of the future of Snark in the Park, a brand new blog, except to say that it’s going to take a different kind of look at Prospect Park. What do we mean? Well, the first post is about a spot where one can find many un-parklike things, such […]

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“Monday, school shopping at the Atlantic Terminal, where the sunshine melted the soft serve so violently that an old woman sharing our bench had to walk away from the carnage. Picnic dinner in the Nethermead. We almost got mowed down by a fascist biker getting her speed-gasm on coming down past the 16th St. entrance. […]

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There’s a screening of Hairspray and fireworks in the Long Meadow in Prospect Park on Wednesday (8/20) at 8:00 P.M. Per a press release from Borough President Marty Markowitz’s office: On Wednesday, August 20, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz will present a free screening of the hit movie Hairspray and fireworks at the Long Meadow […]

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