Calling all you baby parents! For eight weeks starting Monday, 3/16, Prospect Park will be hosting “Nature Babies” at Prospect Park Audubon Center. This program gives parents and caregivers the opportunity to build up their babies’ smarts and culture thru storytelling and craft activities for babies 18-months to 3-years. Children are introduced to the living […]

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[Photo courtesy of Jennifer Dunne/GL Flickr Pool] We usually like to start the day with “hard news” or “news” kind of post. Well, this morning, friends, this is news. The witch hazel is starting to bloom in Prospect Park. This can only mean one thing: winter will soon be drawing to an end. Yes, we […]

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[All photos courtesy of Gary Mirabelle]

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Watch a guy dressed as a freaking banana run through Prospect Park at 750AM on a Sunday morning when it’s 18 degrees. It’s kind of little documentary that just proves how grand life can be in our favorite borough in the city so nice they named it twice.

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Friday, Feb 6, bundle up and head on out to Wollman Rink in Prospect Park for a night of Skating Under the Stars. From 9:30pm-midnight is the perfect night to skate, nosh on rink snacks and drink hot cocoa (they’ll even spike it for ya!) and Brooklyn Beer. If you’re like us, and ain’t so […]

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[All photos courtesy of Gary Mirabelle] Local artist and GL contributor Gary Mirabelle spent a lot of time in Prospect Park in the snow in recent days. We’ve put them all in a slideshow. Highly recommended.

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As the Tykes on Bikes controversy continues on Park Slope Parents, there is words of mayhem and frenzy and injury on MLK Day sledding in Prospect Park. Here’s the email that came to our attention: I was at the big hill today in the park amidst a frenzy of mad sledders. It was very crowded, […]

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The Lefferts Historic House at Prospect Park will hold a special Martin Luther King, Jr program tomorrow, Monday, January 19, at 2 p.m. Vivian Millicent Warfield, Director of Lewis Latimer House, will explore the life of Lewis Latimer: a pioneer scientist, key to the creation of the modern electrical world, a renaissance man, and the son of fugitive […]

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Here’s a vid we shot of the fireworks in Prospect Park on New Year’s Eve. Better late than never, as they say.

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[Photo courtesy ethersong/GL Flickr Pool] From an entrance to Prospect Park.

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Though our neighbors at Greenwood Cemetery may be known for their green parrots, Prospect Park is also an ornithologist’s destination.  Over the past one hundred years, more than 270 species of birds have been spotted in Prospect Park. This Saturday from 8 AM to 12 PM Prospect Park will host a walk to honor the early days of the […]

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I have to admit, as a kid I took “Home Ed” class and learned some needlepoint. It worked out well in my Goth High-school years when I embroidered cobwebs into my jeans. Embarrassing as that is, you too can now teach your kids the art of needle-craft, why not, it’ll keep them off their damn […]

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[Photo courtesy Meg Groome] Our contributor Meg Groome writes of this lovely scene: ” I found this small shrine in Concert Grove of Prospect Park, tucked away but obviously cared for.”

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[Photo courtesy June Carter Cash Peep/GL Flickr Pool] Clearly, our favorite park was spectacular looking yesterday.

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[Photo courtesy of Meg Groome] Meg writes of this photo: “I shot a lot of photos of Prospect Park in the snow last weekend. This is one of my favorites, a face on the central fountain in Concert Grove.”

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[Photo for GL courtesy of Meg Groome] Our newest contributor Meg Groome, who has a knack for taking evocative and meaningful photos, got this one in Prospect Park and called it “Wacky Adults.” Indeed.

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[Photo courtesy of megunski/GL Flickr Pool] The Wollman Rink in Prospect Park at night.

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Next Saturday (12/20) is the 109th Annual Christmas Bird Count at Prospect Park Audubon Center. From 12-1pm and 3-4pm, join the Prospect Park Alliance and Audubon Naturalists at the Prospect Park Audubon Center to track the bird population and movement of our area. Binoculars will be provided. The boroughs of New York City are within […]

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Half-Off Friday at Prospect Park Wollman Rink: Enjoy 50% off regular paid admission to Wollman Rink every Friday. Excludes holiday weekends (12/26, 1/2, 2/20). Thought there was nothing better than skating on Brooklyn’s only outdoor rink? How about only paying half the admission fee! With the discount, admission is $2.50 for adults; $1.50 for seniors […]

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Bark, The Herald Angels Sing… FIDO (Fellowship in the Interest of Dogs and their Owners) is sponsoring a Holiday celebration for Brooklyn dog owners and their furry pooches. Brooklyn dog owners: bring your canine companions and come celebrate the holidays at a morning gathering In Prospect Park. Saturday, December 13, 8 – 10 a.m. Join […]

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[Photo for GL Courtesy of Gary Mirabelle] This gorgeous photo of Prospect Park come from local artist and GL Photo Contributor Gary Mirabelle who has supplied us with many, many shots of our favorite park in all seasons.

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[Photo courtesy of pixonomy/GL Flickr Pool] To be perfectly honest, we’re not big fans of Canada Geese, especially to the extent that they leave a lot of, uh, things behind. But this is one cool pic of a goose in Prospect Park.

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[Photo for GL courtesy of Gary Mirabelle] Local artist and GL Contributing photographer Gary Mirabelle, who has sent us many gorgeous shots of our beloved Prospect Park, hit us off with this pic of the park on a rainy and dark fall day. Beautifu.

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So, you have some time to plan for your Thanksgiving weekend post-gorging exercises, but here’s a little idea to keep in mind for some fun: On Thanksgiving Day (11/27), there will be the Turkey Foot Race, a 5K run with the Prospect Park Track Club, starting on Park Drive near the Concert Grove. (Call (718) […]

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[Photo for GL courtesy of Deborah Matlatck] Here some of the last of that fast-disappearing fall color in Prospect Park courtesy of valued contributor Deobrah Matlack.

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