[Photo courtesy of catmarlson/flickr] The Brooklyn Half Marathon took place yesterday on a course that ran from Coney Island to Prospect Park. There’s a cool photo set of the event posted on flickr by catmarlson should you wish to check it out.

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GL has a new flickr photo pool. If you have a new photo that you’d like us to see (and possibly post) toss it into the pool as well as tagging it “gowanuslounge.” [Photo courtesy of Dalton Rooney/flickr]

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Quality renderings of the Lakeside Center in Prospect Park were released late Friday afternoon and we posted them on Saturday morning. If you missed them, they are worth checking out as they provide some detail about the preliminary ideas for the new showcase facility.

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We loves these leaves because they look a little like Fall in Spring as they’re born. The tree is in Prospect Park.

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Yesterday, around 5:30 the Prospect Park Alliance released detailed renderings of prelimary plans for the Lakeside Center, the 36,000-square-foot two-level facility with two ice rinks that would replace the current Wollman Rink and do extensive landscape restoration to undo damage that was done when the original rink was built. The images give a much better […]

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This is the Grand Army Plaza entrance to Prospect Park where an awful lot of colors are currently on display.

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[Original photos courtesy of A Year in the Park]We held off on posting about this yesterday because we were hoping to get high quality versions of these images that were presented publicly on Wednesday night. It is not be, however. The Prospect Park Alliance has declined to make quality images available, saying that these are […]

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Let’s just say that Prospect Park was quite the place yesterday evening on the most gorgeous day so far of Spring.

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These trees at the edge of Prospect Park are currently at peak bloom and beyond gorgeous. They are near the Litchfield Villa on Prospect Park West.

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Pedal Boat season on the lake in Prospect Park is almost upon us. The start of the season is Sunday, May 4, and pedal boats can be had from 12 Noon-6PM from Thursday through Sunday and on holidays. The rental location is the Wollman Rink and the cost is $15 (plus tax) for a one-hour […]

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This lovely scene, of course, comes from Prospect Park on a gorgeous evening in spring as things turn green and blossoms are still on many trees.

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Here’s a vid we made of a few peaceful moments in Prospect Park on a beautiful spring evening.

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Here’s a cool event coming up on Sunday, May 18, from PLG Arts and The Maple Street School. It’s called “ABIYOYOPALOOZA: African Music & Magic” and it’s a free music and storytelling event for pre-school and young school-age children that will take place at the Audobon Center in Prospect Park. Here’s a bit from the […]

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On a beautiful Spring afternoon in Prospect Park, here’s a view showing some blossoms, some trees starting to turn green and Richard Meier’s On Prospect Park in the distance.

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Our favorite Brooklyn park, Prospect Park, is starting to go green. Many trees are still a week or two from turning those early spring neon greens, but some of the early ones are already getting there. This greenness comes from the area around the Picnic House.

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One knows that warm weather is coming when more details start trickling out about Celebrate Brooklyn’s schedule and start being posted on its website. The 30th Anniversary season kicks off with a performance by Isaac Hayes and wraps up with a Hal Willner tribute to Bill Withers (the Willner shows are usually an absolute season […]

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At first, we thought the paving stones on Prospect Park West had suddenly gone green due to the weather and that everything had started looking a little like the English countryside spring, a bit mossy and green. Then we saw the signs posted for the herbicides that have been sprayed. Nothing overly nasty, of course, […]

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There were many softball and baseball games going on in Prospect Park yesterday evening, one of the surest signs that spring is in full swing.

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The Prospect Park Alliance sent some great photos of this weekend’s Little League Parade through Park Slope and into the park that are worth sharing. The event drew more than 1,000 Little League players and family members on the traditional park “opening day.” Play ball.

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From the traffic insanity known as Grand Army Plaza. Hope no one without a clue about finding Prospect Park actually has to do so.

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We noted this a couple of weeks ago, but it’s worth a reminder: Tomorrow (4/5) is “Opening Day” at Prospect Park. The day includes the annual Little League Parade through Park Slope, which starts at 10AM. (Right now, the weather forecast is very iffy for tomorrow morning.) It starts at Seventh Ave. & Carroll St. […]

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Per an email from the Prospect Park Alliance, our favorite Brooklyn park has a whole lot of events lined up for Earth Week from April 19-27. Here’s a sampling: The Prospect Park Youth Council Pre-Earth Day Celebration will take place on April 19 from 10AM-3PM at the Youth Resource Center at Bowling Green Cottage (Prospect […]

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“Ever since the Daily News story on Prospect Park‘s own dog whisperer, Tyril Frith, the dog trainer has been fielding calls statewide from pooch lovers desperately seeking a cure for their out-of-control canines. ‘A lot of people have problems with aggression, and they’re scared because they don’t want to get in trouble,” said Frith, who’s […]

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Well, the joey at the Prospect Park Zoo, who was the sujbect of a naming contest, has been named Riley. The four finalist names were Nari, Kylie, Kinta and Riley. The Borough President made the announcement yesterday. The Wildlife Conservation Society and the Heart of Brooklyn conducted an online poll and received hundreds of suggestions. […]

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According to a new survey of crime in city parks the largest number of crimes over the last 18 months occurred in Central Park, Flushing Meadows Park, Prospect Park and Riverside Park. Flushing Meadows Corona Park had 99 incidents, including robberies, grand larcenies and two rapes. Prospect Park had 57 crimes, Riverside Park 31 and […]

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