It would appear that two of the Prospect Park red-tail hawks are also hanging around Grand Army Plaza and, uh, doing some food shopping. There are several comments in a new thread on Brooklynian about the hawks. They have been seen on Plaza Street near Butler Street and St. John’s. Another poster writes, “I’ve seen […]

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Of all the Brooklyn blogs that have debuted in the last six months or so, none has had us looking forward to more from the start than Prospect: A Year in the Park. (OTBKB featured it yesterday.) It’s from the blogger behind Crazy Stable and is devoted to daily posts on Prospect Park. From the […]

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Mulching Day is one of very mixed emotions for GL. On the one hand, our Christmas tree is mulched and we know it is being recycled in a good way. On the other, it’s sad to take down the decorations, strip off the lights, drag one’s tree out, take it to the mulch site and […]

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GL reader Eric Provost was kind enough to send us some great pics he shot of the New Year’s Eve Fireworks in Prospect Park. Enjoy the slideshow below.

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Here is a look at some of last night’s New Year’s Fireworks in Prospect Park. Enjoy.

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Prospect Park, Brooklyn12:08 AM, January 01, 2008

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Prospect Park, Brooklyn12:14 AM, January 01, 2008

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The New Year’s Firework are GL’s favorite Brooklyn New Year’s thing.

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We’ve posted about this a while ago, but now that New Year’s is upon us: the 2007-2008 New Years Fun Run will be happening tomorrow night (12/31) at 11:15PM Prospect Park. The start and finish line of the 3.3 mile race is the park’s Grand Army Plaza entrance. It’s sponsored by the Brooklyn Road Runners […]

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A few vids of fireworks in Prospect Park, in honor of tomorrow night’s annual show.

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Did you notice the incredible moon on Christmas Eve and Christmas night? Artist, sculptor and photographer Gary Mirabelle, who is a valued regular contributor of photos to GL, certainly did. This is the view from Prospect Park West on Christmas night. [Photo courtesy of Gary Mirabelle/Mirabelle Studios]

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It’s finally time to skate in Brooklyn. After some delays the Wollman Rink in Prospect Park is open for the season, which makes us happy because it was kind of sad seeing it still closed right after Thanksgiving. An email from Eugene Patron, the Oracle of Prospect Park says: To celebrate the beginning of ice […]

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Here’s Prospect Park as it appeared on Saturday, November 24 in all its late Fall glory.

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Prospect Park is especially beautiful right now, particularly as the unusually late fall foliage is still in the trees. Odds are, it’s only got a week or so left, and it’s already past peak, but it’s still worth a peaceful walk through the park. Is it just us, or does anyone else remember a fall […]

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Yes, friends, the Prospect Park Track Club’s Turkey Trot 5M is upon us tomorrow morning. It takes place at 9:00AM on Thanksgiving. The race starts at starts and ends near the Oriental Pavilion in Prospect Park. Same day registration is at the Wollman Skating Rink from 7:30 to 8:30 AM. The race begins at 9 […]

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There will not be a full Prospect Park in Lights holiday display this year. While there will be holiday lighting at Grand Army Plaza, the LED display that lit up all the park entrances last year won’t be going up. We checked on them yesterday and were told that an announcement about Grand Army Plaza […]

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The weather interfered with the opening of the Wollman Rink in Prospect Park last year and it appears to be up to the same tricks again this year. We got an email from the Prospect Park Alliance sayind that “Due to weather conditions which have hampered the ice making process, the opening of the Wollman […]

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In case anyone doubted that winter is closing in on us, ice skating time in Prospect Park is almost here. The Wollman Rink opens for the season on November 21. It will be open for skating through March 16, 2008. Skating hours vary daily: Monday, 8:30 AM-2:00 PM Tuesday, 8:30 AM-5:00 PM Wednesday, 8:30 AM-3:00 […]

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Prospect Park has been amazingly green, quite late this year as this photo taken very recently by Gary Mirabelle of Mirabelle Studios shows. Mr. Mirabelle is a frequent GL photo contributor and an exceptionally accomplished sculptor. You can see his amazing work and read more about him by clicking here.

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Prospect Park, BrooklynThis cool photo of the late fall that Prospect Park is experiencing comes from Gary Mirabelle of Mirabelle Studios, who is a regular GL photo contributor. Read more about Mr. Mirabelle, who is an exceptionally accomplished sculptor, by clicking here.

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We’ve already featured one of the pieces of public art installed recently in Prospect Park in front of the Litchfield Villa, but there are two others that are also part of the Art in the Parks program. In addition to the work by Steve Tobin, which is on display through January 5, there are works […]

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The owner of the dachshund that was attacked and nearly killed in Prospect Park at the dog beach this week by another dog left a comment late last night on one of our posts. We think it’s worth sharing here: I am the owner of the dachshund. He is a mini wirehaired named Wolfgang with […]

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We have two reports via Park Slope Parents emails about a big dog attacking and killing a small dog at the Dog Beach in Prospect Park yesterday. Both get at the issue of keeping big dogs on leashes. Apparently, a pit bull or pit bull mix attacked “a little long haired dachsund” in full view […]

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Anyone that walks down Prospect Park West on Thursday around Ninth Street and notices a little commotion around 11AM will be happening upon a visit to the park by France’s Consul General and Parks Commissioner Adrain Benepe. The event is a celebration of the restoration of the Lafayette Monument (now you know what the large […]

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It came on trailer on Tuesday, and by yesterday Park Slope kids were climbing all over it. A commenter at Curbed pointed the way to a page on the Parks Department website that identifies it as Steve Tobin’s SteelRoots and Sewell Chan at the CityRoom provided a lot of detail. It’s scheduled to be on […]

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