From GL’s friend Gary Mirabelle of Mirabell Studios comes this image of the moon over Prospect Park, as seen from Prospect Park West.

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The Open House New York locations won’t be released until this weekend, but the identities of some of them are coming out. In this case, the well-oiled Prospect Park publicity machine sent out an email blast announcing that “three of Prospect Park’s architectural treasures, the Litchfield Villa, Lefferts Historic House and the Soldiers and Sailors […]

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In a move that is certain to change the activity patterns of hundreds, if not thousands, of Park Slope children, parents and nannies, the Third Street Playground is closing for long-planned renovations tomorrow. The renovated playground will have new safety surfaces, improved drainage and new water features. The work was actually originally planned for spring […]

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A GL reader forwarded us an email last night about a Park Slope nanny that lost a child in the Ninth Street Playground in Prospect Park. Apparently, a nanny lost track of a child in the playground on Friday and created general panic and a search. The first word circulating in the neighborhood was that […]

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The Prospect Park raccoon that bit a woman on which we reported yesterday was caught and euthanized, Patrick Gallahue reports in today’s New York Post. The raccoon was not rabid. Mr. Gallahue reports: The odd attack by a rampaging raccoon happened as the victim enjoyed a Sunday outing with her family at The Lake, officials […]

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This email caught our attention for two reasons: A Prospect Park raccoon biting someone and “very aggressive” ducks and geese. Here’s what it says: My family and I were feeding the ducks & geese yesterday afternoon at the lake near the Vanderbilt entrance (something we won’t do again because they got very aggressive) and saw […]

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Apple picking and getting “up close and personal” with hawks are on the list of activities for Prospect Park this fall. We’ll let the Prospect Park Alliance explain: Prospect Park has two great weekends of fun and education lined up for kids of all ages. September 15 – 16, it’s apple picking time during the […]

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If you’re a Brooklynite who uses Prospect Park, you probably already know that today is the first day of additional car-free hours, meaning that cars will no longer be allowed on the East Drive from 5PM-7PM. To celebrate, Transportation Alternatives and other local advocates are offering an “after-work snack as they reach out to park-goers […]

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For today’s installment of Brooklyn Back in the Day we turn to the Prospect Park Boathouse. This undated photo comes from the Brooklyn Public Library’s online collection of vintage Brooklyn photos.

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[Photo courtesy of paulpablopawel/flickr] Starting today, and every Thursday in August, kids under the age of 12 can ride the cool Prospect Park Carousel for free. The Carousel dates to 1912 and was restored in 1990 by the Prospect Park Alliance. It has 51 hand carved horses, as well as a giraffe, lion, deer and […]

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Here’s a mystery about two Prospect Park ducklings. We found it yesterday on OTBKB, which had posted a link to a long item about two ducklings that went missing in Prospect Park mid-July. We fear that, by now, their fate is a moot point, yet a bunch of photos of the cute duo were posted […]

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The announcement that car-free hours in Central Park are being expanded has led some Brooklyn groups to say that Prospect Park is being left out. Park Slope Neighbors sent out a press release yesterday saying that “City Hall overlooked several clear and easy options to make Prospect Park safer, healthier and more enjoyable for Brooklynites.” […]

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We’re not sure how we feel about “mysterious nocturnal fauna” in Prospect Park, as we enjoy predictable and known fauna. But if you want to check it out, you can participate in some Thursday Night Twilight Tours of Prospect Park in coming weeks. In the words of the park’s press office: Enjoy an evening of […]

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Get your tackle out of the closet and head down to Ye Olde Bait Shoppe (find some of your Brooklyn locations here) because it’s time to fish in Prospect Park. Meaning that the 60th Annual Macy’s Fishing Contest will be upon us from July 18-22. The Prospect Park people say: A rite of passage for […]

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The idea of creating a swimming pool to go along with the new ice rink at the Lakeside Center in Prospect Park may have gone over like a lead balloon with the Prospect Park Alliance, but the organization says it’s considering a seasonal roller on the site. Local officials, including City Council Member Letitia James […]

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This morning, Street Films offers up a riveting video of cars illegally Prospect Park during car-free hours at the Third Street and Prospect Park West entrance, which remains open past the official closing hour. The exact count is 45 from 7:0o PM through 7:15 PM. A bicyclist partially closes the gate, and cars continue to […]

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The Metropolitan Opera rolled into Prospect Park last night with an incredible amount of equipment and a huge cast of musicians and singers to present Gounod’s Faust. Thousands turned out to watch, listen, have picnics and hang out for a beautiful evening in the park. Rain held off until long after the concert was concluded. […]

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We are pleased to report that the NYPD says that crime is down in Prospect Park and two dozen more cops are now on summer duty in the park, but we hear that marauding chickens are on the loose. Whether they’re escapees from a live poultry place, runaways from a backyard or had to cross […]

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Not only does Celebrate Brooklyn kick off on Thursday night (6/14), but the Metropolitan Opera is going to be performing Faust in Prospect Park next Tuesday, June 19. OTBKB kindly relates the details from the Met. The series actually opens in Central Park today (6/12) and tomorrow (6/13). And there are six additional performances in […]

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There appears to have been a rather tepid response by to the idea of putting a pool into Prospect Park as part of replacing the Wollman Rink and restoring the Prospect Park Lake and Concert Island to their original configurations. The idea was discussed at a meeting last week. Blogger Across the Park conveys some […]

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There was a nice fireworks show to go along with the screening of Close Encounters of the Third Kind in Prospect Park last night. The fireworks were actually sent aloft from Mt. Prospect Park adjacent to the Brooklyn Public Library. Those on hand for the movie got to hear Borough President Marty Markowitz make the […]

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Today is “It’s My Park! Day” in Prospect Park, which is a volunteer day to help clean up and care for the park. Registration starts at 9:30AM at either Prospect Park West or Parkside & Ocean Avenues. The cleanup ends at 1PM. All of which is short notice, but if you’d been thinking about and […]

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