Prospect Park

Description

Designed and constructed over a thirty-year period (1865-1895) by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, the masterminds behind Central Park, Prospect Park has blossomed into a premiere destination for Brooklyn visitors and residents alike. Widely known for its intricate manmade watercourse (wetlands) and its trees, the bulk of Brooklyn's remaining indigenous forest, the park is a highly functional green space. Contained within its 585 acres are a zoo, the first urban-area Audubon Center in the nation, an ice rink, a band shell, a carousel, and dozens of athletic and recreational facilities.

Constructed, 1865

Designations

New York City Landmark in 1977

National Register of Historic Places in 1980

Factoids

Oct 21, 1869 -New York also has the honor of being the first city to dedicate a statue of the Sixteenth president Abraham Lincoln in his honor, the Henry Kirke Brown statue in Prospect Park.

Related People & Organizations

Art in the Parks - NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

Related Sites

Central Park

Related Playlist

Calvert Vaux Compilation

Timeline

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Main attractions of the park include the 90-acre (36 ha) Long Meadow; the Picnic House; Litchfield Villa; Prospect Park Zoo; the Boathouse; Concert Grove; Brooklyn's only lake, covering 60 acres (24 ha); and the Prospect Park Bandshell that hosts free outdoor concerts in the summertime

Prospect Park is the second largest public park in Brooklyn, behind Marine Park

Widely known for its intricate manmade watercourse (wetlands) and its trees, the bulk of Brooklyn's remaining indigenous forest, the park is a highly functional green space

ASSOCIATED SITES

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Public Art

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Dongan Oak Marker

Frederick Ruckstuhl

Plaque

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Statue

Augustus Max Johannes Mueller

Sculpture

Topiary: A Twenty Year Project

Art in the Parks - NYC Department of Parks and Recreation, Goldstone & Hinz, Percent for Art New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Mags Harries

Sculpture

Irving Monument

James Wilson Alexander MacDonald

Sculpture

James S.T. Stranahan

Frederick MacMonnies, Stanford White

Sculpture

Edvard Grieg Statue

Sigvald Asbjornsen

Sculpture

Abraham Lincoln Statue

Henry Kirke Brown, Art in the Parks - NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

Sculpture

Lioness and Cubs

Art in the Parks - NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

Sculpture

Carl Maria Von Weber Statue

Chester Beach

Sculpture

The Horse Tamers

Stanford White, Frederick MacMonnies

Sculpture

Maryland Monument

Stanford White

Sculpture

General Henry Warner Slocum

Frederick MacMonnies, Stanford White

Sculpture

Lafayette Memorial

Daniel Chester French, Henry Bacon, Art in the Parks - NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

Sculpture

Events and Stories

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Battle of Long Island

General William Howe

Civil Rights, Military/Conflict

Architecture

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Brooklyn Botanic Garden Visitor Center and Overlook

Weiss/Manfredi, Langan Engineering and Environmental Services, Inc., Weidlinger Associates, JB&B, HMWhite, Brandston Partnership Inc., SiteWorks Landscape Architecture, Thornton Tomasetti

Museum, Park

LeFrak Lakeside Center at Prospect Park

Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects

Recreation

Brooklyn Botanic Garden Gateway Building

Architecture Research Office, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc.

Cultural

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