Suggestions for Landmarks and Outdoors near Prospect Park, Brooklyn

Kitty M. • May 17, 2015Beautiful, interesting, and expansive. So many things to do and see. A million unique areas.

Onion Things • April 28, 2017The Brooklyn Botanic Garden has an impressive collection of plants, rocks and cherry blossoms trees. A great way to spend a day in a zen and peaceful atmosphere.

Steve L. • April 17, 2011Refreshments sold here- water, soda, Thai iced tea, cookies, muffins. Restrooms here, also.

Lisa S. • August 17, 2023BBG is a lovely formal garden with good kid programming.

Nate F. • July 14, 2015beautiful lakeside meadow is uncrowded, shady, and cool on sunny summer days, perfect for frisbee, picnics, and kite flying

Tara W. • September 26, 2017I love Prospect Park. I've been going all my life.

Michael F. • May 5, 2017Impressive and well maintained collection of Sakura, lovely setting

Julia D. • November 2, 2014Best dog park in the city! (Ok, not technically a dog park but that's what makes it great for dogs. You'll see.)

Andrew Z. • July 22, 2012Cool garden with plants inspired by the Bard's writings.

Robb W. • May 1, 2012Don't fall in!

Noah P. • April 19, 2014Good place for a hot summer nights swim in 1996-1999

Kimmie O. • August 15, 2020Although Discovery Garden is for children to explore habitats & learn about wildlife, all visitors would learn a thing or two here.

Lisa S. • May 11, 2021The Vale of Cashmere has beautiful plantings. It is great for looking at birds. Because it is so quiet, it is sometimes sketchy.

Emily N. • September 9, 2012Wonderful playground with a super-cool two story webbed structure for climbing, plus equipment for both little and big kids. Right near the lake.

Joshua M. • June 13, 2023Great PG, can get busy when maple street school has just ended. Mixture of stuff for very young toddlers through to older kids. Sprinklers in the summer

Karen • August 27, 2018Get here early to secure your spot! Beautiful park with so many trails and pathways for running and biking.

Carmen N. • June 7, 2015A large fun playground. My kid loves it.

Judy A. • December 4, 2012Even if you miss off leash hours, great place to hang out & greet dogs

nycHealthy • October 17, 2012Spend some quality time with your licensed pup at the Prospect Park Dog Run. For info on dog licensing visit: http://on.nyc.gov/M85uPu. For more info about dog runs visit: http://bit.ly/Ra5S4w

Park Slope Notary • October 26, 2014Make time for this place. Make sure the weather is decent so you can thoroughly enjoy nature.

Shay • July 1, 2015Beautiful flowers

Justin O. • January 11, 2017There are a variety of zones presented: tropical, dessert, aquatic, moderate, etc. The bonsai museum is also here.

Matthew W. • April 5, 2014It's a genius addition to the park for anyone who has kids of any age. Natural and surprisingly big. Also sheltered from the wind.

nikki • January 8, 2017awesome water feature and grand stairs to watch from

Jeremy U. • November 9, 2011There's lots of good mushroom foraging here!

eric b. • January 28Small playground but in a nice quiet part of the park.

Leticia d. • April 17, 2012The best park in the city! More for locals, no crowd, beautiful fields and if you're luck, you'll listen someone playing a cello or a guitar ;-)

Nate F. • September 14, 2020immortalized in marianne moore’s poem as brooklyn’s “crowning curio”, a community movement to preserve the tree in 1967 helped invigorate restoration of the whole park

Denis H. • April 18, 2010If you're with a toddler, this is a great place to let him or her learn how to stand, walk, run and fall face first into the ground.

luke • June 12, 2011Great views in the winter