Prospect Park

When Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux designed Central Park, they were relative unknowns who had to comply with physical, budgetary and political restrictions. By the time they designed Prospect Park, they were national celebrities who had a much freer hand in creating the park of their dreams. Covering nearly 600 acres, the park is divided into a lake district, a meadow district and a rustic district. This tour will visit all three areas as well as the Camperdown Elm, the Oriental Pavilion, sites associated with Lord Stirling and Stanford White and Brooklyn’s only remaining natural forest.