Was the Metropolitan Opera in Prospect Park only a couple of weeks ago? Well, Eugene Patron, who we like to think of as the Oracle of Prospect Park, sent us an email to let us know that the Philharmonic will be performing on July 14. Per the email: Each year, the New York Philharmonic returns […]

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The tour of the Quaker Cemetery in Prospect Park that was widely noted online drew a big crowd yesterday. “I cycle over in the sticky heat to one of the rare tours of Prospect Park’s Quaker Cemetery, and by the time I get there, there’s a 40-minute estimated wait on line.”–A Year in the Park

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Since the Metropolitan Opera played Prospect Park on Friday night, there has been some mystery as to the exact size of the crowd. It’s interesting because the Met had predicted up to 150,000 people, and set up to handle a crowd that large. The police estimate the turnout at 50,000, which is still the largest […]

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There will be a showing of ET and fireworks again this year in Prospect Park. It takes place on Thursday, June 26 at 8:30 PM. From an email from the Prospect Park Alliance: “School’s out! Start your summer off right by enjoying a free feature film + fireworks in Prospect Park. Sponsored by Brooklyn Borough […]

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[Photo courtesy of Omphale44/flickr] The Metropolitan Opera offered a blockbuster performance in Prospect Park last night and reports are starting to roll in. Brooklynometry has some coverage and there is a story from NY1, which only describes the crowd as being in the “thousands.” More than a 100,000 were expected and a very, very large […]

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Here’s a fascinating opportunity for those that like to visit obscure, historic graveyards. If you’ve heard about the Quaker Cemetery in Prospect Park, there will be an opportunity to visit it on June 28 for a play about the people buried there. We will let the sponsors explain via an email they sent us (and […]

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The Prospect Park Alliance’s Eugene Patron sends word of a fun Prospect Park Summer Program called Summer on the Green. Here’s a bit about it: The Prospect Park Youth Council’s FREE Summer on the Green Program will be bigger, better, more educational and even more fun! Prospect Park staff and Youth Council members will be […]

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The sound checks of the massive system setup in Prospect Park’s for tomorrows blockbuster Metropolitan Opera show were echoing for many, many blocks in Park Slope yesterday, and now, a GL Correspondent reports that the ballfields will be closed for some extra time because setup activity caused some problems. Per our correspondent: “So much damage […]

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[Photo courtesy of Mirabelle Studios] This is the set up for the heavily-promoted Metropolitan Opera concert featuring husband-and-wife team Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna in Prospect Park on Friday. A very large crowd is expected. A Year in the Park, as we would expect, has a big photo feature on the workers setting up for […]

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There’s a new online petition that we found via Kensington Brooklyn, calling for the city to restore 5PM-9PM off-lease hours at the Nethermead in Prospect Park. Here the text: We urge a return to off-leash hours in Prospect Park’s Neathermead from 5pm to 9pm, Monday through Fiday, excluding holidays. This long-standing privilege was lost during […]

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[Photo courtesy of Heather-D/flickr] This photo is titled “Deep in the Woods of Prospect Park” and it offers a gorgeous view from on of the park’s wooded areas. It comes from frequent GL Photo Pool Contributor Heather-D.

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Here’s a very nice vid of Isaac Hayes performing Shaft at Celebrate Brooklyn on Thursday night.

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There’s a 5K Run/Walk for Public Elementary Schools sponsored by the Brooklyn PTA tonight. Here’s a bit from the release: Parents, students, and teachers come together to run, raise funds, and protest budget cuts. Hundreds of parents, students, and teachers will meet up in Prospect Park to run, walk, and stroll 5k for Brooklyn’s public […]

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“In conjunction with the mayor’s plan to make New York City a more sustainable environment, Transportation Alternatives is pushing to take the 2007 automobile restrictions to the next level by making Prospect Park completely car-free. In fact, Car-Free Prospect Park is one of Transportation Alternatives major campaigns. If all goes well, Prospect Park will be […]

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Have a look at the Ravine, “the deep-set forested heart of Prospect Park…Here I dragged Spouse (just off the subway) and Child for a sunset walk; the area is so isolated and remote that I have been reluctant to explore it alone. (Probably a wise choice, although the handful of fellow walkers we met were […]

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[Photo courtesy of Brooklyn Bred/flickr] Here’s a photo taken in front of the Boathouse in Prospect Park and put into our Gowanus Lounge Photo Pool by Brooklyn Bred.

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You have to love the Metropolitan Opera in Prospect Park…well, if you do, the opera is performing in the park on Friday, June 20 at 8PM. (The rain date is June 21.) Soprano Angela Gheorghiu and tenor Roberto Alagna will perform a sort of “Opera’s Greatest Hits” show with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus. […]

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Kensington Stables is one of the city’s few remaining urban stables, but the ride in Prospect Park is increasingly rough. Horses “have suffered injuries while trotting on the bridle paths in Prospect Park in Brooklyn, parts of which are badly degraded and look less like a riding path than like a rocky, dried-up creek.”–NYT

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This is the new Prospect Park T-Shirt, which is a joint venture between Brooklyn Industries and the Prospect Park Alliance. Per an email: Brooklyn Industries and the Alliance collaborated to design a graphic t-shirt that shows support for one of Brooklyn’s most beautiful resources. Brooklyn Industries will donate 20% of the proceeds from the sale […]

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We posted about the Celebrate Brooklyn Widget last year and it’s almost that time again. Per the widget website: The Celebrate Brooklyn Widget will keep you informed by displaying the details of the next upcoming event as well as a list of all remaining events for the current season. Mac OS X 10.4.3 or above […]

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Here’s the latest from BCAT’s fun series, A Walk Around the Blog. It features one of our regular go-to blogs for linkage, A Year in the Park.

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[Photo courtesy of arichman33/flickr] This patriotic tractor trailer is almost in time for Memorial Day. It comes from the Parade Grounds in Prospect Park.

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We recall an uptick in stories of around this time two year ago about gangs of teens robbing and/or terrorizing people in Prospect Park. We’re hoping it’s an isolated incident, but someone posted a very unsettling account in the Park Slope Forum on Brooklynian about an attack in the park yesterday by a large group […]

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This Saturday, it’s “It’s My Park! Day” at Prospect Park. Per an email from the Prospect Park Alliance: Take ownership of your Park! Join us for a day of cleaning and greening one of New York’s most magnificent public parks! Meet at the Parkside and Ocean Avenue entrance to Prospect Park. The cleanup —which is […]

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Among the city-sponsored electronics recycling events taking place is this one next week in Prospect Park. It takes place on Sunday, May 18 from 8AM-2PM next to the Carousel, which is located near the corner of Flatbush Avenue and Empire Boulevard. It’s for both electronic equipment and clothing donations.

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