Prospect Park Vs. Central Park

One of New York’s most iconic landmarks is Central Park, but what most visitors don’t realize is that Central Park has slightly younger, slightly smaller, but equally as impressive brother in Brooklyn known as Prospect Park. Built in 1867, Prospect Park covers 585 acres of North Brooklyn. The highlights of Prospect Park include a 90 acre meadow, a 60 acre lake (the only lake in Brooklyn), a picnic house, a zoo, a cemetary, a concert venue, and plenty of athletic fields.

Prospect Park & Central Park Side by Side Comparison

Movies Filmed in Prospect Park

• Dog Day Afternoon
• Her Name Was Sarah
• Flight of the Conchords (TV Show)
• The Smurfs
• Mo’ Better Blues
• Rescue Me (TV Show)
• Boardwalk Empire (TV Show)
• Gossip Girl (TV Show)
• Smoke
• Blue in the Face
• Royal Pains (TV Show)
• Wonder Man
• Good Fellas

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Prospect Park Facts

• The land central park is built upon is estimated to be worth over 1/2 a billion dollars as of 2005
• During World War II Prospect Park played host to some of the cities anti-aircraft defenses
• Central Park is so big it requires its own Police Precinct, and has the oldest Police House in New York