Prospect Park: Long Meadow and the Audubon Center
Photo: Garry R. Osgood · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
🥾 Hike · Brooklyn
2.5 hours · Free · No reservation needed
- 🚇About 35 min by subway or carFrom Midtown · Getting there: Subway 2/3 to Grand Army Plaza or B/Q to Prospect Park, then a 5-minute walk
- 🍼Stroller-friendlyFlat surfaces — bring the stroller
- 🌳Some shadeGreat on sunny days · Good on cool days · Handles heat · Wind-OK
- ⏱️Typical visit: 2.5 hoursBest seasons: Spring · Summer · Fall · Winter
Brooklyn's backyard: Long Meadow is a mile of open lawn where kids can run forever, the lakeside Audubon Center runs free nature programs, and the 1912 carousel and the Lefferts Historic House next door are both built to a little kid's scale.
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