Blog Posts tagged as: parks

Prospect Park in the fall

Literary Matchmaker: Brooklyn Parks Edition

Lauren

Vacationing in the City., 1956, Map, MAP_1956-03-01; Brooklyn Maps collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History.
Depending on your neighborhood, you may be surprised by how much green space exists in Brooklyn. The borough is home to just about 4,456.6 acres of public parks—which, according to NYC's government data, is a little less than 10% of its land area. In honor of our borough's wealth of parks, I put together a list of 20 eclectic reads that are tied to local outdoor destinations. Now that the…