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Directions

Prospect Park, located in Brooklyn, New York, is easily accessible by car and public transportation. See Places to Go for more detailed directions to individual Park attractions, or try our Interactive Park Map, which utilizes GoogleMaps technology.
 

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By Car

Note: There’s free parking year-round for Park visitors at the Wollman Rink.

From Westchester, the Bronx and points north:
· Take 87 South to the Triborough Bridge.
· Take Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (278) west to Brooklyn.
· Take Tillary St. exit.
· Turn left on Flatbush Ave.
· Stay on Flatbush to Grand Army Plaza, bear right for Prospect Park West. For Wollman Rink, proceed through circle to continue south on Flatbush Ave. Make right on Ocean Ave. and enter the Park at the Parkside/Ocean Ave. entrance.

From New Jersey, Staten Island and points south:
· Take the Verrazano Bridge to Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (278).
· Take the Prospect Expressway to the 10th Ave. exit.
· Turn left on 11th Ave. to Prospect Park Southwest. For Wollman Rink, turn right on Prospect Park Southwest to Park Circle. Follow Circle to Parkside Ave. Enter Park at the Parkside/Ocean Ave. entrance.

From New Jersey, Manhattan and points west:
· Take Manhattan Bridge to Flatbush Ave., or take the Brooklyn Bridge, make left on Tillary St. and right on Flatbush Ave.
· Stay on Flatbush to Grand Army Plaza, follow signs for Prospect Park West. For Wollman Rink, proceed through circle to continue south on Flatbush Ave. Make right on Ocean Ave. and enter the Park at the
Parkside/Ocean Ave. entrance.

From Long Island:
· Take the Long Island Expressway (495) west to Brooklyn Queens Expressway (278) west towards Brooklyn.
· Take Tillary St. exit
· Turn left on Flatbush Ave.
· Stay on Flatbush to Grand Army Plaza, bear right for Prospect Park West. For Wollman Rink, proceed through Circle to continue south on Flatbush Ave. Make right on Ocean Ave. and enter the Park at the Parkside/Ocean Ave. entrance.
· From Belt Parkway, take Ocean Parkway north exit to Park Circle.


By Public Transportation

(MTA map)

The following subways are located near the Park:
· F train at 7th Ave. station, 15th St./Prospect Park station and Fort Hamilton Parkway station.
· 2 or 3 train at Grand Army Plaza station.
· Q train at Parkside Ave. station and Prospect Park station.
· S train at Prospect Park station.
· B train at Prospect Park station.

The following bus lines stop near the Park:
· B41 or B71 along Flatbush Ave. to Grand Army Plaza or Ocean Ave.
· B69 along Prospect Park West.
· B75 along 9th St. to Prospect Park West.
· B68 along Coney Island Ave./Prospect Park Southwest to Park Circle or Bartel-Pritchard Circle.


Parking
Parking is available around the Park’s perimeter. Please be aware of any parking restrictions and street cleaning signs.
· Wollman Rink: Free public parking
· Litchfield Villa: Public parking area in the back half of the lot in marked spaces only.
· Picnic House: Limited parking is available for Picnic House events only with a permit.


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