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Faces & Stories of Prospect Park

By: Virginia L. S. Freire Photography

Prospect Park is one of Brooklyn’s greatest treasures.  

It has been serving as a refuge for an incredibly diverse community in Brooklyn and for wildlife for more than 150 years.  It is a place to escape the pressures of life, keep healthy in body and soul, and come together in celebrations with friends, family, and neighbors. The Park means something unique and different to each one of us. We all have a very different first memory of or personal connection to Prospect Park.  

As part of Prospect Park’s 150thAnniversary year, I partnered with the Alliance to capture the stories of some of the Park’s friends, advocates, and visitors. Their portraits and stories are now on display as part of the Faces and Stories of Prospect Park exhibit showing at the Lefferts Historic House now through January 1, 2019.  This exhibit is a photo testament to the individuals, couples, families, friends, and even canines, that make up the vibrant landscape of Prospect Park.  

What is your story about Prospect Park?  

Share your unique story and connection to Prospect Park on Facebook or Instagram and tag it #ProspectPark, #FacesAndStories or visit the Lefferts House to record your own story as part of the exhibit.

Here is a snapshot of those Faces and Stories.

A Mosaic Of Park Visitors

This collection of portraits was made as part of an Earth Day Celebration capturing an organic array of people who love and visit Prospect Park every day and their magical stories and connections to the Park.

The Bahna Brothers

I remember the sheep in Prospect Park! The sheep used to graze there. My father would take us to the Long Meadow to fly kites. He used to make his own kites, and they were very big. One time he tied a string around me and I was lifted by the kite!

Katherine Borowitz & John Turturro

You see everybody coming with their picnics and their kids and their volleyball nets… I think there is a democracy to this Park that you don’t get in other parks.

Council Member Laurie Cumbo

It’s important when you’re living in an urban environment that you have balance, and an ability to connect to nature.

Steve Hindy, Co-Founder, Brooklyn Brewery

We play in the Tennis Center and come to the Park to sit on a bench that is dedicated to our son. It’s on a hill where we used to have birthday parties for our kids, so that’s what we call Sam’s Hill.

Margaret Ring, Concessions Manager, Prospect Park

My parents, my grandparents, my great grandparents, were all from Brooklyn. Before there was air conditioning, my grandfather slept out in Prospect Park in the summers. I had the good fortune to play in this park as a child, and I still do.

Mitchell J. Silver, Commissioner of NYC Parks

The Park was like my backyard, I spent so much time here. I learned to ice skate in the Park, I ran track in the Park, we held our family functions by the Lake. It just has this very sentimental feeling for me, like it’s home.

Read the complete Prospect Park Alliance Profiles  

Share your unique story and connection to Prospect Park in the comments here, on Facebook, or on Instagram. Tag your posts #ProspectPark and #FacesAndStories. Or visit The Lefferts Historic House to record your own story as part of the exhibit.

 

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