Mount Prospect Park is a 7.79-acre (3.15 ha) park in the central portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It includes Mount Prospect, the second highest point in Brooklyn. It is located on Eastern Parkway near Underhill Avenue, close to Grand Army Plaza. The park is operated by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.
It is not the same as the much larger and better-known Prospect Park, which is across Flatbush Avenue from Mount Prospect Park.
Mount Prospect Park shares a common parcel of land with other Brooklyn cultural institutions—the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Botanic Garden and Central Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library.
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