…have a picnic: Prospect Park (Long Meadow)
Looking to spend all day snacking on the grass? Avoid tripping over a tourist on Central Park’s Great Lawn by heading to Prospect Park’s far more spacious Long Meadow. (It’s rumored that Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, who designed both spaces, liked the latter better anyway.) Stretching from Grand Army Plaza to Prospect Park Southwest, this mile-long patch of green is the largest unbroken meadow to be found in any park in the country. Disembark at the 15th St–Prospect Park F or G stop for easy access to the public barbecues nearby; or just pack your blanket and some ready-to-eat snacks and make for the gently sloping pasture. Enter at 15th St and Prospect Park West, Park Slope, Brooklyn (prospectpark.org). Call 718-965-8944 for a barbecue permit for groups of 20 or more.—Ryan Rose Weaver
There are hundreds of parks in New York City, and countless things to do in them. To help you narrow down your options, we’ve put together a rundown of the best parks to visit for a whole variety of activities, whether you want to see an outdoor movie, have a picnic, rent a boat, kick back with a glass of beer or even pretend that you’re in Parks and Recreation’s Pawnee, Indiana. Without further ado, here are the best places to…
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