Prospect-Lefferts Gardens

Prospect-Lefferts Gardens is a neighborhood in
Brooklyn , NY , bordered by Empire Boulevard on the
north, Clarkson Avenue on the south, Ocean Avenue and
Prospect Park on the west and New York Avenue on the
east. Its name comes from a few of its attractions –
Prospect Park , the Lefferts family homestead, and the
nearby Botanical Gardens.

Prospect Lefferts-Gardens is rich with resources.
Prospect Park and the main branch of the Brooklyn
Public Library at Grand Army Plaza are close by, as
well as Kings County Hospital, SUNY Downstate Medical Center
and P.S. 92. Only thirty-five minutes from Manhattan, the
neighborhood’s subways are the Q Train at Prospect Park
and the 2 and 5 Trains at Sterling and Winthrop Street.