Posts tagged Prospect Park

Blame It on the Ice Age

We have the last ice age to blame—or thank, if yours is a generous spirit—for the hills of Brooklyn. Through the Pleistocene Epoch, continental ice sheets expanded and retreated dozens of times, carrying and smoothing rocks and eventually depositing them miles from where they had been picked up. The Laurentide ice sheet, which covered much of Canada and the northern United States, reached its greatest extent in the most recent glacial period about 20,000 years ago. Its southernmost boundary crossed Brooklyn.

HistoryRachael DePalmaJuly 14, 2023history, earth science, Prospect Park, Running, HillsComment

PPTC Poetry Collection III

As promised, the final poetry collection from last month poetry month is here. We invite you to continue the journey below, to mull over the poems, sit with them, and soak in their stanzas until you feel their rhythm in your bones.

UncategorizedRachael DePalmaMay 20, 2022running, poets, poetry, poems, brooklyn, Prospect ParkComment

PPTC Celebrates Earth Day: A Look at Prospect Park’s Audubon Center

Did you know that the first Earth Day was observed on April 22, 1970 – the same year PPTC was founded? Ryan Glantz, Manager of Public Programs at Prospect Park’s Audubon Center, talked to us about the history of the Audubon Center, as well as the art of bird-watching.

Uncategorized, History, Community SupportGuest UserApril 22, 2020Prospect Park, Audubon Center, Bird Watching