Prospect Park: City of Forest Day Tour

This event is part of City of Forest Day, a citywide effort to raise awareness of our urban forest. Admission is free!Prospect Park is home to Brooklyn’s largest and oldest forest, an important hotspot of biodiversity with over 30,000 trees of 200+ species. On this guided walking tour with Prospect Park Alliance touring partner, Turnstile Tours, we will explore the history of the stewardship of this forest over the past 150 years, looking at some of the park’s oldest trees, exploring the management practices developed by park co-designer Frederick Law Olmsted, the work of the Alliance to restore these urban woodlands over the past 30 years, and contemporary challenges to forests due to climate change and invasive pests.   Prospect Park is a 585-acre park located in the center of Brooklyn. Most tours will begin at the Brooklyn Public Library Central Library, 10 Grand Army Plaza. Some special tours begin and end at different locations, so please take note of this when booking, and read your confirmation message carefully. Click here for Google Maps directions, view our neighborhood map, or view the official Prospect Park map.