Celebrate Prospect Park’s opening weekend with an 1860s-style ballgame, a scavenger hunt and more
Image by Elizabeth Keegin Colley for the Prospect Park Alliance
Spring has officially sprung. And what better way to welcome the season than celebrating with a weekend full of activities at Prospect Park? To kick off the park’s opening weekend on April 7th and 8th, the Prospect Park Alliance will bring events like free yoga, a baseball parade and 1860s exhibition baseball game, a fair, history tour and much more. Although most events are free, a few require advance reservation and some cost a couple of bucks. Ahead, check out the full schedule of events.
Photo by Joe Buglewicz for NYC & Company
Saturday, April 7
- Family Yoga
Picnic House, 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
Free, RSVP here - Baseball Parade and 1860s Exhibition Baseball Game
Long Meadow Ball Field 1, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Free - Community Fair
Bartel-Pritchard Entrance, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Free - Grillout at Greenmarket
Grand Army Plaza, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Free - Running History Tour with New York Road Runners
11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Free, RSVP here - Scavenger Hunt with Urban Archive
12 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Free, RSVP here - Introduction to Bird Watching
Audubon Center, 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Free - Campfire Conversations Open Mic
Lefferts Historic House, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Suggested donation of $3
Sunday, April 8
- Early Morning Bird Walk
Aubudon Center, 8 a.m. to 9 a.m.
Free - Fun Run
9 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Free, RSVP here - Prospect Park History Walking Tour with Turnstile Tours
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
$20 for adults, $18 for seniors, $10 for children - Smorgasburg Prospect Park
Breeze Hill, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Free
All Weekend
- Spring Planting
Lefferts Historic House, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Suggested $3 donation - Nature Exploration
Audubon Center, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Free - Ice Skating Fun
LeFrak Center at Lakeside, 12 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sat. & 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sun.
$10 admission, $7 skate rentals - Carousel Rides
12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
$2.50 per ride, $11.50 for five rides - Prospect Park Zoo
11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Children under 12, free; $8 for adults, $6 for seniors
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