Park Slope

Park Slope is a neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, USA, roughly bounded by Fourth Avenue, Prospect Park West (Ninth Avenue), Flatbush Avenue, and Fifteenth Street. It takes its name from being founded on the western slope of neighboring Prospect Park. Park Slope is considered a cultural center of Brooklyn with its many historic buildings, hip restaurants, bars, and retail stores, as well as close access to the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Brooklyn Public Library, the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, and the Brooklyn Museum. The main streets of commerce are Seventh Avenue and Fifth Avenue.

See also

• 1960 New York air disaster
• List of Brooklyn, New York neighborhoods
• Streetcar suburb