Proposed facilities

Why in Brooklyn? Why in Prospect Park?

 As a borough of 2.6 million inhabitants embedded in a city of 8 million and a metropolitan area of 20 million, Brooklyn is an ideal location for a public observatory dedicated to education and entertainment. There is no other such facility in Brooklyn, and even through all of NYC, options for stargazing are extremely limited. An observatory/classroom site would have the advantages of being known to the public as the place to go for astronomy, and would permit larger, better telescopes as well as a location for classes and small lectures than anything that presently exists. Prospect Park is centrally located in Brooklyn, is a darker site than most other borough locations and already is a center for public education and entertainment.

What would our observatory look like?

Although recognizable as a domed observatory, the building would conform to and blend in with the existing architectural style of other Prospect Park buildings.