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Get to know Prospect Lefferts Gardens

Taking its rather long name from three nearby locations — Prospect Park, Lefferts Manor, and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden — Prospect Lefferts Gardens (“PLG,” to locals) can be found below Empire Boulevard, on the eastern side of its namesake park. Nowadays, you'll find primarily low and mid-rise buildings — many of them prewar, with some newer builds rising along the avenues. Due to a still-observed 1893 land-use covenant, residences within the eight-block, rectangular Lefferts Manor Historic District must be single-family homes built of brick or stone and at least two stories high, among other guidelines. Befitting a neighborhood with multiple namesakes combined into one, Lefferts Manor is hardly PLG's only Historic District with a distinct architectural character: The Chester Court Historic District is a cul-de-sac made up of 18 Tudor Revival-style houses, while the Ocean on the Park Historic District consists of two brick and 10 limestone townhouses set back from the road behind a row of trees.

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Being nestled right up against Prospect Park, the neighborhood allows you to take full advantage of one-third of its namesake. Notably close is the LeFrak Center at Lakeside, which has a rink for roller or ice skating (depending on the season) in addition to boat and bike rentals. The historic Beaux-Arts Boathouse on the Lullwater — home to the Audubon Center — is a short distance further. PLG is an ever-evolving neighborhood, and its dining scene reflects that well. You'll find all corners of the globe represented in food — and, on and off Flatbush, you'll find time-honored classics mingling among newer, more avant-garde arrivals with tasting menus dreamt up from whatever the foragers can haul in. If you want to head to points outside, the 2, 5, B, and Q trains all stop in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, as does the Franklin Avenue Shuttle. The Shuttle is your best bet for a rapid ride north to the picturesque Brooklyn Botanic Garden.