Prospect Park South, Brooklyn
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Prospect Park South Historic District
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John S. Eakins House (1905) at 1306 Albemarle Road
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| Location | Roughly bounded by BMT Brighton Line, Beverley Rd., and Coney Island and Church Aves. Brooklyn, New York City |
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| Coordinates | Coordinates: 40°38′46″N 73°58′02″W / 40.646111°N 73.967222°W |
| Area | 47 acres (19 ha) |
| Built | 1899 |
| Architectural style | multiple |
| NRHP Reference # | 83001699 |
| Added to NRHP | July 21, 1983 |
Prospect Park South is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is bordered by Prospect Park and the Prospect Park Parade Ground to the north, Ocean Avenue and the BMT Brighton Line subway tracks to the east, Beverley Road to the south, and Coney Island Avenue to the west.
Within the neighborhood, and comprising most of its area, is the Prospect Park South Historic District, designated by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1979 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The historic district is bounded by Church Avenue to the north, the BMT Brighton Line (B Q trains) of the New York City Subway to the east, Beverley Road to the south, and between Stratford Road and Coney Island Avenue to the west.
Prospect Park South, along with Flatbush and other neighborhoods within Flatbush, is policed by the 70th Precinct of the New York City Police Department.
In 1899 developer Dean Alvord purchased about 60 acres (24 ha) of farmland in order to create Prospect Park South, a community of substantial homes, a "rural park within the limitations of the conventional city block and city street." Alvord characterized the development as rus in urbe, the country in the city. The location was selected to take advantage of the train service on the Brooklyn and Brighton Beach Railroad of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT). The line, now known as the BMT Brighton Line, offered express and local train service that remains to this day. The trains emerged at Fulton Street as an elevated line and continued across the Brooklyn Bridge to Manhattan.
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