Haven’t you always wondered about the Quaker Cemetery on the south side of Prospect Park? Well, here’s your chance to learn more and walk around in it.

The Quaker Cemetery in Prospect Park will be open to the public on June 28th
for a play about the people buried there. The Quaker Cemetery is a beautiful
place in Prospect Park that is generally closed to the public. The event is
part of our Brooklyn Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends (Quakers)
150th Anniversary.

Here are the details:

Location: Off Prospect Park Southwest and 16th Street, south of the Long
Meadow along Center Drive – look for the signs. Nearest subway is the F
train 15th Street station.

Event date and time: June 28th from 2-4 pm (rain date is June 29th, 2-4 pm)

Event price: free, but donations accepted

More information:
Guides will greet people at the gate to the Cemetery and usher them from
grave site to grave site (1820-2008,over 14 sites of individuals and families) providing historical context to
this 200 + year old burial ground.

A Friend will represent the interred at each grave site and tell about their
life and times.