Bona Ventura

Prospect Park, Brooklyn · New York City

Lefferts Historic House

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An 18th-century Flatbush farmhouse moved into Prospect Park in 1918, now reinterpreted to tell the stories of the Lenape and of the Africans the Lefferts family enslaved. Flatbush Avenue outside is an ancient Lenape road.

Address
452 Flatbush Ave (inside Prospect Park), Brooklyn, NY 11225
Hours
Sep-Nov: Sat-Sun 12:00-17:00 and school holidays; check prospectpark.org for other seasons
Best time to go
Afternoon · About 45 min
Price
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Price level
$

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Good to know

  • The facade installation honors the 25 enslaved Africans documented as held here.

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