Lefferts Historic House
The Lefferts Historic House is located within Prospect Park in Brooklyn, New York City. Built circa 1783, it is the former home of enslaved persons and the family of Continental Army Lieutenant Pieter Lefferts.Photo: Epicgenius, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: historic house museum in Brooklyn, New York City, United States
- Also known as: “Lefferts Historic House Museum”
- Address: 452 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, 11215
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Prospect Park and Prospect Park Zoo.
Prospect Park
Photo: McKay Savage, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Prospect Park is in Brooklyn. It includes its namesake park, plus the neighborhoods of Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Windsor Terrace, and Prospect Park South.
Prospect Park Zoo
Zoo
Photo: Garry R. Osgood, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Prospect Park Zoo is a 12-acre zoo located off Flatbush Avenue on the eastern side of Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York City. As of 2016, the zoo houses 864 animals representing about 176 species, and as of 2007, it averaged 300,000 visitors annually. Prospect Park Zoo is situated 450 feet northwest of Lefferts Historic House.
Brooklyn Museum
Museum
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. At 560,000 square feet, the museum is New York City's second largest and contains an art collection with around 500,000 objects. Brooklyn Museum is situated 2,400 feet north of Lefferts Historic House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Flatbush and Prospect Heights.
Flatbush
Quarter
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
Flatbush is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood consists of several subsections in central Brooklyn and is generally bounded by Prospect Park to the north, East Flatbush to the east, Midwood to the south, and Kensington and Parkville to the west.
Prospect Heights
Neighborhood
Photo: Spyder Monkey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Prospect Heights is a neighborhood in the northwest of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The traditional boundaries are Flatbush Avenue to the west, Atlantic Avenue to the north, Eastern Parkway – beginning at Grand Army Plaza – to the south, and Washington Avenue to the east.
Park Slope
Neighborhood
Photo: GK tramrunner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Park Slope is a neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York City, within an area known as South Brooklyn. Park Slope is roughly bounded by Prospect Park and Prospect Park West to the east, Fourth Avenue to the west, Flatbush Avenue to the north, and Prospect Expressway to the south.
Lefferts Historic House
- Categories: historic house museum, house, building, tourism, historic site, historic building, and tourist attraction
- Location: Brooklyn, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.66438° or 40° 39′ 52″ northLongitude
-73.9638° or 73° 57′ 50″ westHeight
31 feet (9.4 metres)Open location code
87G8M27P+QFOpenStreetMap ID
way 241846626OpenStreetMap feature
building=houseOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q6516654
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