Outside in Navy Yard

The northern end of the park, between the two bridges, where the old Fulton Ferry landing and Pebble Beach sit on the water. Pebble Beach is a short shingle strand you can walk down onto, with the Manhattan skyline framed by the bridge cables, and Jane's Carousel is in its glass pavilion a minute away. The park is free and open from 6am to 1am, and the carousel charges two dollars a ride on a seasonal schedule.

Every day, 6am to 1am. Jane's Carousel runs seasonally, roughly 11am to 6:50pm weekdays and 10am to 6:50pm weekends in summer

Brooklyn's first public park, set aside in 1845 after Walt Whitman argued for it in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle and laid out by Olmsted and Vaux. The 200-foot column at the top is the Prison Ship Martyrs Monument, put up in 1908 over a crypt holding remains of some of the 11,500 people who died on British prison ships anchored in Wallabout Bay. Wallabout Bay is the water the Navy Yard was later built on.

Open 6am to 1am daily. The visitor center runs 8am to 4pm, later in summer

An acre and a half of native meadow built by the Brooklyn Greenway Initiative on the site of the Navy Yard's old hospital cemetery, with a raised boardwalk running through grasses and wildflowers so nobody walks on the ground itself. It is planted entirely with native species and it is loud with bees in summer. Admission is free, dogs are not allowed inside and bikes have to be left at the gate.

Wed to Sun, 10am to 7pm. Winter weekends, 10am to 5pm. Closed Monday and Tuesday