{"nrhp_refnum":"83001689","name":"Eastern Parkway","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Eastern Pkwy from Grand Army Plaza to Ralph Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Brooklyn","state":"NY","lat":40.671632112000054,"lon":-73.96847084503463,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-09-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Landscape Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Eastern Parkway is a roughly three-mile tree-lined parkway in Brooklyn, New York, running from Grand Army Plaza to Ralph Avenue. It was built 1870-1874 to designs by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux.","why_significant":"It was the first of Olmsted's parkways to be completed, and the form says Olmsted invented the term \"parkway.\" It combined malls with trees, pleasure drives, walkways and service roads to carry the character of Prospect Park through Brooklyn. It was also planned as part of a designed residential neighborhood and has drawn cultural institutions and major parades.","narrative":"Eastern Parkway is a three-mile boulevard in Brooklyn between Grand Army Plaza and Ralph Avenue, built from 1870 to 1874. Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux designed it as a new kind of street, with central malls of trees, a carriage drive, walkways and separate service roads, meant to extend the feel of Prospect Park through the city. It was the first of Olmsted's parkways to be finished, and the nomination credits him with coining the word \"parkway.\" At its widest the road is 210 feet across, divided into three roadways by two tree-lined malls holding about one thousand trees, roughly half of them elms. The plan also included flanking boulevards and setback rules for houses, though development came slowly and the rules were loosely applied. The parkway later attracted the Brooklyn Botanical Garden, the Brooklyn Public Library and many religious institutions, and it has hosted parades from 1909 to the West Indian-American Day Carnival.","period_of_significance":"1870-74","architect_builder":"Frederick Law Olmsted & Calvert Vaux","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Public roadway in use as a major city thoroughfare and park; the form says the original width of the malls has been reduced but the parkway's character has been maintained.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.067518-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/83001689.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001689/12f6dbeff4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001689/12f6dbeff4-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nutmegger at English Wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eastern_Pkwy_%26_Kingston_Ave_6.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Nutmegger at English Wikipedia</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eastern_Pkwy_%26_Kingston_Ave_6.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"80002637","name":"Prospect Park","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/prospect-park-80002637/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318373","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Parkway","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2488389"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/brooklyn/eastern-parkway-83001689/"}