Best Sledding In Brooklyn

Sledding happening throughout Prospect Park. December 2020. Keira Wingate/Bklyner

Every time we get decent snow, brave Brooklynites brace the cold weather at the best sledding spots throughout Brooklyn, pandemic or no pandemic.

Sledders shout “1..2..3” before heading down the hill in Prospect Park. Keira Wingate/Bklyner

NYC Parks is encouraging people throughout the city to bundle up and go for a joy ride down one of the many sledding hills throughout Brooklyn, wearing a mask to go along with your gloves.

Wondering where to go? Here are sledding locations in Brooklyn:

Fort Greene Park: Interior of the park at Willoughby Avenue
Highland Park: Highland Boulevard and Jamaica Avenue
Hillside Park: Columbia Heights between Middagh and Vine streets
Lincoln Terrace Park: Between Buffalo and Rochester avenues, adjacent to Eastern Parkway service road
McKinley Park: Fort Hamilton Parkway and 75 Street
Owl’s Head Park: Colonial Road and 68 Street
Prospect Park: Near the Tennis House at Prospect Park West and 9th Street
Shore Road Park: Shore Road and 97 Street
Sunset Park: Interior of the park between 42nd and 43rd streets

If you want to take a break from sledding, build a snowman instead. Keira Wingate/Bklyner

There are other places to go sledding throughout the Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island as well.