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Most of Prospect Heights is served by the Prospect Heights School District 23, which contains four schools: Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary (K-1) Betsy Ross Elementary (2-3) Anne Sullivan Elementary (4-5) MacArthur Middle School (6-8) Other districts that serve portions of Prospect Heights include: Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21
[57] [58] Mount Prospect (or Prospect Hill), near the present-day intersection of Flatbush Avenue and Eastern Parkway, is one of the tallest hills in Brooklyn, rising 200 feet (61 m) above sea level. [ 59 ] [ 60 ] During the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), the area was a site of the Battle of Long Island (also known as the Battle of ...
The Eastern Parkway wing was a children's library from the outset. [123] [311] A parents' balcony overlooked the space, [279] and a set of bookcases separated the children's library from a "senior reading room". [311] As of 2023, the Eastern Parkway side still contains the Youth Wing, accessed from the eastern entrance on Eastern Parkway. [300]
The area around the Arch forms the largest and busiest traffic circle in Brooklyn, being the convergence of Flatbush Avenue, Vanderbilt Avenue, Eastern Parkway, Prospect Park West, and Union Street. In 1927, Brooklyn's "Death-O-Meter", a sign admonishing drivers to "Slow Up" and displaying a continually updated tally of traffic accident deaths ...
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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.
The lookout in Mount Prospect Park Reservoir, late 19th century. Mount Prospect Park is a 7.79-acre (3.15 ha) park in the central portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It includes Mount Prospect, the second highest point in Brooklyn. It is located on Eastern Parkway near Underhill Avenue, close to Grand Army Plaza.
U.S. Route 12 (US 12) in the U.S. state of Illinois is an arterial highway that runs northwest to southeast through the Chicago metropolitan area.It enters Illinois at the Wisconsin border north of Richmond, and exits into Hammond, Indiana, from Chicago near the foot of the onramp to the Indiana Toll Road (Interstate 90, or I-90); as it exits Illinois, the route is also concurrent with US 20 ...