Prospect Park has been an invaluable oasis to a pandemic-weary Brooklyn over the past two years. But the park itself has had a big year: On his way out of the office, Mayor Bill de Blasio cut a $40 million dollar check for the park for the restoration of the Vale of Cashmere and the Rose Garden in the northeast corner of the park. Over the course of the pandemic alone, the Endale Arch entrance to the Long Meadow was restored to glorious 19th-century effect; the park got two new entrances along Flatbush Avenue; the music pagoda was restored. Today we take a deep dive into the past, present and future of Prospect Park with Sue Donoghue, the official park administrator and the president of the Prospect Park Alliance.