The Sugar Bowl is one of Prospect Park's best-kept shapes — a shallow grass bowl ringed by trees that naturally corrals a group of kids without a fence in sight. Oasis, which runs day camps for ages three to fifteen across five New York-area sites, uses it for its August Brooklyn sessions. If you're wondering why camp groups keep gravitating to this particular dip in the ground, spend ten minutes watching one use it and it becomes obvious.
What to expect
A camp group spread across the bowl and its slopes for games, activities and lunch, with counselors working the rim. The Sugar Bowl sits off the park's east drive, so cyclists and runners pass steadily nearby. The area remains public park land and stays open around the permitted group.
Good to know
- The B or Q to Prospect Park and the Lincoln Road entrance is the closest approach to the park's eastern side
- Oasis is an enrolled day camp for ages roughly three to fifteen; sessions run through advance signup
- The bowl's slopes are grass — good for sitting, awkward for wheeled equipment
- Shade rings the bowl but the center is fully exposed at midday
- The Prospect Park Zoo and the Lefferts Historic House are both a short walk from here
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Common questions
What is Oasis Day Camp?
A day camp operator running five New York-area locations for ages three to fifteen, with sports, arts, swimming, theatre and nature programming.
Where is the Sugar Bowl in Prospect Park?
It's the natural grass depression on the park's eastern side, near the east drive between the Nethermead and the Vale.
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