The story of Owl's Head Park starts over 300 years ago and has more ups and downs than its famous sledding hill.

Who's the "EWB" on these 1903 gates? Read on to find out. Photo: The Art of Brooklyn

'Owl’s head park has a mystical hold over many Bay Ridge residents, one that’s difficult to explain to outsiders. Sure, it’s 24 pleasant acres of woods, hills, playgrounds, curving paths, breathtaking views and a skating ramp, but are they worth a trip on the R train? It’s not even the nicest park in Bay Ridge, a superlative that surely belongs to Shore Road Park, the winding network of waterfront trails and baseball fields that extends more than 30 blocks, from Owl’s Head to the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. But the more time you spend in Owl’s Head, watching sunsets from atop its massive hill or riding Flexible Fliers down it, the more it sticks to you, the more you realize what the neighborhood’s early settlers realized: this is one of the finest pieces of land in Brooklyn.'

Read the rest of Henry Stewart's incredibly well-researched
article on the very colorful history of Own's Head Park
in BKLYNR Magazine.

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