Bartel-Pritchard Square

Bartel-Pritchard Square is a landscaped traffic circle at the intersection of Prospect Park West and 15th Street, marking the border between the Park Slope and Windsor Terrace neighborhoods and serving as one of the principal entrances to Prospect Park. The square is named for two local servicemembers, Emil Bartel and William Pritchard, who died in World War I.

The square functions as both a traffic roundabout and a small commemorative park, with plantings, a central monument, and the distinctive stone-pillared entrance to Prospect Park's southwest corner. The park entrance leads directly to the Prospect Park Parade Ground, the large athletic complex adjacent to the main park.

Bartel-Pritchard Square sits at the convergence of several important Brooklyn corridors: Prospect Park West (the grand avenue lining the park's western edge), 15th Street (a main residential street in Windsor Terrace), and Prospect Avenue (connecting to the neighborhoods east of the park).

The Park Slope neighborhood to the north of the square is one of Brooklyn's most affluent residential areas, known for its brownstone row houses, family-oriented culture, and proximity to Prospect Park. Windsor Terrace, to the south, retains a more working-class Irish-American character that has been part of the neighborhood since the 19th century.

Bartel-Pritchard Square is a gateway in every sense: an entrance to one of America's great urban parks, a boundary marker between two distinct neighborhoods, and a memorial to two young men from those neighborhoods who gave their lives in the First World War.