Prospect Park, designed in the 1860s, is a 526 acre park, considered the finest work of Calvert Vaux and Frederick Law Olmstead. Vaux and Olmstead, who also designed Central Park, are regarded as the greatest landscape architects America has ever produced. During the summer, you can listen to outdoor concerts and opera in the Park. Because of Brooklyn's central location, students may also elect to live anywhere in the five boroughs or the adjacent suburbs. Most medical schools, the best medical schools, are located in urban areas where a large patient population is found.
Personal safety is an important concern for everyone.
Like other people living and working in an urban area, students must take common sense precautions to avoid becoming a crime victim. Public safety officers are assigned to entrances to each building, and there is a network of emergency telephones conveniently located throughout the Health Science Center. The Health Science Center is located in the geographic center of Brooklyn, with easy access to the best the borough has to offer. Brooklyn offers diverse cultural and recreational opportunities. The Brooklyn Museum, for example, houses one of the largest Egyptian collections in the world outside of Cairo and London, as well as works by American and European masters.