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Sheep-shearing in Brooklyn? Yes, it takes place in the spring at the Prospect Park Zoo (see separate entry). After the sheep are shorn, the fleece is taken to Lefferts Homestead, where it is cleaned, carded, spun and woven in one of the few remaining Dutch Colonial farmhouses in New York City. The original Lefferts home, built before the American Revolution in the farming village of Flatbush, was torched by American soldiers seeking to smoke out the British during the war. The structure that now stands is a circa-1783 replacement. It was moved to its present location in 1918. Seasonal herb and vegetable gardens add to the sense of the semirural that was old Brooklyn.

• Directions: Subway: B, Q to Prospect Park Station

• Disability Access: Wheelchair ramp provides access to first floor
• Gift Shops: Peddler sells historical memorabilia and toys
• On-Site Food: None; picnic areas nearby

Get involved with Lefferts Homestead Historic House Museum

• Donations through NYCharities.org