LeFrak Center at Lakeside

171 East Drive | also 95 Prospect Park West | Prospect Park | built 2013

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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1961
December
The Kate Wollman Memorial Rink opens on a filled-in part of Prospect Lake, on this lot before the LeFrak Center
This earlier building on the same lot was approved in 1960 and opened in December 1961. Building it meant filling in part of Prospect Lake and removing Music Island. The rink was later demolished, in the early 2010s, and the LeFrak Center replaced it.
Source: Wikipedia
2013
December
The LeFrak Center at Lakeside is completed, with two rinks designed by Tod Williams Billie Tsien
Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects designed the 75,000-square-foot building project, part of a $74 million effort to restore 26 acres of the lakeside. It has two rinks, an uncovered ellipse that becomes a water feature in summer and a canopied hockey rink used for roller skating. The plan also turns Music Island into a wildlife habitat. Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg cut the ribbon.
Source: architecturalrecord.com
2025
The LeFrak Center reopens after a renovation, with new operators hired
After a renovation, the LeFrak Center at Lakeside reopened in 2025, with Ekstein Development Group and Oberon Restaurant Group brought in to run it.
“The LeFrak Center at Lakeside reopened in 2025 following a renovation.”
Source: Wikipedia

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