Visitors can view the interior of the Prison Ship Martyrs’ Monument, a war memorial at Fort Greene Park that commemorates more than 11,500 American prisoners of war who died in captivity aboard British prison ships during the American Revolutionary War. The remains of a small fraction of those who died on the ships are interred in a crypt beneath its base. Rangers will lead tours of the monument (which is not generally open to the public) and also discuss Fort Greene Park’s long history from its Revolutionary War roots to being an essential downtown green space today for the Fort Greene Community. The monument is a true beacon of Brooklyn.

Persons with disability can access the plaza around the monument and learn its history, but the entrance to the monument interior requires climbing stairs.