Editing Prospect Park, New Jersey (section)

==Notable people==
{{Category see also|People from Prospect Park, New Jersey}}
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Prospect Park include:

* [[Lini De Vries]] (1905–1982, born Lena Moerkerk), author, public health nurse, and teacher<ref>[http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/tamwag/alba_272/bioghist.html Guide to the Lini M. De Vries Papers ALBA.272 ], The Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives of [[New York University]], March 29, 2012. Accessed January 27, 2015. "Lini M. De Vries (1905-1982) was born Lena Moerkerk on July 25, 1905, in Prospect Park, New Jersey, the eldest of two daughters of Elisabeth Moerkerk, a Dutch immigrant."</ref>
* [[Johnny Vander Meer]] (1914–1997), MLB pitcher, most notably for the [[Cincinnati Reds]], best known as the only pitcher in Major League Baseball history to throw two consecutive [[no-hitter]]s<ref>Coutros, Evonne. [http://www.northjersey.com/story-archives/where-the-cheering-lasts-75-years-1.692443?page=all "Midland Park marking 75th anniversary of Johnny Vander Meer's double no-hitters"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', April 8, 2013. Accessed January 27, 2015. "Born Nov. 2, 1914, Vander Meer was an athlete from the time he was in elementary school. His father, Jacob — who worked at Paterson's United Piece and Dye Works — and mother, Katie, lived in Prospect Park until 1918, when they moved to their first home in Midland Park on Rea Avenue."</ref>