EditorialIsrael Garcia, 23, rests in a hammock with members of his family before preparing a Fourth of July picnic in Prospect Park in Brooklyn, July 4, 2023. Garcia said he arrived at 8 a.m. to stake out the spot. (Anna Watts/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Lefferts Historic House, which recently underwent a $2.5 million architectural restoration, in Prospect Park in the Brooklyn borough of New York, June 9, 2023. (Andrea Mohin/The New York Times)
EditorialMembers of Team Prospect, an Intensive Mobile Treatment team (I.M.T.) that provides assistance to people struggling with homelessness and mental illness, exchange updates on clients before going to see them, in Brooklyn on July 14, 2022. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)
EditorialMembers of Team Prospect, an Intensive Mobile Treatment team (I.M.T.) that provides assistance to people struggling with homelessness and mental illness, exchange updates on clients before going to see them, in Brooklyn on July 14, 2022. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)
EditorialMembers of Team Prospect, an Intensive Mobile Treatment team (I.M.T.) that provides assistance to people struggling with homelessness and mental illness, exchange updates on clients before going to see them, in Brooklyn on July 14, 2022. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)
EditorialMembers of Team Prospect, an Intensive Mobile Treatment team (I.M.T.) that provides assistance to people struggling with homelessness and mental illness, exchange updates on clients before going to see them, in Brooklyn on July 14, 2022. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)
EditorialMembers of Team Prospect, an Intensive Mobile Treatment team (I.M.T.) that provides assistance to people struggling with homelessness and mental illness, exchange updates on clients before going to see them, in Brooklyn on July 14, 2022. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)
EditorialMembers of Team Prospect, an Intensive Mobile Treatment team (I.M.T.) that provides assistance to people struggling with homelessness and mental illness, exchange updates on clients before going to see them, in Brooklyn on July 14, 2022. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)
EditorialTakeshi Takemoto, front, watches TV at home with Masao, another member of the Ryuyukai softball team, in Tokyo, Feb. 2, 2023. (Shiho Fukada/The New York Times)