The Prospect Park Alliance Is Still Collecting Old Solar Eclipse Glasses

PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN — Remember the solar eclipse? It was just a little over a month ago, though with the torrent of news these days, you'd be forgiven for thinking it's been much longer than that.

Anyway, do you still have your eclipse glasses? If yours are still lying around somewhere (as ours are), you have a couple of choices: throw them away, save them for 2024 or donate them to a good cause.

The group Astronomers Without Borders is collecting old solar eclipse glasses and donating them to schools in South America and Asia so kids can watch an eclipse cross those continents in 2019.

Organizations across the country have signed up to collect glasses for Astronomers Without Borders, and the only one in New York City that has registered is in Brooklyn's Backyard.

The Prospect Park Alliance, the nonprofit that works with the city to manage Prospect Park, is collecting glasses at the entrance of Litchfield Villa, on Prospect Park West between Seventh and Eighth Streets.

You can drop off the glasses between 9 and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. They're collecting glasses through October 6, an alliance spokesperson told Patch.

And anyone who drops of glasses can be entered to win a "Family Supporter" membership, a $150 value. The Family Supporter membership includes discounts on Citi Bike, discounted entry to special park events and more. (Click here for more info on that.)

And you can read more about the Astronomers Without Borders glasses collection program here.

Lead photo courtesy Prospect Park Alliance