This playground is named after the nearby public school, designated P.S. 1. The school is named for Alfred Emanuel Smith (1873-1944), who grew-up on nearby Oliver Street and rose to be the governor of New York State. Smith carried the spirit of his Lower East Side youth into all of his political work, using his skills to tirelessly campaign for wide-reaching, progressive social reform.
Creating a living, natural connection between the buildings the Park unifying Waterline Square celebrates regeneration and beauty. This cherished outdoor environment is at once a backyard and an oasis, accessible from each of the three residential towers, graced with sculptural fountains, manicured lawns, meandering paths, cascading water features and a fully-equipped children’s playground.
From the quiet green shade of its oak forests to the crisp white mantle of cricket players atop the Parade Ground, the park boasts a past rich in culture, well-versed in history, and blessed with the intrinsic beauty of nature.
Van Cortlandt Park is New York City’s third largest park. Playing fields and playgrounds are scattered about the park’s edges, surrounding a richly forested heartland fed by Tibbets Brook.
In 2018, the playground underwent reconstruction to increase the accessibility and quality of parks throughout the five boroughs. This project reconstructed the basketball courts, paths, benches, spray shower, plantings, play equipment, and adult fitness equipment. The redesign improves accessibility for children and adults of all mental and physical abilities, ensuring this playground remains an important asset for the Upper West Side community.
This park was initally built to provide athletic facilities for students of Quaker schools in the New York area. Fifty years later the Society discontinued use of the athletic fields and offered the parcel for sale. Bids were received from private developers, they accepted the city’s offer which guaranteed the continued recreational use of the property, the present day Friends Field.
The park’s popular landmark and namesake was the natural, spring-fed Linden Lake. As the population grew, ice-skating became a popular winter activity. It has stood out as a green square block on maps since the village of West Flushing was first mapped out in 1853, long before the village became neighborhood known as Corona.
The Stapleton playground was inspired by the Parks’ Community Parks Initiative, a multi-faceted program to invest in under-resourced public parks and increase the accessibility and quality of parks throughout the five boroughs. The updated playground has new play equipment, a mini pool, improved basketball and handball areas, more welcoming entrances, and a large natural turf field, among other amenities.
This park, named for the 16th US president Abraham Lincoln, was once chosen to house anti-aircraft gun bases during World War I. Today the park flourishes with unique play spaces for all ages.
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Betsy Head Memorial Playground has a rich history dating back almost 100 years in its Brooklyn community. The land it sits on was bequeathed to the city specifically for purposes of public health and recreation and today it does just that! With spaces dedicated to various activities, visitors have options on how to enjoy the park.
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The origin of this park’s name is somewhat unclear. There are two possibilities: the name might have been chosen due to the site’s proximity to Washington Cemetery; or it is possible that this property is somehow named for the neighborhood of Gravesend, which today lies more than a mile to the south,
Gravesend was the first English settlement in New York, founded by Lady Deborah Moody (c.1583-1659) in 1645. The solitary English town developed an air of self-sufficiency that lasted until 1894 when it was finally annexed by the City of Brooklyn.
The neighborhood of Park Slope derives its name from its proximity to Prospect Park and the gradual topographical incline from the Gowanus Canal to the park. First inhabited by the Canarsee Indians, the neighborhood now known as Park Slope was colonized by Dutch farmers in the 1660s. During the Revolutionary War (1775-1783), the area became the site of a brief, explosive moment, in what is known as the Battle of Brooklyn, or the Battle of Long Island. On August 27, 1776, an outnumbered American regiment faced approximately 4,000 British soldiers at Battle Pass, a point now contained within Prospect Park.
Inspired by artist Mark Reigelman’s interpretation of the historic Domino Sugar Factory, Landscape Structures designed it into playable reality. An intricate web of belting, nets and climbers lets kids scramble from the sugar shack up to the masher tower and over to the centrifuge. Stainless steel slides look just like industrial pipes. Casts of original factory valves are scattered throughout. And some of the wood was reclaimed from the original sugar shack, giving kids a tactile connection to history.
