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- Heckscher Playground. Heckscher Playground is fully equipped with swings, slides, climbers, and an extensive water feature. Its expansive amount of space also allows for kickball games, rock climbing, and city skyline views from Umpire Rock.
- Billy Johnson Playground. For children of all ages, this playground is just north of the Children's Zoo. It is one of the most beautifully landscaped playgrounds with many rustic features, a stone bridge, a 45 foot-long spiral granite slide, an amphitheater-like seating ar...
- Tarr-Coyne Tots Playground. Designed specifically for toddlers, Upper West Siders can find this special playground in close proximity to Adventure Playground near 67th Street.
- Adventure Playground. This playground, the upper of the two playgrounds at West 67th Street, provides innovative adventure features such as a stone sand fortress and a water feature set on a large compass.
- For Children Who Love Sculptures
- For Art Enthusiasts
- For Slide Aficionados
Safari Playground contains beloved hippopotamus sculptures that are a huge hit with kids. The hippos are set in a “river” of blue safety surfacing, and vary in size and height—perfect for climbing over and underneath. The Group of Bears sculpture (often called “Three Bears”) is another popular statue by Paul Manship at the Ruth and Arthur Smadbeck-...
Inspired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collection of Egyptian Art, Ancient Playground features climbing pyramids, a small obelisk, and sundial. Ancient Playground’s entrance also features the Osborn Gates, which contain fanciful depictions of five vignettes from Aesop's Fables. These stunning cast-bronze gates were created by renowned sculpto...
Billy Johnson Playground’smost popular feature is its granite slide, which is set in a rocky hill that fits in well with nearby rock outcroppings. The curved 45-foot slide is easily the focus of most playground activity—with lines of children waiting to ride it, and caregivers and other children watching from below. Visit soon! This playground will...
- Heckscher Playground. Mid-park between 61st and 63rd Streets. Heckscher Park isn't just my favorite playground in Central Park; it's my favorite in all of NYC.
- Ancient Playground. 85th Street at Fifth Avenue. Ancient Playground sits adjacent to The Met, and makes for a great way to blow off steam before or after a trip to the iconic museum.
- Billy Johnson Playground. 67th Street at Fifth Avenue. While the name may not ring a bell, you've probably heard of the playground with the giant, curving, speedy, granite slide that kids love to race down at even faster speeds by sitting on cardboard that seems to always litter the base of the attraction.
- Margaret L. Kempner Playground. 96th Street at Fifth Avenue. Central Park has been steadily renovating its playgrounds over the past several years, and I was blown away by the transformation at this popular play spot.
Heckscher Playground is Central Park’s largest and oldest playground. Location. Mid-Park between 61st and 63rd. Ages. Pre-school School-age. Restrooms. Accessibility. Accessible surface, water feature, and transfer to sand area; adaptive swings. In These Guides. Features. Water Feature.
The playground features pyramids, an obelisk, and a sundial—plus a sandbox, swings, and water features. Ancient Playground was one of several playgrounds in Central Park that were rebuilt during the 1960s and 1970s in the adventure style.
Features. Hippo play sculptures, climbing mounds with step climbers and slides, water feature, and play canoes. Water Feature. Yes. The playground was designed in 1997, inspired by a similar playground in nearby Riverside Park, with hippos designed by the artist Bob Cassilly, well-known for his animal sculptures.
Aug 14, 2019 · by Stephanie Barnhart. LOAD MORE. From Heckscher Playground to Ancient Playground, here's an inside look at the best nine playgrounds in New York City's Central Park for kids.
