Columbus Park — Attraction in New York

This is the large, modern park which is right at what used to be the Historically notorious Five Points intersection (down to what are now Baxter, and Worth street), although 'that' is unmarked. The park itself is, clearly, very central to the Chinese American residents of the area (it is near the heart of Chinatown), and if you come here, especially on the weekends, there is almost, always, traditional Chinese music being, casually, played on a variety of instruments, or being sung by the older people, here (and under and around the pavilion, a little bit of gambling although, unless you are of the culture, you are unlikely to be invited to participate in that). There is a large, fenced, sports field, where people often excercise in the mornings, and soccer is popular there, the rest of the day. If you have children, there is also a very large play area, with lots of fun things for children to play on (many of the local private pre - elementary schools in the area bring their students to play here), and in one section, a fun water-sprayer which can be activated, even by children, during the Summers. There are two bathrooms; one set by the playgrounds, and a larger set beneath the pavilion. It should probably be mentioned that, although the staff try to keep things fairly decent, it is a public park, and if you bring children, I would recommend also bringing some hand sanitizer (on more than one occasion, I have come across human feces on the sidewalk, complete with used wads of toilet paper). But, other than that, it isn't a bad...

This is the spot I like 2 go 2 and sneak a lil 'Call of Duty Mobile' on my phone in the nice fresh air b4 having to cram into a subway sardine car (lol, they almost smell like it too!) on my journey back into Brooklyn. There's always a place to sit if ur just going there to hang, but most of the people there are there for a reason,.. and the reasons are a plenty, including jungle gyms for the kiddies. Everything's beautifully maintained, w a gr8 landscape in every direction (gr8 job 2 NYC's Park & Rec workers btw.👍🏻). Actually, now that i think about it, it's actually quite large, it's in sections tho, and i always just go by one side so i don't really use the parks potential. Anywayz, what else..... i know that this park has some history 2 it as well, it used 2 b called 'Five Points Park'... i think that's pretty cool. Go, have fun, oh yeah, it's a dog friendly park, just keep ur guy leashed if he's a lil wild or plays rough. I've seen arguments happen bc a friendly pup would accidentally knock a kiddo down, and course, soon as the kid starts crying the parent gets pissed. Just not something I'd want to happen. Again, all...

I love this park!!! Columbus park, by the outskirts of NYC's Chinatown has a lot of diversity. You get all walks of life here.

On one end of the park, you have your local elders playing (and singing) old Chinese folk songs. On the opposite end of the park, you have your basketball courts and a little monkey bar area. Right in the middle is the astro-turf soccer field.

My interest is the basketball court and monkey bars!

The basketball courts here aren't as crowded as the one in the park by the Grand Street D train station. And I find people aren't as serious here. It's a great place to shoot around.

But the main reason I come to this park is for the monkey bars. My buddies and I have "ghetto workouts" here. We use the monkey bars for pullups. Because the monkey bars are mostly unoccupied, we can run through our routine of body weight workouts without having to be interrupted. Sometimes we get some locals joining in our workouts. Although, they don't speak much English, they try to mimic our workout and we welcome them with...