Cypress Hills Playground — Attraction in New York

I gave this 5 stars because this is my neighborhood and its near my childs school. So there's entimental value attached to this post. It could use a nice old fashioned tire swing if I had to Everytime I've been here with my 12 year old daughter after-school Magnet middle school James Sinnott students and high school students from school of the classics play her. All good kids, since these are both very good schools with smarter than average teens.

I never experienced any violent teens here, just good clean horseplay. It can get a bit rowdy in the summer months but it's all fun. It is near the projects which leads people to falsely believe it is a bad area. On the contrary I feel safe in this area, not a noisy part of East New York since its not on a main street..

There's a track and field next to this park. Great for jogs and runs I skate here at times and the kids laugh because I look ridiculous in my carebears skates but I love em' I gain...

I must admit that my high rating is based on the brand new addition to the park...A Track!!! Finally! The baseball grounds have been tidied up as well! No more tripping in potholes running the bases, or for a flyball. Those same grounds double as a soccer field with 2 goals in place, and the opposite side of the park has another baseball homeplate. There are still the basketball courts, handball courts, & the swings n slides n sprinklers for the kiddies, with bathrooms, & new drinking water fountains as well.

Happy to see "the hood" has a nice versatile playground. I hope it's appreciated & used in Positive fashion for the betterment of the mind,...

Been living in the Cypress area for over a lil of 3 years only been to this park a hand full of times due to not a lot of stuff my children can play with in that park thats just a "mommie can we please just go out" BUT 1 thing i can say is they really did that fild up wish it was a pool over there instead so i dont have to travel all the way to Brownsville and no its not the summer rn were in Oct ijs 🤷 anyways fix the park up some or maybe its im from Harlem & im use to the niceer parks only moved cause the RENT is...