Playground 123 — Attraction in New York

Great playground!!! A lot of different activities for ages 0-18 + (basketball ring) playground decided into sections for kids 0+ age with tiny slide, soft ground, sensory activities, 2+ age with bigger slides, balance wood planks, climbing wall, spins, 5+ age with climbing boulders, running maze with plenty exits and slides, spins, bars, all ages section with web, cool slide, spins and big open space. Has plenty benches, tables to play chess, tables for lunch time. CLEAN, NICE VIBE, HAS RESTROOMS. 1 star is out BECAUSE Restroom building is right IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL OF IT. And it blocks the view. You literally have to run after your offspring if you can't contain them in one area. OR you risk getting a heart attack losing your child out of the view AND ALSO because of the fact, that people TEND TO LEAVE the gate OPEN, when there is 123rd street, with cars driving,...

Since they have completed the new additions to this place, it is even better than it had been before! A large spiders web for kids to climb, sit-and-spins anchored in the ground, legit toddler playground space, and the large iron bear is still there forever frozen mid-gait. They also installed lots more benches for parents to sit and relax, and tables as well. I will give it a 10 star level review when they update the bathrooms: there are still only 2 stalls in the women's bathroom: always dirty and always out of toilet paper. But I can't really remove a star since so many playgrounds in the city inexplicably are without bathrooms of any kind. Other than that, we Adore this...

This playground is located on the northeast corner of Morningside Park, facing 123rd Street, for which it is named.  The site lies within the area settled following the Commissioners’ Plan of 1811.  New York City Mayor De Witt Clinton (1769-1828) created the commission, which was charged with planning the orderly development of Manhattan north of Houston Street.  The planners agreed on a system of rectangular blocks, extending from 14th Street through Washington Heights, designed to maximize the efficiency of construction and travel throughout Manhattan.  Known as the grid system, the plan arranged 12 north-south avenues perpendicular to 155 east-west...