Pratt Playground — Attraction in New York

I’ve been taking my daughter here for the last 4 years. All was fine at this typical park. You get the artsy Pratt students that like to sit and smoke cigarettes but they are harmless and then the local kids that smoke weed at the picnic tables and also in the public restrooms in groups. The basketball side is great to let your kid learn to ride a bike or scooter if it’s empty. The park is never that clean and lots of garbage and syringes where the hand ball court is. There are lots of ppl at this playground without children. Recently I went and a man in his late 30s approached my 4yr old daughter and attempted to pick her up near the swings. He was clearly not a parent and not in the right state of mind. Just a heads up if you go. This park is hit or miss. Some days are fine and others...

Thai is a beautiful place. Nice modern playground. However there are basketball courts here. And nothing against BBall. In fact I wish there were more courts in the city when I was a social worker and wanted to play with a client kid. But today I witnessed a full on adult fight in the courts alongside kids playing in the splash court and playground. I seriously thought someone was going to get hurt. It eventually died down, but it makes me think, should this just be designated for kids only? I think the coexistence is not working between adult/child play areas. Maybe move more courts to the park a few blocks down and make this a kid only place due to the large...

People venture in from the hood and turn it into their own party spot. I wish the city enforced the closure of the park in the evening, as well as enforce the rule that no one without a child is allowed to loiter in the park. I remember getting cited a decade ago for sitting on a bench in the park with a friend because we didn’t have children with us. What happened to...