Russell Pedersen Playground — Attraction in New York

Great place to get a workout and sit. Not very peaceful during the day but during the early morning and late at night is a great place to meditate. Since the pandemic its been over run by personal trainers running classes with no concern for personal space. I started working out there in 2011 and go to multiple outdoor public fitness areas, this park is one of the few places that completely changed and is more of a place for certain individuals to run a business out of instead of renting space at a gym. The dip bars need to be replaced with something...

Its a big spacious playground with swings, slides and jungle gyms. One for the wee kidies and one for the slightly bigger kids same goes for slides and swings. There is an area where you occasionally find some blown up muscle, dumb faced, vapid Guidos trying to look cool working out with no shirt on, but they are harmless and to self absorbed to be bothersome. They're a good mix of people and the handball and basket courts are welcoming for a pickup game. No b.s. players and general nice people willing to...

I wanted to take my son to this park for the longest. looks great lots of running space. Slides and swings. Would have gave it 5 stars, expects for Students. The high school students from Ft Hamilton HS sitting in the playground area for little kids smoking WEED right on the benches across from moms kids babys etc. Its should be gated off so that they dont mix. We cant stop them from Smoking, since no one is watching them, and they let them do as they please anyway. I probably wont be coming back for...