Van Nest Park — Attraction in New York

If you don’t like mosquitoes, STAY AWAY! But I have to say what an improvement! They built a new play set for the children. I remember this place was just some bars swings and a tire swing. Now there’s baby swings, big kid swings, and swings for the disabled. There’s a sprinkler in the middle and a train play jungle gym with two floors. I do miss the old jungle gym but the slide is taller so you have to make sure you look out for any of the more smaller children. There is a bell play set on the side also. I took off a star because of how nasty it gets with the mosquitos. They’re kind of a nightmare but if they find a way to fix that I would give...

A nice little Neighborhood playground to bring your kids and have a little fun and enjoy the fresh air. There's a sprinkler and activities for the kids to enjoy. Not really a dog friendly park as there are lots of children around and children aren't exactly good judges of a dog's temper or personality or an adult's with dogs temper and personality eitther. For safety concerns, it's best to keep dogs away from this playground. It is a nice place for neighborhood parents to bring their children to play...

This park exists at a location where many Bronxans/Bronxites consider different ethnicities to be divided by White Plains Road : Albanians and Italians, generally, on one side and Latinos and African Americans, generally, on the other. However, when I bring my nieces there to play, children from all the forementioned groups and more are...