Imagination Playground (blue blocks)
🛝 Playground · Manhattan
1.5 hours · Free · No reservation needed
- 🚇About 20 min by subway or carFrom Midtown · Getting there: Subway 2/3/4/5/A/C/J/Z to Fulton St, then an 8-minute walk (South Street Seaport)
- 🍼Stroller-friendlyFlat surfaces — bring the stroller
- 🌳Some shadeGreat on sunny days · Handles heat · Good on cool days
- ⏱️Typical visit: 1.5 hoursBest seasons: Spring · Summer · Fall
A playground in South Street Seaport with no slides at all: hundreds of giant blue foam blocks, sand and water, and kids build their own castles, boats and dams, with century-old tall ships moored at the pier next door.
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