Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 6 playgrounds
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🛝 Playground · Brooklyn
2.5 hours · Free · No reservation needed
- 🚇About 30 min by subway or carFrom Midtown · Getting there: Subway 2/3/4/5 to Borough Hall, then a 12-minute walk; NYC Ferry to Pier 6
- 🍼Stroller-friendlyFlat surfaces — bring the stroller
- 🌳Some shadeGreat on sunny days · Handles heat · Good on cool days
- ⏱️Typical visit: 2.5 hoursBest seasons: Spring · Summer · Fall
One of the best playgrounds in New York, split into villages: the channels and pumps of the Water Lab get kids soaked in summer, Slide Mountain has slides of every height, and Sandbox Village's giant sandpit and Swing Valley's swings run side by side.
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