New York City Playground Survey Results

Spring 2002

 

 

Borough

Playground Name

Address

Hazard Score

# of Potential Hazards Identified

Scale: 0-8[i]

Types of Potential Hazards Identified

Bronx

Mullaly Park One

165th Street (Between Jerome and River Ave.)

 

3

(1) Toxic Playground Risk[ii]

(2) Unsafe Equipment Height[iii]

(3) Clothing Entanglement

Bronx

Mullaly Park Two

164th Street (Between Jerome and River Ave.)

2

(1) Toxic Playground Risk[iv]

(2) Head Entrapment

Bronx

Mullaly Park Three

 

McClellan and Cromwell

0

None

Bronx

Mullaly Park Four

 

McClellan and Cromwell

0

None

Brooklyn

Bensonhurst Park

Cropsey and Bay Parkway

6

(1) Unsafe Surface

(2) Inadequate Fall Zones[v]

(3) Toxic Playground Risk[vi]

(4) Unsafe Equipment Height[vii]

(5) Head Entrapment

(6) Dangerous Equipment[viii]

Brooklyn

Dreier Offerman

Bay 46th Street and Crospey Ave.

3

(1) Unsafe Surface

(2) Unsafe Equipment Height[ix]

(3) Dangerous Equipment[x]

Brooklyn

Kelly Park

Avenue S (East 13th and 14th)

2

(1) Toxic Playground Risk[xi]

(2) Unsafe Equipment Height[xii]

Brooklyn

Marcus Playground

Ocean Parkway (Between Ave. P & O)

4

(1) Toxic Playground Risk[xiii]

(2) Unsafe Equipment Height[xiv]

(3) Unsafe Swings[xv]

(4) Dangerous Equipment[xvi]

Brooklyn

McKinley Park

Ft Hamilton Parkway, Bay Ridge

4

(1) Toxic Playground Risk[xvii]        (2) Unsafe Equipment Height[xviii]

(3) Unsafe Swings[xix]

(4) Dangerous Equipment[xx]

Brooklyn

Nemiah Park

 

300 Riverdale Ave.

1

(1) Unsafe Surface

Brooklyn

Pierpont Playground

Pierpont/Columbia Heights

3

(1) Toxic Playground Risk[xxi]        (2) Unsafe Equipment Height[xxii]

(3) Unsafe Swings[xxiii]

Brooklyn

Playground 79

Shore Rd and 79th

5

(1) Inadequate Fall Zones[xxiv]

(2) Toxic Playground Risk[xxv]

(3) Unsafe Equipment Height[xxvi]     

(4) Unsafe Swings[xxvii]

(5) Clothing Entanglement

Brooklyn

Power Playground

Utica and Avenue N

5

(1) Toxic Playground Risk[xxviii]                                                                   

(2) Unsafe Equipment Height [xxix]

(3) Unsafe Swings[xxx]

(4) Clothing Entanglement                                                       (5) Dangerous Equipment[xxxi]

Brooklyn

Rachel Habor Cohen Playground

Ave L and East 17th St

3

(1) Toxic Playground Risk[xxxii]

(2) Unsafe Equipment Height [xxxiii]

(3) Dangerous Equipment[xxxiv]

 

 

Borough

Playground Name

Address

Hazard Score

# of Potential Hazards Identified

Scale: 0-8

Types of Potential Hazards Identified

Brooklyn

Seth Low Playground

Bay Parkway and 74th Street

3

(1) Toxic Playground Risk[xxxv]                                                                     (2) Unsafe Equipment Height[xxxvi]     

(3) Unsafe Swings[xxxvii]

Brooklyn

Sunners Playground

East 49th and Kings Highway

5

(1) Toxic Playground Risk[xxxviii]

(2) Unsafe Equipment Height [xxxix]

(3) Unsafe Swings[xl]

(4) Head Entrapment                                                           

(5) Dangerous Equipment[xli]

Manhattan

Augustus Street Gardens

19th Street and 2nd Ave.

3

(1) Toxic Playground Risk[xlii]

(2) Unsafe Equipment Height[xliii]

(3) Dangerous Equipment[xliv]

Manhattan

Battery Park

South Street (George Dewey Promenade)

3

(1) Inadequate Fall Zones[xlv]                                                   

(2) Unsafe Equipment Height[xlvi]       

(3) Head Entrapment

Manhattan

Billy Johnson Playground

East 67th Street (Central Park)

5

(1) Unsafe Surface

(2) Inadequate Fall Zones[xlvii]

(3) Toxic Playground Risk[xlviii]

(4) Unsafe Swings [xlix]

(5) Dangerous Equipment [l]

Manhattan

Bleecker Playground

Bleecker and 11th St.

3

(1) Unsafe Surface

(2) Inadequate Fall Zones[li]

(3) Unsafe Equipment Height[lii]

Manhattan

Columbus Park

Mulberry and Worth

2

(1) Unsafe Equipment Height[liii]

(2) Dangerous Equipment[liv]

Manhattan

Hudson River Park

River Terrace and Murray Street

1

(1) Unsafe Equipment Height[lv]

Manhattan

Jacob H. Schiff

135th and Amsterdam

4

(1) Inadequate Fall Zones[lvi]

(2) Unsafe Equipment Height[lvii]

(3) Unsafe Swings