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	165^th Street (Between Jerome and River Ave.)	3	(1) Toxic Playground Risk[ii] (2) Unsafe Equipment Height[iii] (3) Clothing Entanglement
Bronx	Mullaly Park Two	164^th 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 46^th Street and Crospey Ave.	3	(1) Unsafe Surface (2) Unsafe Equipment Height[ix] (3) Dangerous Equipment[x]
Brooklyn	Kelly Park	Avenue S (East 13^th and 14^th)	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 79^th	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 17^th 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 74^th Street	3	(1) Toxic Playground Risk[xxxv] (2) Unsafe Equipment Height[xxxvi] (3) Unsafe Swings[xxxvii]
Brooklyn	Sunners Playground	East 49^th 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	19^th Street and 2^nd 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 67^th 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 11^th 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	135^th and Amsterdam	4	(1) Inadequate Fall Zones[lvi] (2) Unsafe Equipment Height[lvii] (3) Unsafe Swings