Cherry Clinton Playground – New York NY

City:
New York, New York City, NY

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation, Playgrounds

New Deal Agencies:
Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Completed:
1940

Quality of Information:
Very Good

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

Today’s NYC Parks website explains that:

“The land now occupied by Cherry Clinton Playground was owned by the Board of Education through the first few decades of the 20th century, and was used as the Seventh Ward Athletic Field until jurisdiction was transferred to Parks on June 16, 1938. The park was opened to the public on April 3, 1940 and included four paddle tennis courts, four handball courts, and a basketball-volleyball court.”

The 1940 press release announcing the playground’s opening further explained that the playground was “designed by the Park Department and built by the Work Projects Administration.”

Source notes

Department of Parks, Press Release, April 4, 1940 NYC Parks - Cherry Clinton Playground New York City Parks Department New Deal Projects 1934-43

Site originally submitted by Frank da Cruz on November 25, 2016.

Location Info


Cherry St. and Clinton St.
New York, NY 10002
New York County

Coordinates: 40.711245, -73.986411

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