Weeksville Playground – Brooklyn NY

City:
Brooklyn, New York City, NY

Site Type:
Playgrounds, Parks and Recreation

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

Completed:
1935

Quality of Information:
Minimal

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

This small Brooklyn playground was opened by the Department of Parks in December 1935. The press release announcing the opening explained that it, and the other 12 playgrounds opened on the same day, collectively contained: “88 small swings; 72 large swings; 36 seesaws; 14 playhouses; 15 large slides; 11 sand tables; 10 garden swings; 7 small slides; 7 small tables; 6 handball courts; 6 jungle gyms; 5 shuffleboard courts; 5 wading pools; 4 parallel bars; 3 horizontal bars; 3 horizontal ladders; 3 horseshoe pitching, etc.; 2 basketball courts, 1 shower.”

As researcher Frank da Cruz explains here, almost all New York City Parks Department projects between 1934 and 1943 were accomplished with New Deal funds and/or labor; from April 1935 on, the WPA became the main source of this support.

New equipment was installed in the 1990s.

Source notes

New York City Parks Department New Deal Projects 1934-43 Department of Parks, Press Release, December 18, 1935 NYC Parks - Weeksville Playground

Site originally submitted by Frank da Cruz on September 22, 2016.

Location Info


Howard Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11233
Brooklyn County

Coordinates: 40.677239, -73.919460

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