local flavor – water wonderland at pier 6
Thursday, July 15th, 2010
Brand new and fresh out of the box – a beautiful playground just opened in Brooklyn (june 2010) and it is worth the commute over this summer. We visited Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 6 playground last weekend, and despite drizzling rain — who cares in a water park — the kids went crazy for it. It’s unlike any playground in the city. It is vast, designed, and built into the landscape over 1.6 acres. Also, which other public playground has a climbing teepee, super-sized rope swings, and a 6000-square-foot sand box? The crowning glory is a water lab, complete with a stream, wading pool, fountains, and a slew of interactive water contraptions.
(Click here to see the interactive map to the pier.)
The only caveat to our visit was that we weren’t able come anywhere close to covering the park in three hours, so I had to promise to go back another weekend — for the entire day. Good thing it’s shady.