Is the Wrong Side of the Tracks Under the Tracks Playground on Third Avenue between 9th and 10th streets the saddest public park in all of New York City? The asphalt-only park sits below the bucolic F Train tracks and is completely locked up. Would-be users probably aren’t missing much, though, as the facility is made up of a few handball courts in various stages of disrepair. According to Small Town Brooklyn, it’s been out of commission since 2002, but the Park Department’s website lists routine inspections for it as though it were fully operational. Given the Bloomberg administration’s stated goal of having every New Yorker within a 10-minute walk of a park space and the development frenzy on Fourth Avenue—which is going to bring plenty of new residents to the area—it’ll be interesting to see whether this one gets a facelift.
Parks, Playgrounds & Waterfront Restoration [Small Town Brooklyn]
Under the Tracks Playground [nycgovparks]