by NYC Parks
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Maria Hernandez Park Playground offers a dedicated children's area in Bushwick, where kids can climb and play on structures made for them. Accessible swings let children who need extra support share the swing set with everyone else. On hot summer days the spray showers switch on, and kids run through the water to cool off.
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Open dawn to dusk; spray showers run in summer on hot days
Free; no registration
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Ages 0–12.
Free; no registration
Open dawn to dusk; spray showers run in summer on hot days
Maria Hernandez Park, Knickerbocker Ave entrance between Suydam St and Starr St, 11237, in Bushwick, Brooklyn.
No. Maria Hernandez Park Playground is outdoors, so plan for weather, sunscreen and water.
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