NYC Playgrounds with Dedicated Children's Areas: Geospatial Locations and Attributes

Playgrounds with Dedicated Children's Areas (DCAs) in New York City Parks are mapped as geometric shapes. The dataset, hosted by data.cityofnewyork.us, was updated in 2024 with a new schema and methodology. It includes attributes such as location, borough, and park district for spaces containing play equipment specifically designed for children.

Use Cases

• Map playground locations and service areas using shape and Borough columns.
• Analyze park facility distribution by administrative district using ParkDistrict and System columns.
• Join with other NYC Parks datasets using OMPpropID or GISpropNum as a key for property-level analysis.
• Generate public-facing directories of playgrounds using PublicLocation and PublicName columns.

Strengths

• Schema and methodology were updated in 2024, replacing a previous 2019 version.
• Data is actively maintained via the Parks Inspection Program and Capital Tracker.
• Includes explicit geospatial geometry data via the shape column.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

data.cityofnewyork.us

Collection Method

Play equipment is tracked via the Parks Inspection Program and the Capital Tracker.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-07 16:09:49; freshness should be verified.

Geography

New York City, New York, USA