Vesuvio Playground

Love that it's completely enclosed with one way in and one way out. Also love that there is a restroom. Large play area with swings and a playset. My daughter loves this park and asks to go daily. There is also a soft installed floor just in case there is a tumble. Not super busy when we have gone in the morning and plenty of seating for the parents.

This park is amazing. peaceful reminded me about old time Washington sq park.
Neighborhood friendly, there's a place to eat and pool open till 9/10/'23
It's quite safe here.
Highly recommended. please stop by. :) there's a bathroom for men /women.

This was such a nice little playground for smallie children. My friend's daughter was almost twice their size but roughly the same age. They all played seamlessly in only about half of the kids were not wearing masks. They have nice tables for the adults to sit at and make sure their kids are safe. There were basketball courts a little farther over so if you have older children you can have them all there at the same time doing kind of their own thing. Now talk to me about there were bathrooms but I don't think they were open yet. I can see myself coming back to sit on a bench with tea or coffee, enjoying the eclectic folks in the neighbourhood while listening to the giggles of tiny children.

Best park I've ever visited in NYC. So chill and clean. I wish I knew about it sooner.

This is a terrific neighborhood playground. As a parent I take notice of how parks are situated, how many entrances and exits they have and can I see the entire park from one spot. This park hits most of my marks.

There are plenty of swings for both babies and kids. This park has a lot of equipment for kids to run and play on. The play area is clean and well maintained. The sprinklers are a bit sparse compared to other parks.

There is also a 3 foot pool which is very clean and great for the little ones.

Here at 9:30am on a Tuesday (school day) w my 3 year old son and a group of young guys were sitting on the benches right next to the play structure smoking pot. Smoke everywhere and I had to move my son immediately. We went to the swings side only to find 4 other teenagers BOYS smoking pot near the bathroom, and a few minutes later, then walked into the GIRL bathroom to do god knows what!!! This playground is great, perfect location and size but the unwanted guests have to leave now or I'm never taking my kids there again. There were other unhappy nannies and caretakers there too but apparently the ones I talked to were also visiting for the first and they won't be coming back anytime soon either... it's so sad because this is such a great playground!

Summer time with kids--this is a great park. A free pool and free food courtesy of Parks and Rec? Awesome. Though as an adult, you need a bathing suit to go into the pool area. A life guard is on duty as well. Also, no floaties are allowed. Besides that, they have an area of water spurts that the kids can run through and a big open area for games/scooters. The jungle gym and swing set area are safe due to the rubber ground. This park is a great place to come with your children on a hot day; though it may not be the cleanest...it's the best kids park in Soho.

Good place to wait for cronuts.

Kids playing?

Didn't see much of that or any of that scenario at all.

It is a great place to do 3 things -

1) Tennis - you can use the large self standing cement wall as your opponent.

2) Handball - same wall, different kind of ball.

3) Sleep - there are benches on the outskirts of the park.

Most likely if you are doing #3 then either you have just ingested 2 cronuts and a few other baking delights OR you have just made a new friend via on the benches.

Or you can do #1-#3 and then PEOPLE WATCH the cronut line getting impatient.

Always amusing when you're NOT on the line waiting for one.

My daughter practically grew up in this park. From the pool to the playground to the handball court, it's the best.

I was at this park for a 6 yr old B-Day party... And my 4yr old had a blast.
Between the 3ft. Pool; that's perfect for toddlers, the water spurts; that kids can activate by touching a pole and the cool blue foam blocks that were put out for the kids to play, this Park is GREAT for the youngsters. They also have a big swing set area as well as the a jungle gym. And on the other side they have basketball and handball courts.