Houston Street Playground

Houston Street Playground is a playground in Manhattan, New York. Houston Street Playground is situated nearby to the café Yonah Schimmel’s Knish Bakery, as well as near the building Sunshine Cinema.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include New Museum and Anthology Film Archives.

New Museum

Museum

Photo: Stu pendousmat, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The New Museum of Contemporary Art is a museum at 235 Bowery, on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City. It was founded in 1977 by Marcia Tucker. New Museum is situated 520 feet west of Houston Street Playground.

Anthology Film Archives

Movie theater

Photo: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Anthology Film Archives is an international center for the preservation, study, and exhibition of film and video, with a particular focus on independent, experimental, and avant-garde cinema. Anthology Film Archives is situated 760 feet north of Houston Street Playground.

Brooklyn Bridge

Photo: CPacker, CC BY 2.0.

The Brooklyn Bridge is a cable-stayed suspension bridge in New York City, spanning the East River between the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Opened on May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the first fixed crossing of the East River. Brooklyn Bridge is situated 1¼ miles south of Houston Street Playground.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include NoHo and SoHo.

NoHo

Neighborhood

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NoHo, short for "North of Houston Street", is a primarily residential neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York City. It is bounded by Mercer Street to the west, the Bowery to the east, 9th Street to the north, and Houston Street to the south.

SoHo

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SoHo, short for "South of Houston Street" and a reference to its supposed similarities to the London Soho, is a diverse and increasingly upscale neighborhood of Manhattan.

Little Italy

Neighborhood

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Little Italy is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan in New York City, once known for its Italian American population. It is bounded on the west by Tribeca and Soho, on the south by Chinatown, on the east by the Bowery and Lower East Side, and on the north by Nolita.

Houston Street Playground

Type: Playground
Also known as: “Houston Street Children’s Play Area”
Category: recreation area
Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.72276° or 40° 43′ 22″ north

Longitude

-73.99103° or 73° 59′ 28″ west

Operator

NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

Open location code

87G8P2F5+4H

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1079527157

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=playground

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sunshine Cinema and Yonah Schimmel’s Knish Bakery.

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