Magenta Playground, New York City

Name: Magenta Playground
Address: New York City, United States

#941 among attractions in New York City

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Facts and practical information

Magenta Playground is a 1.21-acre park in the Allerton section of The Bronx. It includes basketball and handball courts, a children's play area with a climbable seal sculpture, spray shower, and restrooms. Most of these were installed during a 1998 renovation. ()

Elevation: 108 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 40°52'24"N, 73°52'4"W

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East Bronx (Allerton)New York City United States

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Day trips

Magenta Playground – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: New York Botanical Garden, Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx Park, Enid A. Haupt Conservatory.

0.9 miSW
Bronx garden refuge covering 250 acres
New York Botanical Garden, New York City
24 min walk • The New York Botanical Garden is a botanical garden at Bronx Park in the Bronx, New York City. Established in 1891, it is located on a 250-acre site that contains a landscape with over one million living plants; the Enid A.
1.1 miN
Cemetery
Woodlawn Cemetery, New York City
30 min walk • Woodlawn Cemetery is one of the largest cemeteries in New York City and a designated National Historic Landmark. Located south of Woodlawn Heights, Bronx, New York City, it has the character of a rural cemetery.
1.2 miS
Park
Bronx Park, New York City
30 min walk • Bronx Park is a public park along the Bronx River, in the Bronx, New York City. The park is bounded by Southern Boulevard to the southwest, Webster Avenue to the northwest, Gun Hill Road to the north, Bronx Park East to the east, and East 180th Street to the south.
1 miSW
Botanical garden
Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, New York City
26 min walk • The Enid A. Haupt Conservatory is a greenhouse at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, New York, United States. The conservatory was designed by Lord & Burnham Co. in the Italian Renaissance style.
1 miSW
Botanical garden
Lorillard Snuff Mill, New York City
27 min walk • The Lorillard Snuff Mill now known as the Lillian and Amy Goldman Stone Mill, is the oldest existing tobacco manufacturing building in the United States. It was built around 1840 next to the Bronx River to supplement an earlier building of the same function. The schist that makes up its walls was quarried locally.
1 miNW
Park
Mosholu Parkway, New York City
26 min walk • Mosholu Parkway is a hybrid freeway-standard parkway and grade-level roadway in the New York City borough of the Bronx, constructed from 1935 to 1937 as part of the roadway network created under Robert Moses.
1.2 miSW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Fordham University Church, New York City
31 min walk • The Fordham University Church is a Catholic church located at Fordham University in the Bronx, New York City. Originally constructed in 1845, the church was initially used as a seminary for the community, and later became part of the university in 1859.
0.5 miS
Park
Bronx Skate Park, New York City
14 min walk • Bronx Skate Park is a 6,000 sq ft skate park inside Bronx Park, a little north of Allerton Avenue, in The Bronx, New York City.
0.7 miSW
Library
LuEsther T. Mertz Library, New York City
19 min walk • The LuEsther T. Mertz Library is a research library located at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, New York City. Founded in 1899 and renamed in the 1990s for LuEsther Mertz, it is the United States' largest botanical library, and was the first library whose collection focused exclusively on botany.
0.6 miNW
Park
Williamsbridge Oval, New York City
15 min walk • The Williamsbridge Oval is a park located in Norwood, Bronx, New York City. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
1.4 miSW
Museum
William D. Walsh Family Library, New York City
36 min walk • The William D. Walsh Family Library is a library located at Fordham University's Rose Hill Campus in the Bronx, New York City. In its 2004 edition of The Best 351 Colleges, the Princeton Review ranked Fordham's William D.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Magenta Playground?

Nearby attractions include Bronx Skate Park, New York City (14 min walk), Norwood, New York City (14 min walk), Williamsbridge Oval, New York City (15 min walk), Valentine–Varian House, New York City (18 min walk).

How to get to Magenta Playground by public transport?

The nearest stations to Magenta Playground:

Metro

Burke Avenue • Lines: 2, 5 (4 min walk)
Gun Hill Road • Lines: 2, 5 (10 min walk)

Train

Williams Bridge (11 min walk)
Botanical Garden (22 min walk)

Bus

Southern Boulevard & NY Botanical Gardens • Lines: Bx19 (28 min walk)
East Fordham Road & 3rd Avenue • Lines: Bx9 (37 min walk)