Ecco tutti i parchi giochi a Manhattan. Utile individuarli sulla cartina per poter fare ai vostri figli una pausa e farli divertire un po’, prima di riprendere il giro negozi-musei-negozi per NYC!

101st Soccer Field
(Riverside Park) W 102nd St & Riverside Dr

110th St & Lenox Ave Playground
(Central Park) 110 St & Lenox Ave

110th St Playground
(Central Park) 110 St & Cathedral Pkwy

24 Sycamores FDR Dr, E 60th St, York Ave, E 61st St

4th Street Courts Ave Of Americas between W 3 and W 4 Streets

89th St Playground W 89 St between Amsterdam & Columbus Avenues

ABC Playground E Houston St between Essex and Norfolk Streets

Abe Lincoln 5th Ave and E 135 St

Abingdon Square Hudson and W 12 Streets

Abyssinian Tot Lot W 139th St between Adam C Powell Blvd and Lenox Ave

Adventure Playground
(Central Park) W 68 St & Central Park West

Adventure Playground
(Highbridge Park) W 164 St & Edgecombe Ave

Albano Playground E 29 St and 2 Ave

Alexander Hamilton Playground Hamilton Pl between W 140 and W 141 Streets

Alfred E Smith Park Catherine St, Betw. Monroe & Cherry Streets

Alice Kornegay Lexington Ave between E 128 & E 129 Streets

Ancient Playground
(Central Park) 85 St & 5th Ave

Anibal Aviles Playground W 108 St between Columbus & Amsterdam Avenues

Anne Loftus Playground
(Fort Tryon Park) Broadway and Thayer St

Annunciation Park W 135 St & Amsterdam Ave

Asphalt Green E 90 St, York Ave, FDR Dr

Audubon Playground W 170 St & Audubon Ave

Augustus St Gaudens 2 Ave between E 19 and E 20 Streets

Baruch Playground Baruch Pl off of E Houston St

Battery Park State & South Streets

Bellevue South Park Mount Carmel Pl between E 28 and E 26 Streets

Bendheim Playground
(Central Park) E 100 St & 5th Ave

Bennett Rest
(Fort Tryon Park) Bennett Ave and W 192 St

Bennett Park W 185 St and Ft Washington Ave

Bernard Playground
(Central Park) W 108 St & Fifth Ave

Bill Robinson W 150 St and Adam C Powell Blvd

Billy Johnson Playground
(Central Park) E 67 St & 5th Ave

Blake Hobbs Playground 2 Ave between E 102 and E 104 Streets

Bleecker Playground Bleecker and W 11 Streets

Bloomingdale Playground Amsterdam Ave between W 104 and W 105 Streets

Booker T Washington W 108 St, Columbus Ave, W 107 St, Amsterdam Ave

Capt Jacob Joseph Playground Rutgers & Henry Streets

Carl Schurz Park East 84 St & East End Ave

Carmansville Playground Amsterdam Ave between W 151 and W 152 Streets

Chelsea Park W 28 St between 9 and 10 Avenues

Cherry Tree Playground E 99 St and 3 Ave

Claremont
(Riverside Park) Between Riverside Dr W and Riverside Dr E below Tiemann Pl

Classic Playground
(Riverside Park) West Side of Henry Hudson Pkwy between W 76 and W 75 St

Clement Clarke Moore Park W 22 St and 10 Ave

Clinton Cherry Playground Clinton and Cherry Streets

Col Charles Young Playground W 144 St & Lenox Ave

Coleman Square Playground Market, Monroe, Pike and Cherry Streets

Columbus Park Baxter, Mulberry, Bayard & Worth Streetss

Corlears Hook Park Jackson anf Cherry Streets

Corporal John A Seravalli Playground Hudson snd Horatio Streets

Courtney Callender Playground 5 Ave between W 130 and W 131 Streets

CPF Playground
(Highbridge Park) Amsterdam Ave and W 172 St next to Highbridge Rec Center

Crack Is Wack
(Harlem River Park) 2 Ave and E 128 St

De Salvio Playground Spring and Mulberry Streets

De Witt Clinton Park 11 Ave between W 52 and W 54 Streets

Diana Ross Playground
(Central Park) W 81 St & Central Pk West

Dinosaur Playground
(Riverside Park) W 97 St & Riverside Dr

Downing Playground Carmine St Between Bedford And Bleeker

Dr Gertrude B Kelly Playground W 17 St & 8 Ave

Dry Dock Playground E 10 St between Szold Pl and Ave D

East 72nd St Playground
(Central Park) E 72 St and 5th Ave

East 96th St Playground
(Central Park) E 96 St, west of Fifth Ave

East River Park E 10 St and FDR Drive

Emerson Playground
(Inwood Hill Park) Seaman Ave and W 207 St

Eugene McCabe Field Park Ave between E 120 and E 121 Streets

Frederick Douglass Playground Amsterdam Ave between W 101 and W 102 Streets

Frederick E. Samuel Playground Lenox Ave between W 139 and W 140 Streets

Frederick Johnson Park 7 Ave between W 150 and 151 Streets

Ft George Playground
(Highbridge Park) Ft George and Audubon Avenues

Ft Washington W 165 St, Henry Hudson Pkwy

Gen Douglas MacArthur Park E 49 St & E River Drive

Grand & Canal Courts Thompson St and Ave Of Americas

Great Lawn Playground
(Central Park) E 85 St, west of East Drive

Gutenberg Park W 49 St betweem 9 and 10 Avenues

Hamilton Fish Park Pitt and E Houston Streets

Happy Warrior Playground W 98 St & Amsterdam Ave

Harlem Lane Park Playground Harlem River Dr between W151 and 154 Streets

Harlem River Park Lexington Ave between E 129 and E 130 Streets

Heckscher Playground
(Central Park) W 62 St between West and Center Drives

Hells Kitchen Park 10 Ave between W 47 and W 48 St

Henry Jackson Playground Jackson and Henry Streets

Hester St Playground
(Sara D Roosevelt Park) Chrystie and Grand Streets

Hippo Playground
(Riverside Park) W 91 St & Riverside Dr

Holcombe Rucker W 155 St and Frederick Douglass Blvd

Houston St Playground
(Sara D Roosevelt Park) Chrystie St between E Houston and Stanton Streets

Indian Road Playground
(Inwood Hill Park) W 214 St & Seaman Ave

I.S. 117 (Poor Richard’s Playground) E 109 St between 2 and 3 Avenues

J-L Back to Top
J Hood Wright Park W 173 St & Ft Washington Ave

Jackie Robinson Park W 149 St & Bradhurst Ave

Jacob Javits Playground
(Fort Tryon Park) Cabrini Blvd and Ft Washington Ave

Jacob Schiff Playground (PS 192) Amsterdam Ave and W 136 St

James J Walker Park Hudson St between Clarkson St and St Luke’s Pl

James Michael Levin Playground
(Central Park) E 77 St and 5th Ave

John Jay Park & Pool FDR Drive between E 76 and E 78 St

Joseph C Sauer Playground E 12 St and Ave B

Lillian D Wald Playground Cherry & Montgomery Streets

Lily Brown Playground
(Fort Washington Park) W 162 St and Riverside Dr

Little Engine Playground
(Riverside Park) Riverside Blvd between W 67 and W 68 Streets

Little Flower Playground Madison and Jefferson Streets

Louis Cuvillier Park Paladino and 1 Avenues

Luther Gulick Playground Delancey St S between Willett and Abraham E Kazan Streets

M L King Houses Lenox Ave between W 113 and W 114 Streets

Madison Square Park E 25 St & Madison Ave

Mae Grant Playground E 104 St between Park & Madison Avenuess

Marcus Garvey Memorial Park W 124 St between 5 Ave And Mt Morris Park West

E 124 St between 5 and Madison Ave

Mariner’s Gate Playground
(Central Park) 84 St & Central Park West

Martin F Tanahey Playground Cherry St, Market Slip, Water St, Catherine Slip

Mary O’Connor Playground North side of E 42 St & Tudor Pl

May Matthews Playground W 45 St between 9 & 10 Avenues

McCaffrey Playground W 43 St between 8 & 9 Avenues

McKinley Playground Ave A between E 3 and E 4 Streets

Mercer St. Playground Mercer St Between Bleecker and West 3rd Streets

Minetta Playground Minetta Lane, W 3 St & Ave Of Americas

Moore Playground Madison Ave between E 130 and E 131 Streets

Morningside Park W 123 St & Morningside Ave

Morningside Ave & 113 St

Cathedral Pkwy between Morningside Dr and Manhattan Ave

Morningside Playground
(Morningside Park) W 117 St & Morningside Ave

Msgnr. Kett W 204 St & Nagle Ave

Mt. Morris East
(Marcus Garvey Memorial Park) E 122 St & Madison Ave

Murphy’s Brother’s Playground Ave C and FDR Dr

Nathan Straus Playground (Ps 140) Rivington St between Clinton and Ridge Streets

Neufeld Playground
(Riverside Park) W 76st & Riverside Dr

Over The Tracks Tennis Courts
(Riverside Park) Riverside Dr and 119th St

Palisades Playground
(Riverside Park) W 148 St & Riverside Drive

Pat Hoffman Friedman Playground
(Central Park) E 79 St & 5th Ave

Payson Playground
(Inwood Hill Park) Payson Ave and Dyckman St

Penn South Playground W 26 between 8 and 9 Avenues

Peter Minuit Playground Park Ave between E 180 and E 109 Streets

Peters Field 2 Ave between E 20 and E 21 Streets

Playground (Lillian Wald) E Houston St & Baruch Dr

Playground 103 E 102 St & FDR Dr

Playground 70 W End Ave between W 70 St and Amsterdam Ave

Playground Of The Americas W Houston St and Ave Of Americas

Playground Ninety Six (XCVI) 2 Ave between E 96 and E 97 Streets

Playground One Fifty Two CLII
(Jackie Robinson Park) W 152 St & Bradhurst Ave

P.S. 1 Playground (Alfred Smith) Madison St between Catherine and Oliver Streets

P.S. 125 Morningside Ave and W 123 St

P.S. 146 FDR Drive and E 106 St

P.S. 155 Playground E 117 between 1 and 2 Avenues

P.S. 197 W 135 St between Lenox and 5 Avenues

P.S. 57 (James Weldon Johnson Playground) E 115 St between 3 and Lexington Avenues

Public Bath (Asser Levy) Asser Levy Pl and E 23 St

Quisqueya Playground
(Highbridge Park) W 180 St & Amsterdam Ave

Ramon Aponte Park W 47 St between 8 and 9 Avenues

Randall’s Island Park South side of Triborough Bridge Near Police Station

Recreation Area (First Park) E Houston St between 1 and 2 Avenues

Renaissance Playground W 143 St between Frederick Douglass and Adam C Powell Boulevards

River Run Playground
(Riverside Park) W 82 St & Riverside Dr

Riverbank Playground
(Riverside Park) W 142 St & Riverside Dr

Rivington St Playground
(Sara D Roosevelt Park) Rivington and Forsyth Streets

Robert Moses Playground 1 Ave between E 41 and E 42 Streets

Rudin Playground
(Central Park) W 97 St & Central Park West

Ruppert Park 2 Ave between E 90 and E 91 Streets

Safari Playground
(Central Park) 91 St & Central Park West

Sakura Park Riverside Dr and W 122 St

Samuel N 2nd Bennerson Playground W 64 St between Amsterdam and West End Avenues

Samuel Seabury Playground (P.S. 198) Lexington Ave between E 95 and E 96 Streets

Scylla Playground
(Ward’s Island Park) Between Triborough and Hell Gate Bridges

Sheltering Arms Park W 129 St and Amsterdam Ave

Sidney Hillman Playground Lewis and Delancey Streets

Skate Park
(Riverside Park) W 109th St & Riverside Dr

Sol Bloom Playground Columbus Ave between W 91 and W 92 Streets

Sol Lain Playground E Broadway between Samuel Dickstein Plaza and Grand St

Sophie I Loeb Henry and Market Streets

Spector Playground
(Central Park) West of West Drive between W 85 and W 86 Streets

St Catherines Park 1 Ave between E 67 and E 68 Streets

St Nicholas Park W 129 St & St Nicholas Terr

W 133 St & St Nicholas Ave
W 134 St & St Nicholas Ave
W 140 St & St Nicholas Ave

St Nicholas Park North W 129 St and Adam C Powell Blvd

St Nicholas Park South Adam C Powell Blvd between W 127 and W 129 St

St Vartan Park E 35 St between 1 and 2 Avenues

St. Gregory’s Park W 90 St between Amsterdam Ave and Columbus Avenues

Stanley Isaacs 1 Ave between E 95 and E 97 St

Stanton St Courts
(Sara D Roosevelt Park) Stanton and Forsyth Streets

Sunken Playground
(Highbridge Park) W 167 St & Edgecombe Ave

Sunshine Playground E 101 St between 3rd and Lexington Avenues

Tecumseh Playground W 77 St & Amsterdam Ave

Ten Mile River Playground
(Recreation Area) W 148 St & Hudson River

The Lion’s Playground Between Delancey and Grand Streets

Thomas Jefferson Park E 111 St & 1 Ave

E 114 St & Pleasant Ave

Tompkins Square Park East 9 St & Ave A

E 8 St & Ave B

Tot Lot #3
(Riverside Park) Cathedral Pkwy and Riverside Dr

Tot Lot # 4
(Riverside Park) W 112 St andRiverside Dr

Tot Lot #5
(Riverside Park) W 116 St andRiverside Dr

Tot Lot One Hundred Five
(Riverside Park) W 105 St and Riverside Dr

Tudor Grove E 42 St between 1 and 2 Avenues

Union Square Union Square W and E 16th St

Union Square E between E 16 and E 17 Streets

Union Square W and E 15th St

Vesuvio Playground Spring & Thompson Streets

Wagner Playground E 120 St and 2 Ave

Wallenberg Playground
(Highbridge Park) W 188 St & Amsterdam Ave

Washington Square Park Washington Sq N between 5 Ave and Washington Square E

Washington Sq S and Thompson St

West 100th St Playground
(Central Park) 100 St & Central Park West

West 186th St Basketball Court W 186 St between Audobon and St. Nicholas Avenues

West 68th St Playground
(Central Park) W 68 St & Central Park West

White Playground Lexington Ave between E 105 and E 106 Streets

Wild West Playground
(Central Park) 93 St & Central Park West

William H Seward Park Essex & Canal Streets

William McCray W 138 St between Lenox and 5 Avenues

William Passanante Ballfield W Houston and MacDougal Streets

Wright Brothers Park W 155 St & St Nicholas Ave

FONTE: www.nycgovparks.org

Stamattina abbiamo ricevuto la prima visita dalla speech therapist mandataci dal servizio sociale di NY: Early Intervention.
Che cos’è? E’ un servizio di intervento per la prima infanzia. E’ un aiuto per i bambini in età prescolare con servizi specializzati per aiutare le famiglia ma soprattutto i bambini con particolari necessità. Questi servizi vengono finanziati tramite il “Department of Human Services” e vengono forniti da agenzie specializzate. Lo scopo principale è dare un aiuto ai bambini ed ai genitori per rispondere alle necessità dei propri figli in modo da poter migliorare il loro sviluppo.
Vi starete chiedendo che cosa mai possa avere SuperT che non va…Niente. Solo non parla a 2 anni.

Devo essere sincera, quando a febbraio la pediatra mi parlò di questo servizio per aiutare SuperT a chiaccherare…la snobbai totalmente. Non mi sono mai posta troppi problemi sul suo sviluppo linguistico, perchè consapevole del fatto che fosse del tutto normale, soprattutto per un bambino che sta crescendo immerso in 3 lingue. Anzi, mi offesi anche un po’ quando mi diede l’opuscolo del servizio (Pensai ovviamente:”mio figlio è bravissimo, è sveglissimo e ha persino iniziato a camminare a 9 mesi. Ecco”).
Poi incontrai una mamma americana che mi convinse a farne richiesta…testuali parole:” E’ un servizio gratuito. Vengono 2 volte la settimana per 1 ora a far giocare tuo figlio e praticamente a insegnargli l’inglese…Meglio di una babysitter!!!”. Non illuminante come spiegazione ma molto esaustiva. Ci pensai a lungo e decisi di chiamare riflettendo sl fatto che alla fine saranno loro a giudicare se mio figlio possa aver bisogno di un certo tipo di aiuto.
Infatti bisogna seguire un iter ben preciso e fare un po’ di sbattimenti: tra marzo e giugno si sono presentate in casa 3 persone per verificare il grado di SuperT. Una per parlare e conoscere la nostra situazione famigliare, una per vedere se SuperT ha altri problemi oltre quelli linguistici, e un ‘altro per capire a che livello è di comunicazione. A luglio vengo richiamata per una riunione dove vengono ripetuti tutti i vari punti e gli obiettivi da raggiungere e mi danno l’ok. Nel frattempo mi mandano tante di quelle carte da leggere, da firmare, opuscoli di ogni genere, manuali e ho un referente che mi chiama ogni settimana per chiedermi se va tutto bene e per prendermi tutti gli appuntamenti. Fantastico. Si inizia.

Oggi conosciamo la terapista. Mi aspettavo una vecchia con gli occhialoni spessi o una ragazza da centro sociale….Invece si presenta alla porta una ragazza di 26 anni molto carina, con occhioni azzurri, un sorriso dolcissimo e un brillocco al dito che mi ha tolto la vista per un buon quarto d’ora.Ok ok ok, questa non c’entra niente con tutte le mie considerazioni sul servizio…ma l’occhio mi è caduto e l’anello era davvero grande. Io poi che non metto mai nessun gioiello…e mi sono presentata in tutona…vabbè, passiamo oltre.
La ragazza comincia a giocare con un SuperT tutto sorrisetti (di solito con gli estranei non è molto simpatico). Segue con attenzione quello che fa. E io sto in disparte a guardarli.
Sono davvero molto felice e anche se fra poco ce ne andremo di qua, spero che questo servizio possa aiutare il mio ometto!
E sono contenta di aver fatto richiesta per l’EI.
Spesso noi genitori ci sentiamo offesi quando ci propongono l’aiuto di un “servizio sociale” e pensiamo di non aver mai bisogno di nessuno. Almeno io spesso sono così, lo ammetto. Invece trovo che farsi aiutare nel modo giusto sia importante. Penso di poter imparare anche io molte cose, vedremo.

Comunque per le mamme che vivono a NY ecco tutti i riferimenti:
– www.nyc.gov
– Brochure per genitori
Public Health Solutions EISC
220 Church St. NY
10013 New York
Tel. 646 619 400

Non so se esistano servizi del genere negli altri paesi…Immagino di sì e magari cerco sul web. Se no aspetto vostre segnalazioni!

PAGINA IN COSTRUZIONE!!!

AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM
45 W 53rd St tra la Fifth e la Sixth Aves (folkartmuseum.org)
Metro: E,V fermata Fifth Ave o 53rd.
Orari: Mart/Giov/Sab/Dom 10.30-17.30; Ven 10.30-19.30. Venerdì dalle 17.30 alle 19.30 entrata gratuita.
Prezzo:9$ e bambini sotto i 13 anni non pagano.

AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORYCentral Park WEST alla 79th Street
Metro: B,C fermata 81st St-Museum of Natural History.
Orari: 10.00-17.45; il Rose Center è aperto fino alle 20.45 nel primo venerdì del mese.
Prezzo: 15$ adulti e bambini dai 2 ai 12 anni 8.50$.

THE BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM
145 Brooklyn Ave alla St. Martks Pl., Crown Heights, Brooklyn
METRO: linea 3 fermata Kingston Ave.
Orari: Merc/giov 13.00-18.00 (L’area Totally Tots apre alle 11.00); Ven 13.00-19.30; Sab/Dom 10.00-18.00.
Prezzo: fino al 30 novembre prezzo speciale 5$, e bambini sotto l’anno gratis.

BROOKLYN MUSEUM

CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF THE ART

CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF MANHATTAN

COOPER-HEWITT NATIONAL DESIGN MUSEUM

SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM

JEWISH MUSEUM

LIBERTY SCIENCE MUSEUM

METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART

MORGAN LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK

MUSEUM OF MODERN ART

NEW MUSEUM

NEW YORK HALL OF SCIENCE

NEW YORK TRANSIT MUSEUM

RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART

SKYSCRAPER MUSEUM

SOUTH STREET SEAPORT MUSEUM

SPORTS MUSEUM OF AMERICA

STATEN ISLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM

WITHNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART