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Sunners Playground
Avenue H bet.ween Kings Hwy. and E. 49 St.
Brooklyn
Directions: Google Maps | MTA Trip Planner
Acres: 0.20
This playground, bounded by Avenue H, Kings Highway, and East 49th Street, is named for William Sunners (1903-1988), an educator, writer, and community activist. Sunners was born in Russia and raised in New York City. He obtained a bachelor’s degree from Hunter College in 1929 and a master’s degree from New York University in 1931. Sunners became a high school teacher in Brooklyn, serving nearly thirty years in the New York City public schools system. In 1960, he retired from education to write professionally. Sunners wrote over one hundred books on solving puzzles, winning contests, and writing advertising jingles. A talented wordsmith, he created many crossword puzzles for the New York Times and earned the title “the King of 25-words-or-less.” Sunners also coined several phrases in common use today, including “a quitter never wins and a winner never quits.”
