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Macombs Dam Park-Summit Playground
Summit Ave & 161 Street
Bronx
Directions: Google Maps | MTA Trip Planner
This playground, like Summit Avenue, is named for the area’s higher elevation and impressive view. Unlike many New York roadways, Summit Avenue has retained its original name for a century.
In 1914 the Parks and Playgrounds Association established new playgrounds in eight Bronx parks. The playground at Macomb’s Dam Park opened in the summer of that year with sand boxes and basketball courts as well as shoot-the-chutes (slides), seesaws, and swings for different age groups. According to the 1914 Annual Report of the Department of Parks, children were “drawn to these playgrounds where they were able to give full vent to their excess of feelings, and enjoy to the fullest extent those kinds of exercise which were conducive to their well-being both mentally and physically.”
