Sara Delano Roosevelt Park

Had a ball at nyc dumpling festival i mean the weather was nice, people was smelling good and the aroma of the food aka dumplings… i meam i was in heaven would have take much more pictures but left the phone in the car so but manage to catch some good pictures after i went bck to the car… until next time S.D.R #nycdumplings2015

Don’t come here before 9 in the morning or after 5 pm. The park is nice and all but during those hours, there is not a lot of people and can feel rather unsafe.
I came here before 7 am and there were bums occupying every single bench around the park premises. I wouldn’t have mind but they kept staring at me as I walked by and I walked by three times because I was lost.
The second time I came here was around 5:30 pm and it was only because my friend had to use the bathroom. Perched outside the bathroom was a man that started hitting on my friend and he kept standing there. We were both so frightened, when he left, my friend quickly ran into the bathroom and made me stand by the door because she felt unsafe.
Go in the middle day? Sure. But any other time, make sure to protect yourself.
Note: This park is a few parks that line Grand Street. I’m referring to the left side, where the soccer field is.
The right side is perfectly fine. The park house is there so you can always go there if you need any assistance.

Huge. Love the playground.
This review is for the Hester Street Playground. The actual playground area is huge, which is nice and needed since it is normally packed with kids of all ages running wild. Though they do have two separate playgrounds to accommodate both younger and older kids, I find that it doesn’t make a difference as kids of all ages are playing and running throughout. Along with the two different aged playground, they also have two different age grouped swings that are separate from each other. This park also includes a sand box.
Just as an FYI, they do have a small section of the older playground taped off with caution tape. I’m not sure what is wrong with it, and it’s been up for a while. Either way, it does not prevent the kids from playing around it.
As crazy and as wild as this playground is, and as nervous as I get about my little one playing around so many other older kids, I still really enjoy bringing her here. As chaotic as it is, the children that play here are usually being supervised; especially in the playground for younger kids. I hear a lot of the parents teaching (and yelling) at their kids to share, to wait their turn, and they are good about watching all the kids and not just their own. Their have been a couple times where my little one fell, and another mom was quick to help out.
This playground is in the middle of Chinatown, so 99.9% of the park is obviously filled with Chinese people. But don’t let that intimidate you. It really is a great park to bring your kids to.
What I like to do is grab a bite to eat, and then bring my little one to the playground to play. Afterwards, we head on over to the soccer field to cool down and eat some snacks. The soccer field is less crowded.
This park really is humongous. Along with the large playground, it also includes a basketball court, handball court, volleyball court, and a track that surrounds a soccer field.
It’s a playground, so it is clearly kid friendly. With the exception of the steps that take you to the sand box area, this park is stroller and/​or wheelchair friendly.
LPT: If you have an older kid, or a kid that can handle a playground that is meant for older children, and want to avoid the chaos, they have a smaller playground (intended for older kids) one block down on Eldridge Street.

Nice park that stretches from Houston all the way down to the Manhattan Bridge. This place was at one time one of the most dangerous and drug infested places in NYC.
Look at it now soccer players, football in the fall and bicycle polo. Have you ever seen bicycle polo wow. I usually stop by to relax on the weekdays by Grand Street. I mean you do have some unsavory characters lurking around but overall its a mecca for a soccer league.
I also love the handball matches on the courts below Grand Street some of the best I have ever seen. You can grab a bite cause there is plenty to find on Grand Street.

**Review for Grand/​Chrystie St. soccer field only**
Play soccer here every Saturday in a league – can’t say the field is exactly in good shape, as its torn up turf that’s very easy to slip on, and if you’re playing goalie wear padded clothing since part of the goal has just a mat covering the ground/​stones underneath.
I give this place 4 stars mainly due to the feel you have when playing here – it is completely fenced in and there is a decent amount of seating around (people are always watching you play) so it creates a pretty neat atmosphere.

Great park that is long and stretches into different sections along Christie and Forsyth Street in the Lower East Side.
Bottom tip near Chinatown is filled with kids and seniors sitting and playing cards while their grandchildren run around the playground. As you go uptown along the park, you will see soccer fields, basketball courts, and some swings in the playground near Whole Foods on Houston street.
Back in the 90s in the playground near Chinatown Grand Street, there used to be a big slide, used tire swings attached to wooden poles, and wooden columns where my buddies and I would climb and cause mischief. Due to safey hazards and not being fire proof, the City changed everything and made everything metal and everything seems so much shorter heightwise. The handball courts are still there and recently renovated with new flooring.
Park is clean in the day, however at night you may still see some rats running around, but that’s the City for you.

I play coed soccer here with my team during the week. The turf field is about what I’d expect from a city organization. It’s a little rough but payable.
There is a decent amount of seating around the turf field where you can bring fans to see you bend it like Beckham and lots of trees for shade.
The bathrooms here do close around 7, so change before hand. Also be wary of the bathroom attendants because a male one came in while my teammate and I were in there!

Long
Sporty
Park to go
Balling or for
People watching. Short jump to many bars.

I’ve been here on a few occasions when I was in the area. This is a very sports-​friendly park as they have handball courts, basketball courts and a big field to play whatever (soccer? football?). They also have a really big playground for kids.
This park is a few steps away from Chinatown (literally right across the street). If you cross the street to Chinatown, the smell of fish hits you hard, so let that be a warning haha.
There was plenty of benches around the area overlooking the courts, which was nice. I was observing the kids/​guys playing handball. I had a retrieve their ball once when it went over, which happened on several occasions.
This is a nice rest area if you’re around the neighborhood.

Where else could you find hot NYU college girls with a broom between their legs other than Soho on a Friday night? Here on a Saturday morning with geeky guys practicing quiddich. Field (and park) is relatively clean. How? It’s because of people like me who volunteers to clean them up, that’s how.
(Yes I realize this review makes me sound like both a pervert and an asshole.)

Alive with Da3 lán qiú!!
A brisk pre-​Spring Saturday for a fun game of basketball at Sara Delano Roosevelt Park contains measly four rim hoops. There are limited parks in Chinatown with basketball hoops. Yet spectators have plenty of viewer ship opportunity from the benches on the outskirts of the park. Most patrons are kids from nearby I.S. 131 in conjunction with Pace High School.

I love this park, there’s a bit of something here for everyone. Recently some reno work has been done, and there are now newer areas for little tots to play and scamper about. For me it has become a favorite respite to wake up with during early morning NYC vacations.
I got to know this park on my first visit to NYC 4 years ago since my hotel was at the northern tip of it. While walking along it my first morning there, I heard traditional Chinese music in the air. Following it I came upon, much to my delight, a host of Chinese folks doing tai ji here down at the bridge end. With a coffee and 2 pork buns in hand from a nearby shop, I relaxed on a bench for nearly 2 hours and watched them go through their routines; thinking that I could only hope to be able to make the moves they were performing, for some at what appeared to be an age far beyond «retirement.»
During a return trip during the last inauguration weekend, the weather was freezing — temps in the mid-​teens and the wind howling; I was surprised to find a hard core group of older Chinese women still out in this park, bright & early, bundled up for bear, doing tai ji. I was freezing, but I had my coffee and pork buns and sat there and watching them, apparently to their delight as every now and then they’d look at me and giggle to themselves (probably wondering what in the heck I was doing there freezing like a lump just to watch them). But I love this sort of thing, and I’ve become quite fond of this park because of such experiences. Along with certain restaurants and shops which I invariably visit during a trip to NYC, I’ve become fond of Roosevelt park as a place to relax, unwind, or wake up to with pork buns in hand, erhu music in my ears, and tai ji movements in front of my eyes. I have yet to muster up my nerve to try and join these folks, but one day… one day.

This LES long park extends from Houston St all the way to Canal St. It’s a great neighborhood park offering a little bit of something for everyone. There are mini soccer fields, basketball courts, handball courts, a playground, countless benches and tables by the school near Canal St. I usually pass by this park and when I’m feening for a quick game of handball. It has 4 courts and benches surrounding the handball courts for spectators.

This is one long park! Sara D. Roosevelt Park is the only park in the world that crosses the International Date Line.
My favorite bit is right up at the top, on the steps at Houston Street. The wide lane along Forsyth is sweet for bicycling.

A nice cool spot on the Lower East Side. You would normally see me here relaxing, sipping on an Arizona and eating a Knish from the place around the block. What’s nice about this location is that it’s a great place to «people watch». The Lower East Side has some character all of it’s own. It’s the people that make it happenin’.
You have a bunch of shops nearby and fresh food/​groceries at Whole Foods right next to the park. What else do you need? A million dollars… That would be awesome too…

Now that the empty lot that used to sit at Houston & Forsyth has been replaced by the looming full block building housing Whole Foods and plenty of luxury rentals, this whole area has been stepping it up a notch. The park itself isn’t bad, and I think as the rents in the neighborhood continue to climb, there will be more pressure on the city towards renovations of this space.
Still as it is you’ll find soccer fields, basketball, plenty of places to sit and people watch, and a bike lane along either side. Not bad.

A nice park in the l.e.s. and also they always have futbol pick up games going on in the park and the other parks surrounding the area, also its always relatively clean, the parks dept def does a good job around this area

Have played many a game of soccer here and even headed up a weekly Ultimate Frisbee league on the Nike Field at this sliver of a park just south of Houston in the Chinatown /​Lower East Side border.
Oohh, and had an amazing, and crazy, time climbing up the 20-​foot chain-​link fence once to look down at a charity soccer match featuring Thierry Henry, Salamon Kalou, Steve McManman and a slew of NBA stars all headed up by Steve Nash.

I work across the street from this park, and it’s a great area. In the morning, there are Chinese ladies doing exercises while groups of men play soccer nearby; you feel like you’re not in America!
In the 1970’s-90’s, this park had a terrible reputation. I never went in, since you could always see people passed out or huddled on benches.
I heard a rumor that one day circa 1995, a group of hundreds of Chinese people swarmed in with brooms and forced out all the junkies and prostitutes, swept the park, and did the same thing the next day, then again and again. Now it’s much better! Thanks, Chinese people!

My boy Chuck Bass plans a sort of «Lost Weekend» for a bunch of us juniors at St. Jude’s School for Boys. It’s a tradition at the school, after surviving Ivy Week.
Activities included such male adult things like «Wii Boxing», a pub crawl in all five boroughs and playing basketball here at Sara Delano Roosevelt Park.
This is the park that’s right on Houston, between Chrystie and Forsyth Streets. You know, the one right across from Whole Foods.
It’s a pretty narrow park but long, as it goes from Houston to Canal. You’ve got a playground, basketball courts, a little area for soccer and lots of cute little places to just hang out.