Current List of Parks in NYC with Adaptive Swings
District #4 (Chelsea and Clinton/Hell’s Kitchen)
Adaptive Swings at the following parks:
Chelsea Park
De Witt Clinton Park
Clemente Clarke Moore Park
Matthews-Palmer Playground
Ramon Aponte Park
District #5 (Midtown, Flatiron, Herald Square, Times Square — 14th to 59th Street)
Adaptive Swings at the following parks:
Union Square Park
Madison Square Park
Two parks currently pending
Penn South Playground *
Lorraine Hansberry Park
* There will be a Sway Fun at Penn South, which is an inclusive swinging glider. There will be no other swings at that park. Sway Fun details: Sway Fun Glider
District #8 (East 60th to East 96th Street)
Adaptive Swings at the following parks:
Carl Schurtz Park – Catbird Playground
John Jay Park
Under Capital Renovation, the adaptive swing will be replaced at the parks below:
St. Catherine’s Playground – Scheduled for capital renovation by the end of the year
24 Sycamore Playground – Scheduled for capital renovation within 2026–2027
Stanley Isaac Playground
No adaptive Swings at the parks below:
Dekovates Playground
Samuel Seabury Playground
Under Capital Renovation and adaptive swing will be added at the park below:
Ruppert Park – Scheduled for capital renovation September 2026
District #6 (East 17th to East 59th Street)
Adaptive Swings at the following parks:
Murphy’s Brother Playground
Bellevue South Playground
Augustus St. Gaudens Playground
Asser Levy Playground
Vincent Albano Playground
(No swing frames at the following sites below)
Robert Moses Playground
Tudor Grove Playground
Swings but no handicapped Swing:
Mary O-Connor Playground
MacArthur Playground
Under Capital Renovation and adaptive swing will be replaced at park below:
St. Vartan Park
District #11 (East 96th to East 142nd Street)
Adaptive Swings at the following park:
103rd Playground
Swings but no handicapped Swing:
East River Playground – 106th Street FDR Drive Playground (Unable to place an adaptive swing without renovation and removing all swings in each bed area.)
The two parks that will be investigated for adaptive swings are Sauer Park and Dry Dock Playground. Note that these are both close to Tompkins Park, which does have a Jenn Swing.
For those seeking more detailed accessibility information, note that it is not prominently featured on the Parks Dept Website. There is currently no complete list of which NYC parks have adapted swings. If you click on this playgrounds page to a specific site and select more information (i.e., Chelsea Park), there is a breakdown of some of the accessibility elements.