The playground for the kids is good, there is plenty to keep them occupied- the time of day will determine the age group that usually hangs out. If you have younger kids I'd stick to early in the day. Later in the day you get older kids who tend to run and play a bit rougher. The only thing is sometimes the trash doesn't get cleaned up in the park as often. read more

I came in here to take a Zoom call with ny nutritionist and it was awful. There was garbage and food everywhere. To the point where I was wondering if there's staff to maintain the cleanliness of the park. I'm rarely in this area of New York but I'm hoping that if/when I decide to return here that the experience is better. It was also a little too loud in there for my liking. read more

This park has a lot to offer ranging from festivals to baseball fields, to a large sized pool with water playground, to a recreation/fitness/community center, an event stage and did I mention that this was the park where a deer was found wandering? Jackie Robinson park is teeming with activity year round for young and old alike. A somewhat recent boom in newer housing options has increased the value and potential of this slice of upper Harlem. As a result you will find a varying myriad of residents, visitors and tourists. During the warmer months you will find a number of dominoes tournaments, dance competitions, local bbqs, Harlem Little league games, NYC bike riding classes and accessing the Community center leads to more. I usually feel pretty safe during the early mornings, afternoons and early evenings. I can't speak on the nature of the park after the sun goes down but I'd say keep your wits about you as with any other park at night. The park is very well maintained with very little graffiti or waste laying about. If you don't mind a few (a lot of steep) stairs, this is also a great way to cut across the avenues between Frederick Douglass Blvd, St Nicholas and Amsterdam avenues. Bathrooms are well maintained for public park restrooms, but we all know that a Starbucks is right up the street. The park is easily accessed using the M3 and M10 buses or the A, C, B, D, trains to 145th Street. Taking the 1 or 3 trains will lead to a bigger workout. Go and have a great time. read more

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They allow mothers to bring boys over 5 years old into the women's locker room, which is uncomfortable & unacceptable!

This was an amazing park. The pictures of the park online are a little outdated. Since then the park has been renovated, there is a lot more space, more benches, more trees - it's a lot more peaceful. I performed on the stage and it was very spacious, and had great acoustics. I would definitely bring a performance group here again. It was a wonderful place to perform, and my 300 students I brought with me had space to run around after our performance. read more

Jackie Robinson Park - Parks Near Me - New York, New York

3.5 stars. The park itself is not particularly notable, but the swimming pool is very nice. The bandshell is also kinda cool. When I walked by it a couple of weeks ago, some people had taken ownership of the few tables and benches for a party. Rap music was blasting...lol. read more

I live a few blocks from this park, and I actually really like it. Most of it is wooded and rocky (like most of the parks in Harlem), and lacks much of a grassy area. Except for the two baseball fields. I normally go there and kick the soccer ball around, or utilize for sports aside from baseball. When I first lived in Harlem I thought that it was a little sketchy, but now I walk through it at all hours of the night. If you take the ABCD, the fastest way to get to my apartment from the 145 st stop is through the park. So I wasnt going let a little thing like fear stop me. Im a NY'er, Ive got no time to spare.Like any other park, or place in the city for that matter, you just need to keep your wits about you. There is a public pool on the 145 st side. Ive never attempted to swim there. It gets crazy crowded during the summer, so for me to be swimming there, it would look like the easiest Where's Waldo picture ever. They also have a gym and indoor basketball court. The charge was something like $40 a year or so. It is a pretty adequate gym and never really got too crowded. I stopped going once the NYSC opened a few years ago. There is also an amphitheater that is sometimes utilized during the summer for concerts and such. There are two children's playgrounds scattered about. There are a few blacktop basketball courts on one side of the baseball field's. On the other side there is a cement wall for tennis and such. My favorite thing is that the lights in the baseball field stay on all night, so you can go out and play anytime. read more

Jackie Robinson Park - Park bench, during a snow storm - Parks Near Me - New York, New York

They've been having more concerts here in the summer. It's a great park but very under-utilized. Most people stop at the band-she'll, but beyond that there are basketball courts, ect. read more

Jackie Robinson Park - Great place to play in the winter snow - Parks Near Me - New York, New York

Nice Park I use to live on Bradhurst ave. Across the street from Jackie Robinson Park. Nice Park use to Play hand ball & , Oh , How I miss those Days aww why because it brings back the Fun I use to have ,Things are not like they use to be. read more

I am only writing this review for the morning lap swim at the Jackie Robinson Park pool, which runs from 7-8:30 Mon-Fri. This is a beautiful, gigantic, super clean pool, that might just be the jewel of the city park system. The morning lap swim is run by an efficient staff of janitors, check in people and life guards. The swimmers attending seem to be from diverse age groups and swimming abilities. There is a place for everyone here. Lanes are marked slow, medium, fast so that you can join a group of like swimmers. My fellow swimmers in the slow lane are supportive and friendly. We've often joked that we need a "super slow" lane. Lol! The locker room staff also does a great job of keeping things clean and answering questions. My only complaint is that it is hard to get out of the pool. The ladders only have two high steps, so that when pulling out of the water, your foot on the first rung is lined up with your eyes. I am framing this as a personal fitness challenge myself, but have heard a lot of similar struggle from the other swimmers around this as well. read more

Calming energies in this park...sit and chat for hours with your favorite ppl. Huge shading trees. Renovated stairway leading up to Edgecombe Ave. Brand new fencing and old fashioned leaning lights for after dark. Picnic or just sitting there feels really really good...and it's safe!! read more

***REVIEW FOR OUTDOOR POOL*** You can see this mid-to-large pool (by NYC standards) through a tall iron gate right from the street corner at the perimeter of the park. The immediate sensory assault delivered sight of kids being raucous in the water, paired with an absurdly long and miserable line outside the castle of brick that is the associated rec center, actually left me wanting to turn around and leave. What kind of attitude is that?? Luckily, my boyfriend, who I'd dragged out for his first ever NYC Park Pools experience, was a bit more tenacious, though he was first to have his nerves worn thin by what really seemed to be an arbitrary line in the spirit of what you see outside 18+ nightclubs. Or...not exactly. The scene outside this pool was the average representation of the stereotype that keep high steppers far, far away from public aquatic facilities; loud, ghetto, angry, line-cutting dark skinned people making sudden movements...a few unfazed Eastern European transplants no one wants to fuck with...one meek looking white couple with Teva sandals and NPR totes determined to have an integrated experience, and ....us (feel free to let fly in stuffing me into whatever pigeonhole you deem appropriate in this situation). And if you think that anything about this description was racist, first blame whatever institutionalism and failures of urban planning produced these effects. Before my thoughts could dwell further on such topics, though, the bouncers finally let the goddamn line through, but made sure to do so in clusters of four or five so that everyone sufficiently felt that they were at a theme park. However, I had a way worse experience "getting in" to Kosciuszko Pool (separate review) in inner Brooklyn...and a MUCH better time at Jackie Robinson Park once inside. First of all, the building is gorgeous, and there's a grand piano from a past Sing for Hope art installation (http://singforhope.org/), which made my heart swell with nostalgia for the piano I babysat for this year's project back in June. And what space doesn't the presence of a piano improve? Then, it was up a shiny, curving stone stair case to a sunlit hallway passing by a full-on weight room and into a run-of-the-mill concrete floored locker facility with the same shoebox sized metal lockers and steel boothed shower stalls popular to several other city facilities. And it got better and better. At this point in the summer, it was still HOT as HELL, even though it was overcast on that particular day. So imagine my surprise when I ventured out onto the deck and saw a bizarro sprinkle park, spewing COLD ASS water with the force of fire hoses (and in this case, I mean it in a GOOD way). I ran through hoops shooting water inwards. I stood under a mushroom sculpture with sheets of water coming down the sides. I stood on top of ice geysers bursting straight up from holes in the ground. The pool was only slightly warmer, and shallow throughout. The water didn't have the crystalline quality of the Caribbean, but it wasn't as filthy as you might expect after all that traffic. There was also a curious assortment of perfect little maple and oak leaves swirling around. Some specimens of the premature foliage were so perfect and so cute that I stuffed them in my boyfriend's trunk pockets as he spun me around...and maybe we were THAT couple for a while; a little TOO happy together and inspiring scowls of revulsion from everyone else. Later, the locker room was a total clusterfuck; so much so that they blocked off the showers without explanation. Already itching from the chlorine, I found one stretch of space on a wooden bench to put my shit as I rapidly changed into my dress. I looked up to see a 13 year old on the other side of my dress gaping. Then, she opened her mouth: "You just got NEKKID in front of everybody!" "Yeah, for like a second," I said, heaving my backpack over my shoulder. "That's NASTY!" she screamed. "Whatever," I said, and stalked out. WTF??? Has anyone BEEN to a public pool or any pool anywhere in the world? People get NEKKID in locker rooms all the time, and you don't really look at one another. I considered retorting further, but reminded myself that she's an adolescent who has years yet to become an old bitch like me who no longer views her body as a subject of scandal, and hopes she is still too young for her nudity to be an object of offense...especially to some mealy mouthed terror who needs to grow. Descended the steps down to the piano. Industrial fans blew my dress around for dramatic effect as I joined my man on the bench and knocked out a few tunes before a brat started hammering the keys and we yielded. This is a pool with lots of heritage, and definitely serves the gamut of humanity. And it's really not bad. And that water park...THAT is really something. read more

What was once part of the Samuel Bradhurst Estate was renamed Jackie Robinson Park in 1978 after the legendary baseball hall of famer. All in all 10 city blocks between 145th and 155th Street, Bradhurst and Edgecombe Avenue consisting of beautiful mature trees, landscaping, park benches, band shell and playground. In honor of its namesake you'll also find volleyball and basketball courts and a baseball field. An olympic size pool was added in 1936 and is part of the JR Recreational Center which also boasts spray showers, a gym, library, computer resource center and an arts & crafts room. Such a great offer for this neighborhood. SummerStage (run by the City Parks Foundation) hosts concerts at the band shell in the summer. Last week Metropolitan Opera sent two tenors and a soprano to showcase arias and duets from well known operas at the bandshell. A lovely evening of great performances. A little bit of rain did not faze the vocalists. It was a full house through three encores, despite the rain. I think this band shell is way underused. read more

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This review is strictly for the swimming pool security and staff: I love this park. It is steps away from my Fiancé's apartment and very nice. We even got a gym membership there in the winter. I love it. So when the pool opened up this summer I got really excited. It is Olympic size and I love to swim and lay in the sun with a good book... The only problem is getting to the pool. The rules are different every time I go inside. It's outrageous!! None of the staff communicate with each other, so some enforce all the rules while others enforce little or none. They are either on those phones and not paying attention or overly involved in making sure you follow whatever rules they see fit. This staff and security seriously need to get its act together, majorly, because it's very frustrating when I'm told different things by different people. I have gotten the "I'm glad you told me that you've done it before because you're not supposed to do that!" line multiple times from different staff this summer and it really needs to stop. Today, I stormed out because I was prohibited from going out to the pool because of 4 different rules, 4 different times mind you, of which I had never heard before and had never been explained to me. Such poor, poor security skills. I'm super disappointed in this NYC Public pool staff. -First off you must have a MASTERLOCK, no other kind to enter the building. That rule pretty much stays the same. Depending on the staff though, or who you are maybe, they let people get away with combination locks and TSA locks. I go in and see all different types of locks being used. -Second, your phone must go in the locker and be locked with your "master lock". None allowed outside by the pool. Okay... Fine. It's actually really nice for me to be able to put down my phone and enjoy being away from social media and work..But don't take your stuff in a bag, that is a no-no too. I normally take my towel and watch alone out to the pool (because there is no clock outside in the pool area) along with my master lock key. No wallets either apparently, I learned that today, Though I've taken mine with me multiple times because my keys are attached. -Also depending on the staff apparently you can or cannot take books or binders outside to read or work. Guess that depends on the day. Today was a no day for that I guess. -If you have on a shirt and want to wear it outside in the pool, it must be white. Girls and guys. All other clothes must go in the locker. -Today I also learned that by one ladies rules you HAVE to "get wet" in the shower to go outside, before you step outside to the pool area. Even though I was just planning to sit by the pool and read a book today. 1st time I heard that. I've been to this pool multiple times and NEVER had anyone make me do that! Please, NY Parks, go check this place out and for goodness sake at least get a staff who always enforces these rules. ****Please Understand that the rules do not bother me at all, it's how they are only applied on certain days when certain staff members are working. It's elementary and not professional at all. I want to know all the rules upfront and know what I need to do to enjoy my time at the pool and today it got ruined. Pretty much if you think you can have your bases covered and know "all the rules" (haha) the I say go ahead. Good luck. It's a good pool once you pass all the "tests" or depending on the day, none at all. Just be prepared to be told that "you can't do" a lot of things you may or may not be able to do by the crap security. My suggestion. leave everything at home but these things -a towel -sunscreen -lock keys to your lock -apartment building keys -white shirt if needed and you should be just fine... I said should...Can't promise anything though. read more

I always enjoy myself at this pool, it was clean and not busy with a lot of people. But the evening staff that run the pool have major attitudes, like they don't wanna be there. They're always closing the pool early, and they don't even let you take a shower. They just put us out with all that chlorine on our body. If you ever go to the pool in the evening leave before they close so you can shower because they will make you leave without a shower! read more

Lovely park - well kept and clean :)

Very nice family day park with all types of activities including a pool gym full basketball court a baseball field monkey bars chess tables just a cool place to spend the day with friends and family... #eTRm read more

Nice little park in a neighborhood that may come with a name that makes people leery when in reality it's a very nice, safe community. Lots of benches along the park, basketball courts, swing sets, etc. read more

Yeah there is a pool here too, it was surprisingly not crowded. Uptown, Uptown- yeah I ventured way up here after the summer streets in the early part of the day. It was nice up on 145th street, there was an event: SweetSpot presents Rice and Peas Reggae and Dancehall in the Park. it was a somewhat large crowd near the end but the event should have gotten more publicity. Jackie Robinson Park Bandshell, there were a few djs spinning old and new reggae tunes. These were all the hits though, papi. I am talking "Bleach out the skin", Everyone falls in love, " I will do anything just for you"-Snow, SEAN PAUL a whole mess of songs "Punkie, I'm still in love, Hot Gal Today". There was a performance by Screechy Dan at the 5:30pm part of the festival, great live performer. Also JetBlue sponsors were there and someone won the raffle, round trip flight to whereever Jet BLUE airlines fly to. Sadly, it was not me, but it was some hot chick from Honduras. I should have probably made friends with her, but oh well, I had some great company with me in the upper upper area of Manhattan. A train all the there to 145 was the closest stop. read more

Beautiful HUGE pool. Between 7am and 8:30am weekdays there is an "adult lap swim" which is free (no membership needed) to all--just sign up. Best way EVER to wake up! The park is clean and safe (and beautiful), the recreation center has a fitness center, aerobics, computer center, library, and more. The staff is friendly and the amenities are many. Thank you NY Parks!! read more

OK. Nice band shell and swimming pool.

Beautiful, shaded park to catch a summer concert at the bandshell or to read a book under a tree- plentiful park benches! The pool is enormous and adults can enjoy free swim sessions M-F early mornings. read more

A small, narrow little park right by the subway station in Harlem. Though it was snowing when I was there, it has a public pool.

Nice little segue park en route to High Bridge Park, with plentiful tree cover and the occasional warm-weather concert.

This 3ft deep pool is awesome and has it all! My family and I prefer the 11-3 session at NYC pools which packs a good and decent crowd, mostly families. At the time of our visit here, I found this facility to be well organized and, the locker rooms/ bathrooms/ showers are very clean. Staff are pleasant. Follow the rules and you will have no problem :) Please no electronic devices. They allow the following: white tank over bathing suit, bottled water, tanning/sunscreen products. Once on pool deck, there's absuper cool and entertaining sprinkler park that works especially great for little tykes. There are bleechers (watch your step) great for laying out and trees that provide shade. Conveniently located near buses/trains and with enough affordable places to eat. There is even a Duane Reade and a Starbucks across the street. This pool has it all! Cleanliness, fun, location and they offer free lunch meals that has to be eaten outside of the pool area. Avoid crowded locker rooms/ showers by leaving early. I find as with most pools we've been to leaving early at least 30-40 minutes before scheduled session ends avoiding the rush is best especially when you have kids. I hope your experience is just as pleasant and enjoyable. read more