Playgrounds with Dedicated Children's Areas (DCAs)
This dataset represents Playgrounds with Dedicated Children's Areas in NYC Parks, previously known as Children’s Play Areas (CPAs). Each DCA is a designated space featuring play equipment specifically designed for children (i.e. play structures and spray showers) and is mapped as a geometric shape within a park property. While commonly known as playgrounds, the term "playground" is avoided because some properties or subproperties labeled as "playgrounds" may include features like adult fitness equipment or handball and basketball courts and may not contain play equipment for children. Explore the Data Dictionary Note: The schema and methodology of the dataset was updated in 2024, replacing the previous version from 2019. Play equipment is tracked via the Parks Inspection Program and the Capital Tracker. Parks that are currently rated by the Parks Inspection Program and contain play equipment are considered active Dedicated Children's Areas. Please see the All Sites (Mapped) dataset on Open Data for more detail.
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Freshness
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Fresh
- Says it updates
- Other
- Actually updates about every
- 30 days
- Publisher last updated the data
- Sep 7, 2026
Our mirror
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In sync
- We last synced
- Sep 7, 2026, 9:09 AM
- Rows in our copy
- 1,012
- Rows at the source
- 1,012
- Our copy trails the source by
- under a minute
Columns
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The publisher has not provided a data dictionary.
0 of 8 columns carry a concept; 8 carry a description from the publisher. Read the concept column before you join. A column with no concept carries no claim from us, and a name that looks like a key is not one.
| Source field | Display name | What the publisher says it is | Concept | Source type | Stored as | Stored type | Row identifier | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
publicname | PublicName | Name of the Dedicated Children's Areas | Not bound | Text | publicname | text | — | |
omppropid | OMPpropID | Unique identification number for a property or portion of a property. In some cases – a standalone, smaller park for example – this number will be equivalent to the PropNum. In other cases – a zone, playground or other site within a larger park – an additional designation of letters and/or numbers will be added. | Not bound | Text | omppropid | text | — | |
publiclocation | PublicLocation | Location of the DCA at the closest intersection or cross streets | Not bound | Text | publiclocation | text | — | |
parkdistrict | ParkDistrict | Parks administrative district that manages the DCA | Not bound | Text | parkdistrict | text | — | |
borough | Borough | Borough that DCA is located in | Not bound | Text | borough | text |
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Source and attribution
Where this data comes from, which version we hold, and what we changed.
- Source
- https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/j55h-3upk
- Version
- Content hash:
af57ef54d56899e7ab6f4096d0f0d4805547ffba5b6bc3d7fc237ceed251823f - What we changed
- We did not change the data. We stored it as published.
- Publisher
- codenownyc
- We retrieved it
- Sep 7, 2026, 9:09 AM
Update history
| Started | Kind | Result | Rows written | Produced by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 2026, 3:31 PM | full_replace | success | 1,012 | codenow-nycmesh-container-oci.jfrog.io/codenow/citytap-pull:0.1.73 |
| Aug 25, 2026, 6:15 AM | full_replace | success | 1,012 | codenow-nycmesh-container-oci.jfrog.io/codenow/citytap-pull:0.1.69 |