Note that the slides come straight from ladders which have little in the way of safety features (rather than, as is more common, from platforms atop monkey bars). The other side of the playground, which is geared at younger kids, has bucket swings and smaller versions of the same antiquated slides.
In addition to the equipment being dangerous, the intersections near the playground are also dangerous. For example, several of the closest intersections to the playground entrance lack traffic signals. Perhaps we should call it The Playground with the Dangerous Intersections.
117th and Manhattan Avenue:
117th and Morningside Avenue:
Note that Morningside Avenue is a total of 6 lanes wide -- two traffic lanes plus a parking lane in each direction. Note also that (a) this is the intersection closest to the playground entrance, and (b) the defect is not unique to this intersection, but, rather, is duplicated at 118th and 119th Streets.
I need to check to be sure, but I'm pretty certain there are no comparably ill-equipped intersections anywhere along CPW, which is an otherwise comparable configuration.
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