FOR RIVER VIEWS

JACOB K. JAVITS PLAYGROUND Inside Fort Tryon Park

There may be no playground in the city with a better view than Jacob K. Javits Playground—elevated on the ridge of Fort Tryon Park, it overlooks the Hudson River and New Jersey’s Palisades (to be fair, Pierrepont Playground, from which you can clearly spot the Statue of Liberty, may give it a run for its money). The playground recently received a $3.1 million makeover after 28 years of neglect, and the facilities now match the scenery. Dattner calls the reconstruction “spectacular.” Toddlers and young children have their own aquamarine jungle gyms; older kids and adults can enjoy new basketball courts, exercise equipment, and climbing walls.