THE YARD IS CLOSED FOR WINTER
Thank you for playing with us in 2025. We’re thrilled to have welcomed 7,470 children and young people to The Yard for our free, public hours each weekend, and hundreds more for camps, field trips and more.
We look forward to welcoming you back in April 2026!
Photo by Tova Friedman
10 years of play!
We’re thrilled to launch new limited-edition merch! Designed by Scott Teplin, in celebration of The Yard’s upcoming 10th Anniversary!
Tees (youth & adult sizes), and hoodies (adult sizes) available with an end of the year donation.
Shipped in time for the winter holidays, or pick them up at The Yard during site breakdown.
Art by Scott Teplin
2025 Site MAP by Andrea herrada
To celebrate our 10th season, Andrea Herrada (playworker and artist), has illustrated a gorgeous map of our site—a time capsule for 2025.
These limited edition, archival-quality prints are available with a donation to play:groundNYC.
Drawn by Andrea Herrada
our history
play:groundNYC is a nonprofit dedicated to transforming New York City through play. The organization was founded by artists, researchers, and advocates for children’s rights who wanted to create the conditions for adventure play in NYC. This type of play has tremendous benefits for young people’s lives, and their future outcomes. We began with a series of pop-ups in city parks; in 2016, play:groundNYC was invited by The Trust for Governors Island to open The Yard, a publicly-accessible adventure playground. We have welcomed more than 60,000 children and young people to The Yard for free open weekends, after-school activities, field trips and summer camp.
