Diaper Diva has been telling me for days and I keep forgetting to post about it. I see that Gowanus Lounge has the story today.

Starting September 17th, the Third Street Playground will be closed for renovations. Back in 1991, they closed for almost a year when they first transformed the playground from an old style NYC playground (wooden see saws, metal jungle gyms, etc) into what you see there today.

That was when we first moved here and I had a newborn baby and I was so MAD. One of the reasons I’d moved to Park Slope was that playground! When it reopened all the caregivers complained because there was hardly any shade and the black rubber made the space so hot in warm weather.

I guess it’s in need of some changes and upgrades again.

Last week, Diaper Diva, Ducky, and I were wandering around Long Meadow and saw large groupings of caregivers, parents and children in the meadow like refugees with nowhere to be. The playground was closed that day, too.

Where will all these people go?

There’s always the Tot Spot at Garfeld just inside the park but that’s tiny and is designed for small children. There’s alwaysthe 9th Street Playground and the playground in JJ Byrne Park and the one on Berkeley Place between 6th and 7th Avenues.

Gowanus Lounge has more.