Kid On High Alert For Water Features As the Spring Days Get Hotter

It was 90 degrees in Brooklyn today, and while the scuttlebutt on the playground was that the water-spurting turtles were on, they were dry as a bone by the time Kina arrived at the scene. A climate reminder: It is not yet halfway through April.

For a little more context on the turtles, and the equity of water features in New York City, a couple prior editions for you to peruse on your fire escapes, or with your face firmly planted in front of a dusty box fan in the window:

The Daily Kina

On a Hot Day, a Story of Two Parks

For the first couple months of this pandemic, I wasn’t thinking much about beating the heat, but as May set in—and with playgrounds closed—I started to wonder what would happen in summer if the playground sprinklers weren’t on. Being trapped in your house is no fun regardless of the weather, but for families who can’t afford air conditioners or the elec…

3 years ago · 2 likes · david yee

The Daily Kina

The Turtles Are On

Last July, I wrote about how the City had not yet turned on the sprinklers at our local playground—the tiny and bedraggled Rodney Park on the shores of the BQE, where the water feature (when it works) is four spray towers. By contrast, our Big Local Playground at McCarren Park is a majestic kid wonderland, with a host of stone turtles and frogs…

3 years ago · david yee

dad

April 13, 2023, 8:51 p.m.

Packs swimsuit “just in case” the McCarren turtles are on