New York with a baby or toddler (0-2)

For the hour when nobody wants another sight.

• Heckscher PlaygroundCentral Park South · ToiletsThe largest playground in Central Park, with swings, slides, a climbing maze and a water feature, good from toddlers to about 10.
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• Ancient PlaygroundCentral Park, East 85th Street · ToiletsPyramid-shaped climbers, sand and water play beside the Metropolitan Museum, best for ages 3 to 10.
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• Pier 25 PlaygroundTribeca · ToiletsClimbing structures and water features on a Hudson pier that also has mini golf and a snack bar, for toddlers to tweens.
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• Pier 51 PlaygroundWest Village · ToiletsWater and sand play, slides and a pretend boat hull by the river, best for under-eights, with water switched off in the cold months.
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• Chelsea Waterside PlaygroundChelsea · ToiletsA long wooden slide shaped like a pipefish, water features and a picnic area next door, for ages 2 to 10.
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Places in the centre with a documented changing or nursing room.

• Bryant Park public restroomsMidtown · Changing tableFree restrooms on the 42nd Street side behind the library and on 40th Street, both with a changing table, open daily from 7 am.
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• American Museum of Natural HistoryUpper West Side · Nursing roomLactation rooms on the Lower Level by the Hall of the Universe and on Floor 3 of the Gilder Center, inside the ticketed museum.
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• Intrepid MuseumHell's Kitchen · Changing tableBaby-changing tables in most restrooms on the ship, for museum ticket holders.
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