Lt. Michael R. Davidson Playground
Lt. Michael R. Davidson Playground is a 0.23-acre (0.093 ha) playground in the Sunnyside neighborhood of Queens, New York City. It occupies a lot on the south side of 39th Avenue between 50th and 51st Streets, within the Sunnyside Gardens Historic District. Operated by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation (NYC Parks), it is named for Michael R. Davidson (1981–2018), a New York City Fire Department (FDNY) firefighter who grew up in the nearby Phipps Garden Apartments and died fighting a fire in Harlem. The lot was a private playground for children of the Phipps Garden Apartments from the 1930s until the playground closed in the early 1990s. After Phipps sold the site to a developer in 2007, a 2013 proposal to build an eight-unit apartment building there and to reassemble the Aluminaire House (an architecturally significant 1931 metal prototype house) on the lot drew opposition from residents, preservationists, and elected officials and was rejected by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC). The city acquired the site for a public park in 2019, and a neighborhood campaign had it named for Davidson, who had played on the lot as a child. The playground opened on June 18, 2026.
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| Latitude | Longitude |
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| N 40.7487 ° | E -73.9134 ° |