Brooklyn Playground With Spray Showers and Soccer
Cool off under spray showers or play handball and soccer at a park named for a local World War I veteran.
⚽ Courts and History in Brooklyn
Bill Brown Playground is a Brooklyn playground at 2401 Avenue Y with handball courts, soccer fields, spray showers, and public restrooms. The park sits between Bedford Avenue, East 24th Street, and Avenues X and Y. Its name honors William A. Brown, a local veteran who lived just blocks away and served with Wagon Company G of the 108th Ammunition Train, 28th Army Division. He died in October 1918 from wounds sustained on a battlefield in France. His name also carries on through the Bill Brown Senior Citizens Club and the Bill Brown American Legion Post. The grounds open at 6 AM and close at 9 PM every day.
