Anchor Street Playground

If you’re rolling through Rockaway Beach with kids, this one’s worth stopping for. The musical equipment is genuinely the highlight — kids get weirdly obsessed with it, and honestly so do adults. It works well for a pretty wide age range, so if you’ve got a toddler and an older kid, they’ll both find something to do. Parking is easy, restrooms are on-site, and the whole setup feels current and well thought out rather than the kind of tired, sun-bleached stuff you see at a lot of coastal spots.