Sackville Playground is a park in downtown Toronto’s Corktown neighbourhood. It’s located along King Street East, a few minutes walk east of Parliament Street. If using public transit, the King streetcar (both 504A and 504B) will get you right there (there’s a stop right in front of the park). As well, the Parliament street bus (bus 65) plus a short walk east also works.
Playgrounds in Toronto
Toronto truly has some great playgrounds, and they seem to be making even more of an effort lately to provide great public spaces for kids. We see that especially downtown, where apartment and condo kids are very much a thing. When our downtown kid enjoys a Toronto playground we document it here.
Bright Street Playground in Corktown
There’s a little playground very much off the beaten path in Toronto’s Corktown neighbourhood: Bright Street Playground. Yes, it’s on Bright Street. You may ask, ‘Where is Bright Street?’ It’s short north-south street that runs between King Street East and Queen Street East (just west of Sumach Street) that is full of cute houses that sit right up to the edge of the street. Almost where Bright Street meets Queen Street East, sits the fairly quiet Bright Street Playground.
St. James Park playground
Yes, there’s a playground at St. James Park in downtown Toronto. This park was never really a destination for kids. Sure you could see the birds, splash your hands in the small fountain, or listen to some live music in the summer months, but there was never a playground for kids. This all changed in the spring of 2019 when the City of Toronto opened up a brand new playground. Not just any playground — it’s really quite a great playground.