One of this weekend’s most anticipated art openings in Williamsburg has all the signature Brooklyn components: a postindustrial setting; the use of reclaimed materials; a nearby boutique taqueria; and a historical motif. And, yes, it’s a playground.

Designed by the artist Mark Reigelman, the playground sits at the northern end of Domino Park, a six-acre recreation area along the waterfront that opens to the public on Sunday. The green space is a central attraction in a sprawling project being developed by Two Trees Management just north of the Williamsburg Bridge, on the site of the former Domino Sugar refinery. The park nods to the history of the refinery by incorporating its industrial remnants, including syrup collection tanks.

Now the site’s previous life has inspired Mr. Reigelman’s design for the playground. As children proceed through the playground’s three sections, he explained, they mimic the refining process. “The idea is that a child enters as raw sugar cane,” Mr. Reigelman said, “and exits at the last portion of the playground as molasses, or sugar cubes.”