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BALDWIN GUIDE
Parks
Baldwin Park 3232 Grand Ave., Baldwin Harbor Tennis Courts Ball Fields Skate Park Coes Neck Park 1240 Coes Neck Road, Baldwin
546-4481 546-2240 546-2233 379-3779 868-8190
Baldwin Recreation Association (K-8) 855-4081 Summer Recreation Program Sports, arts & crafts and dancing www.baldwinsummerprogram.org Town of Hempstead Parks Parks and Recreation Commission 292-9000 200 N. Franklin St., Hempstead 11550 Echo Park 483-7400 399 Nassau Blvd., West Hempstead 11550 Harold A. Walker Memorial Park 766-2277 1085 Woodfield Road, Lakeview 11570 Oceanside Park 763-0700 3800 Mahlon Brower Drive, Oceanside 11572 Newbridge Road Park 783-2500 2600 Newbridge Road, Bellmore 11710 Nassau County Parks Department of Recreation and Parks www.nassaucountyny.gov/parks
572-0200
Eisenhower Memorial Park, East Meadow State Parks Long Island State Park and Recreation Commission Belmont Lake State Park (631) 667-5055 Box 247, Babylon 11702 Hempstead Lake State Park Southern State Parkway, Exit 18, West Hempstead
766-1029
Jones Beach
785-1600
Ocean and Meadowbrook Parkways, Wantagh Valley Stream State Park 825-4128 Southern State Parkway, Valley Stream
It’s time to get
out aNd about
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assau County may seem industrial at first glance, but when visiting the many open spaces and parks in Baldwin, that assumption disappears. These spaces welcome families looking to get outdoors. Whether visiting Baldwin Park located in Baldwin Harbor, to walk by the water at sunset or cheer on a local softball game at
Parsonage Cover, Baldwin makes getting outside enjoyable.
PLAYGROUNDS
Playground facilities are located at: • Coes Neck Park • Baldwin Park • Waterfront Park • Cow Meadow Park
Photos by Bridget Downes/Herald
Top photo: Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder was one of many to swing for the fences at the Strikeout Suicide Charity Softball Game hosted by Beyond the Badge at Baldwin Harbor Park in October. Middle photo: Town of Hempstead officials, from right, Supervisor Don Clavin, Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby and Councilman Anthony D’Esposito in the park in August awarded Boy Scout Evander Tillery the Covid-19 Youth Relief Effort merit badge for making masks that were distributed throughout the town. Bottom photo: Baldwin High School graduate Justin Stewart was one of the many seniors who decorated their cars to show off their college plans at the school district’s Decision Day Parade in Baldwin Harbor Town Park on June 11.
