July 16, 2020
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Freeport
PARKS
operating under entirely new guidelines. By Scarlett Liriano Cepin As of press time for this guide, playgrounds, Outdoor recreational spaces have become an pools and basketball courts remain essential part of the daily routines closed, and park employees are of many during this pandemic. required to disinfect and clean the Thankfully, the village of Freeport Parks: offers residents and outsiders six restrooms every few hours. This makes it possible for park-goers to parks to choose from: Bishop Frank • Bishop Frank O. O. White Park, Glacken Park, Martin avoid risk as much as they can while Luther King, Jr. Park, Randall Park, enjoying some of the amenities that White Park Sea Breeze Park, and Water Front are usually available to them. • Glacken Park Park. Normally, these parks host To further promote safe practices • Martin Luther several events throughout the year, during this time, the Freeport King, Jr. Park specifically in the summertime. administration had purchased However, Covid-19 has caused a roughly 10,000 face masks and • Randall Park disruption in the usual schedule. rubber gloves to distribute to • Sea Breeze Park In July and August, Sea Breeze residents. Masks are available for • Water Front Park Park typically holds movie nights pickup Monday through Friday at every Friday. Those will not be the Freeport Recreational Center on possible this year. Many of the other Merrick Road. The Rec Center will be events held at the parks are not distributing these products from 9:30 going to proceed as usual as well. Although Mayor a.m. to 4 p.m. Freeport Police officers on patrol Robert Kennedy said he hopes to reopen Freeport are also equipped with extra masks to hand out to parks to full capacity as soon as it is safe, he said Freeport residents who might need the protection he also recognizes the importance of following the while out on their walks in the park. guidelines enacted by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Under Cuomo’s direction and PAUSE restrictions, Christina Daly/Herald Freeport parks had to be closed for a while. Though Above Photo: Randall Park and all other parks operated by the Village of they are back and open to the public, the parks are Freeport reopened by the Memorial Day weekend.
