Town Of Greenburgh
Parks & Recreation

The Town of Greenburgh offers a variety of recreational programs for residents of all ages. The Recreation Department is located on Olympic Lane and the telephone number is (914) 693-8985. The staff consists of full and part-time professional supervisors who work cooperatively with interested citizens from schools and public and private agencies in the township. Programs are conducted at Department facilities, school sites, and various community centers.

Kinds Of Activities:

Teen Programs: Sports, dances, games, crafts, performing arts, teen travel camp
Summer Day Camp: Arts & crafts, music & drama, trips, swimming, baseball, tennis, basketball, tennis, basketball, soccer, softball, competitive swimming
Sports: Team sports, swimming instruction, tennis, basketball, volleyball, bowling, baseball, football, soccer, biathlon, fitness center
Other Activities: Dancing (modern & folk), ceramics, exercise classes, Halloween window painting contest, special holiday events, jazz concert series, senior citizen activities, nutrition program, recreation for the developmentally disabled

 

Parks:
Map Depicting The Locations Of All Town of Greenburgh Parks
The Town of Greenburgh maintains a 605 acre park system. Throughout the unincorporated area there are 19 major parks and park complexes that include 9 outdoor pools, 29 tennis courts, a new multi-purpose center, a fitness center, four nature preserves, skating ponds, 11 playgrounds, 10 ball fields and various picnic areas.

 

Anthony F. Veteran Town Park:
20 acres: entrance on Olympic Lane via Heatherdell Road, Ardsley

19 tennis courts	Basketball courts
6 swimming pools	Handball & paddleball courts
Play area and equipment for young children - -	Ping pong
Night lighted facilities	Pro shop
Meeting rooms	Snack bar
Picnic facilities	A variety of instructional programs

 

Secor Woods Park:
25 acres, entrance on Secor Road, Hartsdale, adjacent to Town Park

Picnic areas with benches, tables & grills	2 ball fields
Play area and equipment for young children - -	Basketball, volleyball & badminton areas

 

East & West Rumbrook Park:
86 acres approximately half of which is a nature preserve
Entrance is on Dobbs Ferry Road near the Sprain Brook Parkway in Hartsdale

2 tennis courts	Ball fields
Platform tennis	Weight training & fitness center
After dark illuminated facilities - -	Nature trails
Basketball courts

 

Hart's Brook Nature Preserve: (The former Gaisman Estate)
123 acres, 156 Ridge Road, Hartsdale

- - Nature trails - -

 

Glenville Woods Park Preserve
41 acres, White Plains Road, Tarrytown

Nature trails - -

Picnic benches

 

Taxter Road Park:
2 acres, Taxter Road, Irvington

Athletic field - -	Playground apparatus
Basketball court - -	Picnic benches

 

Taxter Ridge Park Preserve
Map #1 of Taxter Ridge Preserve
Map #2 of Taxter Ridge Preserve
182 acres, Taxter Road, Irvington

- - Nature trails - -

 

East Irvington Nature Preserve:
50 acres, 240 Taxter Road, Irvington

Nature trails - -

Picnic benches

 

Massaro Park:
2 acres, entrance on Payne Street & Cabot Avenue, N Elmsford

1 tennis court	Athletic field
Picnic area with benches, tables & grills - -	Swimming pool and kiddie pool
Basketball courts	Playground area

 

Pocantico Park:
2 acres, entrance on Saw Mill River Road, Elmsford

1 tennis court - -	Picnic area with tables & benches
Basketball court

 

Yosemite Park:
12.5 acres, entrance on Yosemite Avenue near Fairview-Greenburgh.
Adjacent to Theodore D. Young Community Center.

3 illuminated tennis courts	Playground equipment
Handball & paddleball courts - -	Water park
Atheltic fields	Night light facilities
Basketball courts	90' diameter pavilion

 

Travis Hill Park:
16 acres, entrance in the Hillside-Wyndover area of North Greenburgh

4 tennis courts - -	Play area and equipment for young children
2 ball fields	Basketball courts
Nature trails	Handball & paddleball courts

 

The Greenburgh Department of Parks and Recreation also exercises a professional and custodial function over 2 Town ponds (Crane Pond in Edgemont and Riley Pond in Fairview), and 14 parklets throughout the Township with Glenville in Tarrytown, Knollwood in Orchard Hill and Old Tarrytown Road Park in Fairview as the largest of these parklets. Webb Field on Central Avenue in Hartsdale is the Town's newest acquisition

Theodore D. Young Community Center (914-989-3600)
32 Manhattan Avenue, White Plains

 

The Theodore D. Young Community Center is contiguous to the 12.5 acre Yosemite Park and it is operated by the Department of Community Resources. The Center offers many recreational programs and the facility includes:

Indoor heated pool	Classrooms
Gymnasium	Lounge & Kitchen
Weight room & fitness center - -	Performing Arts Studio
Locker rooms & saunas	Computer Library

 

Some of the programs offered at the Center include:
After-school programs, Summer day camps, Adult & children Learn-To-Swim programs, Water Babies course, Scuba instruction, American Red Cross certification programs, and Senior citizen programs

 

Greenburgh Nature Center (914-723-3470)

The Greenburgh Nature Center operates a a private, non-profit organization located on what was formerly a 33 acre estate. The property contains a diversity of habitats including, a pond, woodlands, an apple orchard, rock outcroppings, formal gardens, manicured lawns and a 21 room stone and wood manor house constructed in 1918.

Special features include a live animal museum, nature exhibits, a clinic for injured & orphaned wildlife, a discovery room and a gift shop, offering inexpensive nature related gift items. Programs and workshops for both adults and children are scheduled at the center throughout the year.

 

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