Department of Parks & Recreation

Park Locations & Amenities

Linden has many parks open to the public, these are listed below by ward.
* Represents Undeveloped Parks.

1st Ward

• Capt. James J. Dunn Memorial Park – Rose Parkway near Seymour Avenue
  • Playground Equipment
• Sgt. Alexander Wales Memorial Park – West Curtis near Ainsworth Street
  • Playground Equipment
• Clifford Lawson Memorial Park – Between Washington Ave. & Walnut St.
  • Paved Play Area
  • Basketball Courts
  • Playground Equipment

2nd Ward

• Cpl. Ronald Knosky Memorial Park – No. Stiles Street & Elm Street
  • Lighted paved play area
  • Lighted Basketball Courts
  • Playground Equipment
• Lexington Avenue Park at West Blanke Street
  • Paved Play Area
  • Basketball Court
  • Playground Equipment
• Blanke Street Park at Price Street *
• Miltonia Street Park at Stiles Street *

3rd Ward

• James Dobson Park – East Blanke Street at Maple Avenue
  • 2 Paved Play Areas
  • 2 Basketball Courts
  • Playground Equipment

4th Ward

• Cleveland Avenue Park – Between Bower and McCandless
  • Playground Equipment
• George T. Farawell Memorial Park – Ziegler Avenue and Bergen Avenue
  • Playground Equipment
• Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. Memorial Park – McCandless at Dill
  • Ball field
  • 2 Tennis Courts
  • Lighted Play Area
  • Lighted Basketball Courts
  • Lavatories
  • Playground Equipment
• Hattie Johnson Playground – Lincoln at Union
  • Playground Equipment

5th Ward

• Charles Street Park at Middlesex Street
  • Paved Play Area
  • Playground Equipment
  • Small shelter
• James Iozzi Memorial Park – Dill Avenue
  • Picnic Area – Permit needed
• Fifth Ward Park -Dill and Adams
  • Ball field
  • Paved Play Area
  • Basketball Court
  • Playground Equipment
• Hagel Avenue Park – Alberta & Fay Avenue
  • Paved Play Area
  • Playground Equipment

6th Ward

• Eddy Avenue Park- 12th Street – Mopsick & Winans
  • Playground Equipment
• Gneral Casimir Pulaski Park – 301 West Munsell Avenue
  • Playground equipment
• L/Cpl. Melnyk Memorial Park – at Clinton Street
  • Paved Play Area
  • Basketball Courts
  • Playground Equipment

7th Ward

• Clinton Street Play Area at 15th Street
  • Basketball Court
  • Playground Equipment
• Buchanan Street Park at Lower Road & Parkway Avenue
  • Paved Play Area
  • Basketball Court
  • Playground Equipment
  • Small Shelter
• Memorial Park (include Mather Spring) – Between Wood Avenue & Lower Road
  • 6 Lighted Ball fields
  • 4 Lighted Tennis Courts
  • Paved Play Area
  • Basketball Courts
  • Picnic Area – Permit needed
  • Ice Skating
  • Field House
  • 3 Lavatories
  • Playground Equipment
  • 2 Lighted Handball Courts
• Seventeenth Street Park – E. 17th and 18th Streets
  • Lighted Paved Play Area
  • 2 Lighted Basketball Courts
  • Playground Equipment
• Seventh Ward Park – So. Stiles, between 17th & 18th St.
  • Paved Play Area
  • Basketball Court
  • Permanent Storage Bldg.
  • Playground Equipment
• Tremley Park – Main Street at Wood Avenue
  • Lighted Ball Fields
  • Paved Play Area
  • Playground Equipment
• Hawkrise Conservation – Entrance at end of Range Road
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8th Ward

• Wanda Anita Green Memorial Park – Grier Avenue & Mack Place
  • United Airlines Flight 93 Memorial
• Bachellor Avenue Park – at Urbanowitz Avenue
  • Basketball Court
  • Playground Equipment
• Milkosky Park – Bedle Place & Park Avenue
  • Ball field
  • Paved Play Area
  • Lighted Basketball Courts
  • Lavatories
  • Playground Equipment
• Dorothy Ford Park (Formerly St. Marks Park) – Between Hussa Street & Essex Avenue
  • Lighted Ball field
  • Lighted Paved Play Area
  • Lighted Basketball Courts
  • Lavatories
  • Playground Equipment
  • Handball Court
  • Picnic Area – Permit needed
• McGillvray Place Park – between Klem & Bedle
  • Playground Equipment
  • Spray Pool

9th Ward

• Newton Street Park – At Pallant Avenue
  • Paved Play Area
  • Basketball Court
  • Playground Equipment
• Paul W. Werkmeister Park (Formerly Sunnyside Park) – Summit Terrace at Melrose
  • Paved Play Area
  • Basketball Court
  • Lavatories
  • Playground Equipment
• Thomas J. Wieser Park * – At Wood Avenue & Raritan Road
• Woodrow Wilson Memorial Park – Academy between Orchard & Summit
  • 4 Lighted Tennis Courts
  • Lighted Paved Play Areas
  • 2 Lighted Basketball Courts
  • Ice Skating
  • Fishing
  • Lavatories
  • Playground Equipment
  • Lighted Handball Court

10th Ward

• Al Kalla Park – Between Wickersham & Highland Avenue
  • Paved Play Area
  • Basketball Court
  • Picnic Area – Permit needed
  • Lavatories
  • Playground Equipment
  • 4 Soccer fields – various sizes
• Windsor Road at Stiles Street *