Northwest Resiliency Park

Kin 6 months ago

When we entered the park, we found it oddly empty for is size. There was only a lone toddler running in front of an empty cafe. After crossing over to the edge of the cliff, we raised that everyone else was downstairs at the playground. It's a well setup, but a bit crowded

Eric Fritsch a year ago

I saw this park while driving through the area for work the other day and had to come back. The park is full of native plants that look amazing, even in the winter. The winterberry shrubs are absolutely full of red berries. They did a really amazing job restoring the native flora to the area while making it beautiful too. I'll have to bring my kids here too since the play structures look really unique and fun.

Jimmy Edited 2 years ago

A very nice neighborhood park. I read somewhere the leading reason for this infrastructure and layout of the park are suppose to help with the flooding of stormwater in the area. Is it working yet? I tend to avoid this area during a heavy rain storm for this particular reason and especially when there are flood warnings. Regardless whether the water drainage issue has been ironed out or not the park is a wonderful addition to the area. All the kids love all the separate stations to challenge their skills. From the sandbox to the climbing walls it covers all the age groups. A splash park that blends into the landscape. The park does get busy at times but all the kids are well behaved. Restrooms are in that flat roof building 😀👍🦖🛝

Matt Majer 2 years ago

The “park” was estimated at $90M to construct over 3 years starting in 2019. Despite this massive government spend, two grand openings, and being over a year past schedule now, the park is still not open nor fully “resilient.” The massive pump house which provides the only shade, lacks both pumps and generators to power them to discharge the water from the 1M tank to NHSA and into the Hudson. Incidentally, said tank only collects the rainwater that falls directly on top of it as just 1.5 blocks away, ShopRite still floods. Real grass in the “expansive Great Lawn” covers just less than .5 acres (19,000 square feet) so only 6.7% of this “park” with a total footprint over 6 acres is grass. And since there’s no dog park many people walk their dogs here illegally. Since the second grand opening (although it’s still not fully opened) the following issues have surfaced: an sinkhole opened on an adjacent road, multiple sprinklers have broken, the basketball court has been closed for days to be resurfaced and is - yet again- requiring resurfacing and a new backboard, multiple structures are either broken or graffitied, the pavers in the splash pool are sinking and loose - definitely a t

Nick Lenzi 3 years ago

This is specifically a review of the playground part of the resiliency park. This park is very well thought out. This playground has a great balance of activities to keep the kids entertained. As a parent I appreciate the sight lines at the playground that makes it easy to monitor all the children. Make sure you bring sunscreen with though because the trees aren’t mature enough yet to provide shade.