New Jersey
(This list does not include Recovery Action Program planning
grants.)
Project Sponsor: Bayonne
Project Name: 16th Street Park
Federal Share: $444,000
Fiscal Year: 1983
Description: Renovated ballfields and soccer/football
fields.
Project Sponsor: Bayonne
Project Name: 28th Street Park
Federal Share: $136,000
Fiscal Year: 2002
Description: 28th Street Park is a 0.19-acre
facility that was closed in 2001 due to severe vandalism.
Improvements include resurfacing the basketball court, installing
new accessible playground equipment with safety surfacing,
new fences, sidewalk repairs, and a new drinking fountain.
Project Sponsor: Bridgeton
Project Name: City Park, Southeast Park,
and North Bridgeton Recreation Center
Federal Share: $90,151
Fiscal Year: 1980
Description: City Park - renovated ballfields,
football fields, and soccer fields. Southeast Park - renovated
swimming pool, and ball courts. Installed new playground equipment.
North Bridgeton Recreation Center - renovated ballfield.
Project Sponsor: Camden
Project Name: Ninth and Ferry Avenue
Federal Share: $255,000
Fiscal Year: 1980
Description: Renovated ball courts and ballfield,
installed new spray pool and track.
Project Sponsor: Camden
Project Name: Farnham Park
Federal Share: $388,000
Fiscal Year: 1983
Description: Renovated pavilion, ball courts,
tennis courts, play area, spray pool, paths, picnic area,
and parking lot.
Project Sponsor: Camden
Project Name: Fourth and Washington Park
Federal Share: $250,000
Fiscal Year: 1991
Description: Renovated play courts, picnic
area, and installed new playground equipment.
Project Sponsor: Camden
Project Name: 8th and Thurman Streets Park
Pool
Federal Share: $203,000
Fiscal Year: 2001
Description: Swimming pool improvements,
filtration system, bathhouse, landscaping, and new fencing.
Project Sponsor: Camden
Project Name: Nine Recreation Sites
Federal Share: $364,890
Fiscal Year: 2002
Description: Stanley Park - renovate basketball
court, playground equipment, benches, and lighting. Farham
Park - Replace eaves on roof, new railings at stair entrance,
repair electrical service, and drinking fountains, new playground
equipment, spray heads, and safety surfacing. Elijah Perry
Park - new playground equipment, spray head for spray pool,
sewer drainage system and lighting installed around pool area.
Morgan Village - repair leaks in roof, safety banister for
stairway, new benches, and lighting. Malandra Hall community
Center - new playground equipment, park furniture, baseball
stands, safety fence poles in front of water stream, and lighting.
Cramer Hill Community Center - repair leaky roof and walls,
new benches, and safety lighting. North Camdon Community Center
- safety lighting, hand railing, lifeguard chairs, new park
benches, and safety windows. Isabel Miller Community Center
- replace hand railing in front of center, repair access ramp,
install new lighting around facility. Angel Perez Community
Center - replace roof, steps in front entrance, and electrical
repairs.
Project Sponsor: Camden County
Project Name: Camden Park
Federal Share: $425,000
Fiscal Year: 1979
Description: Renovated ball courts, tennis
courts, play fields, and installed new park furniture.
Project Sponsor: Clifton
Project Name: Dunnley Park, Lakeview Park,
and Oak Ridge Park
Federal Share: $100,000
Fiscal Year: 1983
Description: Renovated ball courts, installed
new playground equipment and benches, and landscaping.
Project Sponsor: East Orange
Project Name: Columbian Park
Federal Share: $121,388
Fiscal Year: 1980
Description: Renovated playfield and ball
courts, installed new playground equipment, and shuffleboard
court.
Project Sponsor: East Orange
Project Name: Elmwood Park, Memorial Park,
Soverel Park, and Oval Park
Federal Share: $100,000
Fiscal Year: 1984
Description: Elmwood Park - renovated play
areas and pathways. Memorial Park - replaced shelter roof,
renovated play area and ball court. Soverel Park - renovated
pathways and ball courts. Oval Park - renovated pathways and
ball courts, and installed new fence.
Project Sponsor: Elizabeth
Project Name: Arabella Miller Plaza
Federal Share: $102,850
Fiscal Year: 1979
Description: Constructed a plaza linking
a public housing project with a multi-purpose recreation center.
Project Sponsor: Elizabeth
Project Name: Senior Citizen Recreation Program
Federal Share: $97,055
Fiscal Year: 1982
Description: Developed recreation programming
for senior citizens who reside in four senior citizen public
housing complexes.
Project Sponsor: Elizabeth
Project Name: Nine Recreation Sites
Federal Share: $271,200
Fiscal Year: 1983
Description: Kopnicki Playground - renovated
shelter, ball court, play area, installed new fence, and playground
equipment. Masnicki Playground - renovated shelter, play area,
ball court, installed new playground equipment and benches.
Brophy Playground - renovated ball courts, soccer field, fieldhouse,,
installed new playground equipment, bleachers and fence. Florida
Street Playground - renovated shelter, ball courts, installed
new playground equipment. Sixth Street Playground - renovated
wading pool, shelter, ball court, and play area. Installed
new playground equipment, benches, and fence. Miller Playground
- renovated shelter, ball court, pool area, and installed
new playground equipment, and park furniture. Kenah Playground
- renovated fieldhouse, play area, installed new playground
equipment and park furniture. Coakley Playgroung - renovated
ball court, shelter, and lawn area, installed new fence, playground
equipment, and park furniture. Van Arsdale Playground - renovated
shelter, ball court, play area. Installed new playground equipment,
park furniture, and fence.
Project Sponsor: Elizabeth
Project Name: Seven Basketball Sites
Federal Share: $119,000
Fiscal Year: 2001
Description: Renovation of basketball courts
in seven locations throughout the city: Van Arsdale, Lynch
Memorial, Kopnicki, Sixth Street, Coakley Circle, Masnicki,
and Holland playfields.
Project Sponsor: Essex County
Project Name: West Side Park, Weequahic Park,
Irvington Park, and Watsessing Park
Federal Share: $1,828,000
Fiscal Year: 1979
Description: West Side Park - constructed
a new addition to an existing building and a senior citizen
outdoor area. Weequahic Park - renovated comfort station,
ball courts, and playground. Irvington Park - renovated pond
wall, ball court, fieldhouse, paths, track, and installed
new playground equipment and drinking fountains. Wetsessing
Park - renovated ball court, track, storage building, and
installed new playground equipment.
Project Sponsor: Essex County
Project Name: Valisburg Park, Orange Park,
Riverbank Park, and Weequahic Park
Federal Share: $983,535
Fiscal Year: 1981
Description: Valisburg Park - renovated playgrund
building and senior citizen building. Orange Park - renovated
ball courts, and comfort station. Installed new lights. Riverbank
Park - renovated fieldhouse, ball court, and tennis court.
Weequahic Park - renovated fieldhouse, playground, play area
and ball court.
Project Sponsor: Essex County
Project Name: Irvington Park, Riverbank Park,
Orange Park, and Weequahic Park
Federal Share: $1,020,400
Fiscal Year: 1983
Description: Irvington Park - renovated softball
fields, football field, and tennis courts. Riverbank Park
- renovated one ballfield. Orange Park - renovated two ball
fields, a soccer field, and installed new benches and fences.
Weequahic Park - renovated ballfields, soccer field, and football
field.
Project Sponsor: Essex County
Project Name: Independence Park, Orange Park
and Riverbank Park
Federal Share: $250,000
Fiscal Year: 1991
Description: Independence Park - installed
new playground equipment and renovated ballfields. Orange
Park - installed new playground equipment. Riverbank Park
- installed new playground equipment.
Project Sponsor: Hoboken
Project Name: Jefferson Recreation Center
Federal Share: $325,000
Fiscal Year: 1979
Description: Installed new playground equipment,
and renovated interior of recreation center building.
Project Sponsor: Hoboken
Project Name: Stevens Park
Federal Share: $126,448
Fiscal Year: 1991
Description: Installed new playground equipment,
and renovated wading pool.
Project Sponsor: Hoboken
Project Name: Church Square Park
Federal Share: $56,606
Fiscal Year: 2002
Description: Renovation of park includes
replacing playground equipment, installing safety surfacing,
and park furniture.
Project Sponsor: Irvington
Project Name: Orange Avenue Park
Federal Share: $63,750
Fiscal Year: 1979
Description: Repaired tennis court, ballfield,
and shelter.
Project Sponsor: Jersey City
Project Name: Adaptive Reuse - Jersey City
Coal Bunker
Federal Share: $277,500
Fiscal Year: 1979
Description: A coal bunker, abandoned on
the waterfront since the 1940s, because the new home of the
Boys and Girls Club. The bunker's large capacity and centralized
location drew people like a magnet. The 40 foot high, 320
feet long structure was made attractive by the fact that it
was sitting on city-owned land. After negotiating a 50-year
lease with the Boys and Girls Club, the city was awarded a
grant to enclose the bunker, replace the roof, install a roof-top
solar panel for hot water heating, install a roof-top playground,
and construct game and community rooms inside the bunker.
UPARR assistance was the incentive needed to encourage local
businesses and non-profit agencies to pitch in and provide
the remaining funds for complete adaptation of the bunker.
The former coal bunker is the premier youth serving facility.
It serves approximately 180 youths a day during the school
season, and over 400 a day during summer.
Project Sponsor: Jersey City
Project Name: Jersey City Youth Circus
Federal Share: $104,031
Fiscal Year: 1982
Description: Recreation programming that
provided performing arts training and recreation services
to disadvantaged youth.
Project Sponsor: Jersey City
Project Name: Leonard Gordon and Bayside
Parks
Federal Share: $637,500
Fiscal Year: 1983
Description: Leonard Gordon Park - Renovated
picnic shelter, drainage system, curbs and walkways, retaining
wall, installed new playground equipment, drinking fountains,
and benches. Bayside Park - renovated picnic area, athletic
fields, fieldhouse, and drainage system.
Project Sponsor: Jersey City
Project Name: Arlington Park
Federal Share: $217,350
Fiscal Year: 1991
Description: Renovated play courts, and installed
new playground equipment.
Project Sponsor: New Brunswick
Project Name: Buccleuch Park
Federal Share: $209,100
Fiscal Year: 1980
Description: renovated jogging path, play
fields, pedestrian bridge, and constructed new ballfields.
Project Sponsor: New Brunswick
Project Name: Buccleuch Park - Special Population
Facilities
Federal Share: $170,000
Fiscal Year: 1980
Description: Buccleuch park is a 78.1 acre
park located next to a Senior Citizen Resource Center. The
park was renovated to provide recreation opportunities for
senior citizens and disabled persons. At the time of grant
approval, no other area of this type existing in New Brunswick.
Renovations included handicapped outdoor exercise wheel course,
a comparison vita course, an accessible play area, herb/sensory
garden, active and passive areas, and parking and path network
to the recreation area.
Project Sponsor: New Brunswick
Project Name: Feaster Park, Joyce Kilmer
Park, and Recreation Park
Federal Share: $190,880
Fiscal Year: 1983
Description: Feaster Park - renovated ball
court, ballfield, and play areas. Joyce Kilmer Park - renovated
ballfield, parking lot, comfort station, tot-lot, ball court,
and constructed a new handball court. Recreation Park - renovated
athletic fields, expanded play area, and constructed ball
court.
Project Sponsor: Newark
Project Name: Boylan Street Pool
Federal Share: $250,000
Fiscal Year: 1991
Description: Renovated swimming pool facility.
Project Sponsor: Newark
Project Name: First Class Championship Development
Center
Federal Share: $70,000
Fiscal Year: 1992
Description: Developed a boxing training
program for at-risk youth that incorporates education, health,
exercise, and anti-drug and gang programs.
Project Sponsor: Newark
Project Name: Mildred HelmsPark and Playground
Federal Share: $1,000,000
Fiscal Year: 2002
Description: The 3.3-acre Mildred Helms Park
will be renovated through a partnership with the Trust for
Public Land's (TPL) newark City Spaces Program, which has
completed work on six other playgrounds in the city since
1995. Renovations include replacement of playground equipment,
safety surface, basketball courts, benches, tables, fencing,
and lighting.
Project Sponsor: North Bergen
Project Name: Meadowview Gardens, Kilkenny
Playfield, and 10th Street/Columbia Avenue Park
Federal Share: $65,850
Fiscal Year: 1980
Description: Meadowview Gardens - renovated
ballcourt. Kilkenny Playfield - renovated passive park for
special populations, ball court, recreation center, and installed
new playground equipment. 10th Street/Columbia Avenue Park
- stabilized slope, and installed new drinking fountains.
Project Sponsor: Passaic
Project Name: Second Ward Park
Federal Share: $52,500
Fiscal Year: 2000
Description: Renovation of this park includes
installation of new playground equipment, resurface play area
with safety materials, new fencing, park benches and landscaping.
Project Sponsor: Passaic
Project Name: Colonel Johnson Park
Federal Share: $120,000
Fiscal Year: 1979
Description: Renovated tot-lot, installed
new playground equipment, benches, lights, and repaired spray
pool.
Project Sponsor: Passaic
Project Name: Pulaski Park
Federal Share: $250,000
Fiscal Year: 1991
Description: Installed new playground equipment,
renovated play and ball courts, and ballfields.
Project Sponsor: Passaic
Project Name: Recreation Services Improvement
Project
Federal Share: $94,500
Fiscal Year: 1992
Description: Created an afterschool recreation
program for latchkey children. In addition, developed a program
designed for women which included physical fitness, health,
and creative arts. Specialized programs designed specifically
for women and children were not previously in the city's recreation
system.
Project Sponsor: Passaic
Project Name: Columbia Avenue Park
Federal Share: $170,000
Fiscal Year: 1994
Description: Renovated playground, walkways
and curbs, installed new playground equipment, fence, park
furniture, and made landscape improvements.
Project Sponsor: Passaic
Project Name: Benson Tennis Court
Federal Share: $81,600
Fiscal Year: 2001
Description: Renovate tennis court by resurfacing,
landscaping and new fence and lights.
Project Sponsor: Passaic County
Project Name: Goffle Brook Park and Weasel
Brook Park
Federal Share: $666,267
Fiscal Year: 1983
Description: Goffle Brook Park - constructed
a new comfort station, renovated three ballfields, and a soccer
field. Weasel Brook Park - constructed a new comfort station,
installed new playground equipment, renovated ballfields,
and walkways.
Project Sponsor: Paterson
Project Name: Buckley Park and Temple Street
Park
Federal Share: $224,157
Fiscal Year: 1980
Description: Buckley Park - renovated playfield,
ball court, and roller skating area. Installed new playground
equipment, constructed a new handball court, installed new
playground equipment, and converted fieldhouse into a open
pavilion. Temple Street Park - renovated ball courts, constructed
a new tennis court, two handball courts, and installed new
playground equipment.
Project Sponsor: Paterson
Project Name: Eastside Park
Federal Share: $436,748
Fiscal Year: 1983
Description: Renovated ballfield, tennis
courts, skating rink, bandstand, picnic areas, restrooms,
and installed new playground equipment.
Project Sponsor: Paterson
Project Name: Near Eastside Neighborhood
Recreation Program
Federal Share: $100,000
Fiscal Year: 1992
Description: The Near Eastside Neighborhood
Recreation Program began in January, 1993. The program offered
basketball, football, arts and crafts, a reading club, tutoring,
homework studies, a summer camp. The program served youth,
ages 8 to 13, averaging 125 per day. Local public and private
partnerships were developed through the program between the
city parks and recreation department, education department,
neighborhood volunteers, and local businesses who provided
refreshments and prizes at program functions. High school
students from a local technical education program volunteered
tutoring assistance during homework and studies program.
Project Sponsor: Perth Amboy
Project Name: Chamberlain Avenue Park
Federal Share: $85,000
Fiscal Year: 1979
Description: Renovated parking lot, ball
courts, tot-lot, constructed new handball court, shuffle board
court, and installed new benches.
Project Sponsor: Perth Amboy
Project Name: Gelbar Apartments - Adaptive
Reuse
Federal Share: $168,000
Fiscal Year: 1980
Description: Converted five vacant apartments
of a nine story apartment complex into a recreation center.
Project Sponsor: Perth Amboy
Project Name: Raritan Bay YMCA
Federal Share: $176,255
Fiscal Year: 1982
Description: The Raritan Bay YMCA expanded
its recreation programs to Gelbar Apartment Complex. In partnership
with city's park and recreation department, the housing authority,
and the Catholic Welfare Bureau, the YMCA was able to provide
structured recreation activities to the housing complex. A
majority of the residents of the complex were under the age
of 18, and unable to travel to public recreation programs
offered in other parts of the city. Seeing the need for recreation
services, the YMCA expanded its recreation programs to the
complex.
Project Sponsor: Perth Amboy
Project Name: Sadowski Parkway Recreation
Facilities
Federal Share: $176,720
Fiscal Year: 1983
Description: Renovated three tennis courts
at Brighton Avenue, four courts at Madison Avenue, eight handball
courts along First Street, restrooms on Second Street, MacWilliam
Playground, ball court between First and Second streets, and
ballfield between Madison and First streets.
Project Sponsor: Perth Amboy
Project Name: Washington Park, Seamen Street
Park, Francis Street Park, and State Street Park
Federal Share: $147,078
Fiscal Year: 1991
Description: Resurfaced basketball courts,
passive areas, and restrooms. Installed new playground equipment.
Project Sponsor: Perth Amboy
Project Name:Calendonia/Roessler Park
Federal Share: $280,500
Fiscal Year: 2001
Description: Install new playground equipment,
landscaping, and park furniture.
Project Sponsor: Perth Amboy
Project Name: Washington Park
Federal Share: $280,075
Fiscal Year: 2002
Description: Convert a defunct wading pool
into a skateboard facility, install new playground equipment
and safety surfacing, relocate ballfield within park, picnic
tables and benches, and upgrade walking/jogging path.
Project Sponsor: Plainfield
Project Name: Hannah Atkins Park
Federal Share: $56,164
Fiscal Year: 2000
Description: Renovation includes tot-lot,
picnic area, walkways, retaining wall, and landscaping for
erosion control.
Project Sponsor: Plainfield
Project Name: Hannah Atkins Park
Federal Share: $95,200
Fiscal Year: 2001
Description: Recreation center improvements
include new roof, floors, windows, doors, electrical system
and restrooms, and access improvements.
Project Sponsor: Plainfield
Project Name: Hannah Atkins Playground
Federal Share: $43,659
Fiscal Year: 1979
Description: Renovated playground, ball courts,
and installed new play equipment, fence, and drinking fountains.
Project Sponsor: Plainfield
Project Name: Madison Avenue Playground
Federal Share: $54,315
Fiscal Year: 1980
Description: Renovated ball court, handball
courts, concrete platform, and installed new lighting system.
Project Sponsor: Plainfield
Project Name: Hannah Atkins Playground and
Liberty Village Community Center
Federal Share: $100,000
Fiscal Year: 1992
Description: Renovated playground and community
center, and provided new recreation programming at both sites.
These sites serve two 120-unit housing complexes in the city's
West End community.
Project Sponsor: Trenton
Project Name: Edgewood Avenue Playground
Federal Share: $56,000
Fiscal Year: 2000
Description: Renovate ball courts, install
new benches, picnic tables, and playground equipment, new
walkway and landscaping.
Project Sponsor: Trenton
Project Name: Martin Luther King
Park, Lincoln Laundry, Washington Playground, and Faircrest
Playground
Federal Share: $146,837
Fiscal Year: 1979
Description:Martin Luther King Park - renovated
ballfield, dugouts, bleachers, public address system, and
storage building. Lincoln Library - constructed a new tot-lot,
and installed new play equipment. Faircrest Playground - redesigned
play area and installed new playground equipment. Washington
Playground - redesigned playground, installed new playground
equipment, park furniture, and landscaping.
Project Sponsor: Trenton
Project Name: Martin Luther King Pool
Federal Share: $210,000
Fiscal Year: 2001
Description: Swimming pool renovations include
kecking, shell, pump and filter system, and new pool furnishings.
Project Sponsor: Trenton
Project Name: Cadwalader Park
Federal Share: $360,000
Fiscal Year: 1983
Description: Renovated pond area, tennis
courts, installed new playground equipment.
Project Sponsor: Trenton
Project Name: Martin Luther King Park
Federal Share: $169,303
Fiscal Year: 1994
Description: Demolished existing site and
redesigned park. Intalled new playground equipment, park furniture,
picnic tables, benches, earthwork, and repaired drainage system.
Project Sponsor: Union County
Project Name: Rahway River Park Pool
Federal Share: $1,334,804
Fiscal Year: 1980
Description: Renovated swimming pool, and
constructed a new bathhouse.
Project Sponsor: Union County
Project Name: Warinaco Park
Federal Share: $683,513
Fiscal Year: 1983
Description: Renovated restrooms, retaining
wall, running track, ballfields, and installed new playground
equipment.
Project Sponsor: Vineland
Project Name: Landis Park, Carl Arthur Park,
and Normandie Lane
Federal Share: $212,500
Fiscal Year: 1979
Description: Landis Park - renovated ball
court, ballfield, hockey court, and installed new playground
equipment. Carl Arthur Park - renovated ball court, swimming
pool area, and drainage system. Normandie Lane - renovated
ballfield, installed new playground equipment, and fences.
Project Sponsor: Vineland
Project Name: Adaptive Reuse - Warehouse
Federal Share: $100,000
Fiscal Year: 1982
Description: An abandoned warehouse was converted
into a recreation center. The community center has provided
the city of Vineland a tool for reaching out to Vineland's
youth population and providing them with structured recreation
programs and youth social services. Since the door opened
in 1993, over 500 youth have been served. The center has the
support of the Polic Athletic League, Martin Luther King Academy,
and various local and national private and non-profit organizations.
Project Sponsor: Vineland
Project Name: Normandie Lane, Gonzalez, Roberto
Clemente, Carl Arthur Center
Federal Share: $333,200
Fiscal Year: 2001
Description: Renovation of 4 recreation sites
include: Normandie Lane Park - reconstruct four basketball
courts, two football fields, and one tennis court. Gonzales
Park - renovate two basketball courts and three handball courts.
Roberto Clemente Park - repair two tennis courts, two basketball
courts, and one handball court. Install new fencing. Carl
Arthur Center - renovate swimming pool and install new fencing.
Project Sponsor: Vineland
Project Name: Five Inner City Parks
Federal Share: $280,840
Fiscal Year 2002
Description: Roberto Clemente - replace fencing,
water fountain and picnic facilities. Normandie Lane - replace
fencing, basketball backboards, and landscaping. Gonzalez
Park - replace basketball backboards, fencing, water fountain
and picnic facilities. Carl Arthur Recreation Area - replace
swimming pool and reconstruct basketball court. Landis Park
- restore turf and construct recreation path.
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