Basketball Court at Loopers Plaza (South Avenue Park) Gets Resurfaced

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After years of neglect, the basketball court at Loopers Plaza (South Avenue Park) is in the regular maintenance schedule for the City Of Beacon - for now. After being called out years ago by then City Councilmember Ali T. Muhammad, and then highlighted in a budget proposal during Beacon’s new Participatory Budget Program with the Beacon High School by students, the replacement of structural needs of this basketball court were estimated at $900,000 (came in at $893,000), and were invested in City of Beacon taxpayer money, and a New York State Grant of $150,000 secured by Assemblymember Johnathan Jacobson, reported WHUD.

That project included:

  • Installation of a new permanent restroom in the park (Musco Lighting and the Public Restroom Company)

  • Repair of failing retaining walls at both tennis and basketball courts

  • New energy-efficient LED court lighting on the basketball courts

  • Renovation and repair of fencing on both tennis and basketball courts

  • Sport-specific acrylic resurfacing of both courts

  • Landscaping and new plantings

  • Hudson River-themed mural on the restroom building (artist: Joe Pimentel, who also painted the public restroom at Memorial Park in 2019)

The City of Beacon’s Highway Department paved the court, after resurfacing the badly neglected basketball court at Memorial Park this year, current City Administrator Ben Swanson announced in this week’s City Council Meeting.