Basketball Court At Memorial Park Gets Paved After Years Of Cracks In Surface

City of Beacon’s Highway Department paving the basketball court at Memorial Park.

Spring signaled its arrival with the mixture of freshly cut grass of the fields at Memorial Park by the Highway Department lawn crews, with the warm smell of hot asphalt pressed onto the baseball court at Memorial Park that is notoriously cracked, dipped and virtually unplayable by anyone wishing to play basketball.

The court is atop an underground river that runs through that part of Memorial Park, causing guaranteed flooding of the court every time. Paving it in asphalt is the City of Beacon's first attempt at making the court more manageable for people to enjoy.

The basketball court is near the skate park, which got paved last year. Before that, the basketball court known as Loopers Court was also improved with lights and a highly anticipated bathroom with plumbing.