PAWTUCKET PARKS AND RECREATION
PLAYGROUNDS, COURTS AND PARKS
SLATER MEMORIAL PARK Location: Entrances at Newport Ave and Armistice Blvd.
- 200-acre Olmstead designed park
- a three-acre Class C fishing pond
- 1895 historic Looff Carousel (oldest Looff stander carousel in the world),
- 11 ballfields,
- Tennis/pickleball courts (10 with 2 courts providing 4 pickleball court options)
- 13 picnic sites,
- Pavilion – covered event space
- one basketball court
- Disc Golf course – 9 basket
- Daggett Farm,
- Animal Shelter,
- 2.2-mile linear bike trail from Armistice Blvd to Kimberley Rock Athletic Complex in Rumford,
- Friendship Gardens nature preserve,
- Marconi Gardens (weddings),
- Parks & Recreation Administrative Office,
- Dog Park facility
- various outdoor art sculptures,
- Eiffel Tower
- Jacks
- Rhode Island Watercolor Society,
- Councilor J. Raymond Kinder Adventure Playground featuring climbing wall, space nets, slides and swings. Erected October 24-28, 1990. Amenities include: (inside playground) six benches, three 4-seater picnic tables and 2 portable trash receptacles. (outside playground) two benches, bike rack, one permanent trash receptacle and dedication stone.
- Monuments
- 1st Aviator Memorial – John F. “Jack” McGee – RI’s first aviator died while testing a Wright Aeroplane Flying Boat in a crash in Cowesett Bay in East Greenwich on June 11, 1918
- WW I Memorial – Pawtucket Post #4 American Legion located at the baseball Field divide. Erected by Helpmates Club and dedicated November 19, 1939.
- WW 1 Naval Gun: 3-inch, 50 Caliber, Mk22 Mod 0 gun mount
Naval History and Heritage Command Loan L-2-523-2974
Navy Department Accession Number 1971-495-A
Erected to honor the 21 fallen Pawtucket soldiers from the
Vietnam War in May of 2017
- WW II – Memorial to the members of Scottish decent and clan Frasier who gave the ultimate sacrifice during the war. Dedicated May 30, 1946
PAYNE PARK Location: West Avenue
- Amenities include:
- Splash pad
- Basketball Courts
- Performance area with mural backdrop
- Playground including swings, slide, climbing apparatus
- Age friendly exercise apparatus
- walk path
- trestle & shade structures
- chair & table set (2)
- Benches (various) (10)
- trash receptacles (perm = 3 / bins = 2)
VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK Location: Smithfield Avenue
- 20-acre park,
- six ballfields,
- tennis / pickleball courts (4 with a one court providing 2 pickleball court options)
- outdoor pool
- basketball court (1)
- picnic sites with tables and stationary grill (6)
- playground - Captain Christopher S. Cash Playground - 6-12 years appropriate includes:
- 3 slides and
- climbing apparatus
- 2 benches
- Dog Park
- Monuments
- WW I & WW II plaques at entrance- honoring those servicemen who gave their lives and hailed from Fairlawn and Pawtucket in general.
- Other Passive Parks throughout the City (19)
- Berkley Park Location: Memorial Drive
- RIDEM ID# 27 - State Grant Funding
- Amenities include:
- (2) concrete benches,
- (1) trash receptacle
- Cannon Park Location: Spring Street
- Pawtucket Public Art Statue: “The Hiker”
- Artist: Allen G. Newman
- Year: 1922
- Materials: bronze
- Commission/Funding: J.J. Woolley Camp United Spanish War Veterans, Citizens of Pawtucket and Blackstone Valley
- Location: Cottage and Exchange Streets
- On a small green at the intersections of Exchange, Cottage, Grove, and Spring Streets, a reminder of the Spanish-American War stands tall figure atop a boulder pediment. The statue was erected in 1922, but it was designed and copyrighted by artist and sculptor Allen G. Newman in 1904 to be cast and replicated by Jno. Williams Co. in New York City. The statue brought Newman critical acclaim and became the official monument of the Veterans of the Spanish American War. And for good reason: American soldiers themselves spent much of that war hiking through the hot, muggy jungles of Pacific and Caribbean islands, often greeting each other casually with a, “hello, hiker!”
Described by respected critic and sculptor Lorado Taft as, “the best bronze soldier in America,” the pose of the soldier is thought to have been inspired by a painting by Frederick Remington, who worked to document the war in Cuba. The statue has been installed in more than 20 locations, including the New York Historical Society in New York City, Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Washington, and even as close as Westerly, Rhode Island.
Newman himself was born in New York City in 1875. He studied at the National Academy of Design and for four years (1897-1901) under sculptor John Quincy Adams Ward at that artist’s studio. Among his other works are Triumph of Peace in Piedmont Park, Atlanta, Georgia; Women of the South in Jacksonville Florida; and Grier Monument in Lead, South Dakota. Throughout his life he was a member of the National Sculpture Society, the American Federation of Arts, the American Numismatic Society, the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design, the National Arts Club and was an associate at the National Academy of Design. He died in New York in 1940.
- Cedar Street Park Location: Cedar St/Mulberry/West Av.
- Amenities include: 3 wooden benches, 3 checker tables with no seats
- (discovered 4/6/20 on drive through)
- Samuel S. Collyer Park Location: Mineral Spring Avenue
- Amenities include: (4) double wood/concrete benches, (6) decorative lights, (2) permanent trash receptacles
- Monument in memory of Samuel S. Collyer ( May 3, 1832 – July 27, 1884) Chief Engineer of Pawtucket Fire Department
- Anthony J. Donahue Memorial Park Location: Pond Street/Rhode Island Av
- Amenities include: (3) concrete benches, concrete fountain (non-functional). Memorial to Anthony J. Donahue – 1st Commander American Legion Post #40
- East Street Park Location: East Street / Branch Street
- Amenities include:
- Benches
- Blackstone River overlook
- Historical information board
- Edward “Ted” Warnock Memorial Field Location: 1135 Roosevelt Avenue
- Jaycee Park Location: Prospect Street
- Amenities include: NONE
- Memorial Stone to George E. Brayman the first President of the Pawtucket Jaycees. 50 year anniversary commemoration March 7, 1940 – March 7, 1990
- Manning and Heffern Park Location: Broadway
- Moore Park Location: Dunnell/Hilton/Randall Sts.
- Park Place Park Location: Park Place
- Amenities include: flag pole, benches (14), trash receptacles (3)
- Monuments include:
- Civil War
- Korean War
- (Tree Memorial) Pawtucket resident Shawn Nassaney - victim from 9/11/11 tragedies
- Perez Park Location: Pleasant Street
- Raleigh Park Location: Raleigh Avenue
- Santos, John B. Park Location: Lonsdale / Mineral Spring Avenues
- Amenities include: (3) decorative lighting, (8) metal benches, (2) concrete checker board tables
- Summit Street Park Location: Summit Street
- Amenities include:
- lighting and electricity
- irrigation
- gazebo
- Taft Street Pier Location: Taft Street
- Amenities include:
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- William Blackstone Memorial Park – Location: Roosevelt Avenue
- Amenities include:
- overlook terrace
- landscape plantings
- memorial statue constructed
- Windsor Road Park Location: Windsor Rd/Grand Ave.
/Warwick Ave.
- PLAYGROUNDS (10)
- Amenities include: benches (3)
- Agnes Little Location: Ashton Street
- Renovated in 2013
- Appropriate: 6 – 12 years old
- Ayotte Park Playground Location: Johnson Street
- Est 1941 - National Parks Service -- RIDEM ID# 4400247
.37 acre (est. 16,076 sq ft) playground - Ages 6-12 yrs appropriate
- Barton Street Playground Location: Barton Street
Ages 2-5 yrs appropriate
- John Street Playground Location: 15 John Street
Ages 6-12 yrs appropriate
- Payne Park Playground Location: West Avenue
Ages 6-12 yrs appropriate
- Amenities include:
- Splash pad see
- Basketball Courts
- Performance area with mural backdrop
- Playground including swings, slide, climbing apparatus
- Age friendly exercise apparatus
- walk path
- trestle & shade structures
- chair & table set (2)
- Benches (various) (10)
- trash receptacles (perm = 3 / bins = 2)
- San Bento Playground Location: corner of 71 Owen & Smithfield Avenues
Ages 6-12 yrs appropriate
- Amenities include:
- Playground including (4) swings, slide w/climbing apparatus, (4) benches, rope climbing structure,
- Picnic tables
- Shade structures
- trash receptacles (perm = 1)
- Councilor J. Raymond Kinder Adventure Playground Location: Slater Park
Climbing wall, two space nets, swings, slides, tot area
- Amenities include: outside of park: (2) benches, bike rack, (1)
permanent trash receptacle
inside of park: (6) benches, (3) picnic tables -4
seats each, (2) portable receptacles
- 2019 – E 1 & Double Swoosh slide replaced
- Tom Duffy (Oakhill) Playground Location: 172 Cleveland St.
Ages 2-5 yrs appropriate
- Varieur School Playground Location: Pleasant Street
Ages 6-12 yrs appropriate
- Captain Christopher S. Cash Playground Location: Smithfield Avenue
(behind Nathaniel Greene School)
Ages 6-12 yrs appropriate
- Amenities include: (2) benches, climbing apparatus
BASKETBALL COURTS (11)- In some cases, athletic courts require permits for special events and supersede public use in these cases. Please call the Parks & Recreation Division for details or to acquire a permit request application.
- Coutu Memorial Field (1 full) Location: 49 Fountain Street (behind Tolman High School)
- Amenities include: 2 nets at the half court line allow for ½ court option as well / trash receptacle = 1 / recycling receptacle = 2
- AED: Field light box on pole by Fountain Street basketball cts
- Jenks Junior High (1 full) Location: Division and South Bend Streets
- John Street (2 full) Location: 15 John Street and George Bennett Highway
- Amenities include: 2 benches
- 2019 – resurfaced only
- Payne Park (2 full) Location: West Avenue
- Slater Park (1) Location: following the Animal Shelter on left prior to entering the picnic area
- Amenities include: 2 benches (added 2014)
- 2019 - resurfaced
- Smithfield Avenue (2 full) Location: 509 Smithfield Avenue
- 2019 complete renovation – new goals, boards and posts
- Amenities include:
- 4 benches,
- 1 set of bleachers,
- 1 picnic table
- Tom Duffy Complex (1 full) Location: 172 Cleveland Street
- Amenities include:
- 2019 – resurfaced only
- Veterans Park (1 full) Location: end of Grotto Avenue
- Amenities include: (1) wooden bench (2) trash receptacles (1 blue-1 black)
TENNIS COURTS - In some cases, athletic courts require permits for special events and supersede public use in these cases. Please call the Parks & Recreation Division for details or to acquire a permit request application.
- Slater Park (10 courts) Location: Across from Park Office
- Tennis/pickleball courts (10 with 2 courts providing 4 pickleball court options)
- Amenities include:
- lights,
- Accessible Restrooms on premise,
- Shade structure
- spectator benches,
- trash (2)/ recycling (1) receptacles
- AED: Electric Box right side near middle gate
- Tom Duffy (Oakhill) Complex (4 courts) Location: 172 Cleveland St
- Veterans Park (4 courts) with Lights Location: Grotto Avenue within Veteran’s Park
- tennis / pickleball courts (4 with a one court providing 2 pickleball court options)
- Amenities include:
- lights,
- no restrooms on premise
- 4 benches
ATHLETIC FIELDS Athletic field facilities require permits prior to use. Please call the Parks & Recreation Division for details or to acquire a permit request application.
COUTU MEMORIAL FOOTBALL PRACTICE FIELD
Location: Fountain Street (adjacent to Tolman High School)Formerly
named Goff Lots,
- Amenities include: irrigation / field lights / goal posts (football) / trash receptacles (2) / Recycle bins (2)
- Flagpole with Memorial to Kyle Joseph Coutu, USMC
- AED: Field light box on pole at Fountain Street basketball courts
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GALEGO SOCCER FIELD
Location: 324 Moshassuck Valley Industrial Highway
- Amenities include: irrigation
HANK SOAR SOFTBALL COMPLEX
Location: Prospect Street
- Amenities include: Three adult sized softball fields, field lights for all three fields, irrigation, infield wetting systems, jox box batting boxes at home plates, utility building with restrooms
- Field 1 = 280 ft / field 2 = 310 ft / field 3 = 280 ft
- AED: Electric room
MAX READ ATHLETIC COMPLEX
Location: Pleasant Street (adjacent to Oak Hill Nursing Home)
- Amenities include:
- AED: Field light box before stairs
- Upper Football/Soccer Field – 2016 - synthetic turf
- Amenities include:
- Field lights,
- irrigation,
- bleachers (1300 capacity), combined football/soccer field,
- 400 meter track
- long jump and triple jump pit.
- capabilities for high jump, pole vault, low and high hurdles on site per request
- Lower Major League Sized Baseball Field
- Amenities include: Field lights, irrigation, bleachers, trash receptacles, restroom on premise
(April 1 – August 14) Users: Shea baseball teams, Pawtucket
Senior Little League, AAU baseball practice, Pawtucket Boys &
Girls Club Baseball League, Adult Baseball Leagues, American
Legion Baseball
August 15 – November 30) Users: Football and soccer team
practices
- Lower Youth Sized Softball Field
- Amenities include: Irrigation, trash receptacles, restroom on premise
MCCARTHY PARK Location: School Street (adjacent to the Boys & Girls Club)- Concession stand (present contracted use) with restrooms available in the complex – 2 trash receptacles & picnic tables (property of Boys & Girls Club)
- AED: Storage room/restroom
- Thibeault Little League Sized Field
- Amenities include: Field lights, irrigation, press box, scoreboard (property of Boys & Girls Club) aluminum bleachers (2), uncovered dugout covers with aluminum benches, trash receptacles (3), recycling
- Minor Little League Sized Field
- Clay Skin infield
- Amenities include: field Lights, irrigation, aluminum bleachers (2), uncovered dugout covers with aluminum benches, trash receptacles (3)
- Tee Ball Field
- Amenities include: Field Lights / irrigation / wooden bleachers (2) / no dugouts but wooden benches available(2), trash receptacles (2)
- McCarthy Park Complex (from September 1 - November 15)
Converted to football/soccer fields
MCKINNON/ALVES YOUTH SOCCER COMPLEX
Location: Monticello Place - RIDEM ID# 690 - State Grant funded
Three regulation size fields adapted to nine youth size fields (U-6 through U-12; number varies year to year based on needs),
- Amenities include: field lights / irrigation / concession stand (presently, contracted use) with restrooms and storage areas / trash receptacles (4) / recycling bins (4) / ** additional parking on Dean Street
- AED: Storage room/electric
DENNIS O’BRIEN FOOTBALL PRACTICE FIELD
Location: South Bend Street (adjacent to Agnes Little Elementary School)
Amenities include: Irrigation
AED: Electric box near truck gate on Agnes Little school side
PARISEAU FOOTBALL/SOCCER FIELD Location: Division Street next to McCoy Stadium
- Amenities include: Field lights, combined regulation football and soccer fields, bleachers, press box, concession stand with restrooms, irrigation, 400 meter walking track
- 2019 – FOOTBALL/SOCCER GOAL POSTS and 4 ground sleeves were added
- AED: Field light box at main gate
SLATER MEMORIAL PARK
- GEORGE PATRICK DUFFY COMPLEX Location: Newport Avenue entrance to Slater Park
- Concession stands (3) (presently, contracted use) with restrooms available on premise
- Darlington Girls: 3 picnic tables
- Darlington American Little League – built 1998 – 3 picnic tables.
- Batting cages implemented: 2016
- AED (at Bailey Field behind backstop)
- Dick Cosimini Little League Sized Baseball Field
- Amenities include: Field lights, irrigation, infield wetting system, press box, scoreboard, aluminum bleachers (2), covered dugouts (2) with wooden benches, picnic table, trash receptacles, bullpens (2), recycling receptacles. Dedicated: 1973
- Bill Costigan Little League Sized Field
- Amenities include: Irrigation, infield wetting system, (2) wooden bleachers, (2) uncovered dugouts with wooden benches, trash receptacles (2), recycling receptacles (1)
- Roy Horan Little League Sized Baseball Field
- Amenities include: Field lights, irrigation, infield wetting system, press box, scoreboard, aluminum bleachers (2), covered dugouts (2) with wooden benches, picnic table, trash receptacles (2), recycling receptacle (1)
- Reconstructed: Fall 2010 to clay infield
- Flagpole with stone marker in honor of Roy Horan
- McConnon Major League Sized Baseball Field
- Amenities include: Field lights, score board, irrigation, infield, wetting system, enclosed dugouts, (2) bullpens (installed 2020), (2) aluminum bleachers (installed 2020) Fall 2010 & 2020 reconstructed infield
- Jim Ruthowski Little League Sized Baseball Field
- Amenities include: Irrigation, infield wetting system, scoreboard, aluminum bleachers (2), covered dugouts (2) with wooden benches, trash receptacles ( ), recycling receptacles ( )
- Reconstructed 2012 to clay infield
- Memorials: John P. Hagen 1970 and Jim Ruthowski 1971
- Albert D. Bailey Youth Softball Field (225 feet to center)
- Amenities include: Field lights, irrigation, infield wetting system, scoreboard, aluminum bleachers (2), covered dugouts (2) with aluminum benches, trash receptacles ( ), recycling receptacles ( ), picnic tables (2)
- Henry S. Kinch Youth Softball Field (185 feet to center)
- Amenities include: Irrigation, infield wetting system, scoreboard, wooden bleachers (2), covered dugouts (2) with wooden benches, trash receptacles ( ), recycling receptacles ( )
- John Bradley: Girls Softball Tee Ball Field
- Amenities include: stone dust infield, (2) aluminum bleachers, (2) uncovered dugouts with wooden benches
- Tee Ball Sized Field (adjacent to Costigan Field)
- Amenities include: (2) wooden bleachers, (2) wooden benches
- Paul Shea: Tee Ball Sized Baseball Field
- Amenities include: Irrigation, 2 bleachers
- SLATER PARK HISTORIC CORE Location: Armistice Blvd
- Seastrom Baseball Field (less than major league but greater than little league size)
- Amenities include: Stone dust skin infield / irrigation / infield wetting system / aluminum bleachers (2) / covered dugouts w/ aluminum benches (2) / park benches adjacent to location (4) / trash receptacles (2) / recycling bins (1) / storage facility on premise
- AED: Electric Box right side near middle gate of tennis courts
TOMLINSON ATHLETIC COMPLEX Location: Daggett Avenue
BASEBALL SEASON (APRIL 1 – JULY 31)
FOOTBALL SEASON (AUGUST 1 – NOVEMBER 30):
Utilizes entire complex for practice except major and minor Little League fields
- Amenities include: concession stand (presently, contracted use) with restrooms and storage areas, picnic tables (3), trash receptacles (2), batting cage on premise
- Access to the Ten Mile River Greenway Bike Path
- AED: Electric box on hill near Daggett Avenue
- Major League Sized Field – “Presidents Field”
- Amenities include: Field lights, irrigation, infield wetting system, scoreboard, aluminum bleachers (2), covered dugouts (2) with wooden benches, trash receptacles (1), recycling receptacles ( )
- Reconstructed infield: Fall 2009
- Major Little League Sized Field – “Founder’s Field”
- Amenities include: Field lights, irrigation, infield wetting system, press box, scoreboard, aluminum bleachers (2), batting cage adjacent, covered dugouts (2) with wooden benches trash receptacles (2), recycling
- Minor Little League Sized Field
- Amenities include: Irrigation, aluminum bleachers (2), covered dugouts (2) with wooden benches trash receptacles (2), recycling
Reconstructed field: 2012 (clay infield)
- Farm Little League Sized Field
- Amenities include: wooden bleachers (2), uncovered dugouts (2) with wooden benches trash receptacles ( ), recycling receptacles
- Tee Ball Sized Field
- Amenities include: (location within complex provides lighting, wooden bleachers (2), temporary wooden bench trash receptacles (1), recycling receptacles
VETERANS PARK COMPLEX Location: Smithfield Avenue (behind Nathaniel Greene School)
- Concession stand with restrooms available on premise accessible with a permit
- Batting Cages (adjacent to Pfefferle – built 2016)
- FIELDS - Upper
- Carl Deluca Little League Sized Field
- Amenities include: Field lights, irrigation, infield wetting system, Press tower, (10) benches, (2) covered dugouts, (2) sets bleachers
- AED: Storage room/restroom - near playground
- Albert “Buck” Pfefferle Little League Sized Field
- Amenities include: Irrigation, (2) covered dugouts, (2) sets bleachers
- AED: Storage room/restroom - near playground
- John E. “Jack” Carney Tee Ball Field
- Amenities include: Irrigation, (2) benches, (1) small bleachers
- AED: Storage room/restroom - near playground
- FIELDS – Lower
- Concession stand with restrooms available on premise
- AED: Press box at Field A Backstop
- Jack Gradwell A Softball Field
- Amenities include: Field lights, irrigation, infield wetting system, press box, aluminum bleachers (2), uncovered dugouts (2) with aluminum benches trash receptacles (2), recycling receptacles
- Gradwell Major League Sized Baseball Field
- Amenities include: Field lights, irrigation, infield wetting system, aluminum bleachers (1), covered dugouts (2) with aluminum benches, trash receptacles (2), recycling receptacles
- Gradwell Complex (from August 1 – November 15)
Converted to football/soccer fields
Miscellaneous Recreational Facilities
- TRAILS / Paths
- Disc Golf Trail Location: Slater Memorial Park
- Ten Mile River Bike/ Walking Path Location: along Ten Mile River from Tomlinson Sports Complex through Slater Park to Kimberly Rock Sports Complex, East Providence
- SKATE PARKS
- Jenks Junior High (built 2009) Location: Division and South Bend
- PERFORMANCE VENUE
- FESTIVAL PIER Location: 100 Tim Healey Way (off School Street)
- $2 million renovation in 2015 which includes a new plaza, lighting, benches, picnic tables, fishing and parking areas and a new boat ramp to access the Seekonk River
- Large events need to be coordinated with the City
- Important to note – parking is an issue
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- VETERAN’S MEMORIAL AMPHITHEATRE Location: Roosevelt Ave
- This early-Greek replicated structure is located adjacent to Pawtucket City Hall on the banks of the Blackstone River. This 208-seated concrete amphitheatre is the location for summer musical performances sponsored by the City’s Parks & Recreation Division.
CURRENT ORGANIZATION USE OF FACILITIES
VETERANS PARK COMPLEX Location: Smithfield Avenue (behind
Nathaniel Greene School)
UPPER FIELDS
Deluca Little League Sized Field:
Fairlawn Little League, AAU Baseball, Nat Greene gym
classes
Pfefferle Little League Sized Field
Fairlawn Little League, Nat Greene gym classes
Carney Tee Ball Field
Fairlawn Little League
LOWER FIELDS BASEBALL/SOFTBALL SEASON
APRIL 1-JULY 31
Gradwell A Softball Field
Fairlawn Little League softball
Gradwell B Softball Field
Fairlawn Little League softball
Gradwell Major League Sized Baseball Field
(Can not use baseball field when softball is played and vice versa)
Field lights, irrigation, infield wetting system
Users: SRA baseball, Pawtucket Senior Little League, Pawtucket Boys & Girls Club
Baseball League, AAU Baseball
FOOTBALL/SOCCER SEASON AUGUST 1 - NOVEMBER 15
Gradwell Complex
Converted to football/soccer fields
Users: SRA freshmen and junior varsity football games, Slater Junior High soccer and
Fairlawn Cardinals football
MCCARTHY PARK
Location: School Street (adjacent to the Boys & Girls Club)
BASEBALL SEASON APRIL 1 - AUGUST 31
Thibeault Little League Sized Field
Field Lights, irrigation
Users: Pawtucket Slaterettes and Pawtucket Boys & Girls Club
Minor Little League Sized Field
Users: Pawtucket Slaterettes and Boys & Girls Club
Tee Ball Sized Field
Users: Pawtucket Slaterettes and Boys & Girls Club
FOOTBALL/SOCCER SEASON SEPTEMBER 1 - NOVEMBER 15
Minor league and tee ball fields convert to soccer and flag football fields for the Boys &
Girls Club Leagues
Maintenance Agreement - January 21, 2006
The following responsibility was agreed upon:
School Department: Potter-Burns, Curtis, Baldwin and Cunningham playgrounds
Slater Jr. High field and basketball court
Jenks Jr. High basketball and tennis courts
City responsibility
- Agnes Little (2013 – changed from 2006 agreement