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Henry Atterbury, Superintendent

Joseph G. Caputo Community Center
95 Broadway
Ossining, NY 10562
(914) 941-3189
HAtterbury@ossiningrec.com


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Office hours for the Parks & Recreation Department are Monday - Friday, 9:00 am - 9:00 pm.
Visit the Recreation Advisory Board for more information.

Summer 2008 Parks and Recreation Activity Brochure
Registration starts Tuesday, September 18th, 9:00am.
Also available at the Community Center, 95 Broadway, Ossining or call 914-941-3189.

New Online Registration! Active Net lets you register for programs online.
http://activenet.active.com/ossiningrecreation

Parks & Recreation Programs:
The Ossining Community Center, 95 Broadway, provides programs for senior citizens and pre-schoolers in the mornings and early afternoon, after school and summer programs for children, and adult evening programs such as social dance, yoga, and aerobics. Every Saturday and Sunday evening there is open gym and basketball. Contact the recreation office for a seasonal calendar of programs and registration information.

The Ossining Community Sailing Club is a community based non-profit orginization. Our principal goals are to promote recreational sailing by making it more accessible, affordable and convenient, and to provide sailing-related educational services to the Ossining Community..

The Parks & Recreation Department also works closely with the Ossining Boat & Canoe Club, committed to continuing our role on the waterfront as a living interface between the Ossining community and the Hudson River, one of our country's great natural resources

Events:
  • Ossining Heritage Area
    The Ossining Urban Park Visitors Center is located at the Joseph G. Caputo Community Center, 95 Broadway, Ossining. The center provides life- size exhibits on Sing Sing Prison and the Old Croton Aqueduct. Ossining is one of fifteen areas in New York State to be included in this unique program designed to preserve the State's heritage and use historic, educational and recreational tools for economic development. Free admission.
  • Ossining Arts Council Gallery - For information call (914) 762-8150.
    Current exhibits are being displayed at points around Ossining by the “Ossining Arts Council”. This display changes monthly.


Parks:
The Town of Ossining maintains over 130 acres of parkland.
  • Ryder Park - Morningside Drive - soccer/football, fitness trail, horseshoe pits, pavillions, tennis courts, basketball courts, ballfields, playground, picnic area, rest rooms. 
  • Gerlach Park - Old Albany Post Road - horseshoe pits, pavillions, hiking/nature study, ballfields, playground, picnic area, rest rooms. 
  • Veterans Park - Narragansett Avenue - soccer/football, horseshoe pits, fishing, bocce courts, basketball courts, ballfields, playground, picnic area, rest rooms, roller hockey rink. 
  • Louis Engel Waterfront Park - adjacent to RR station parking lot - sunning beach, fishing, playground, picnic area, rest rooms. 
  • Buck Johnson Park - Blue Lantern Road - basketball courts, playground. 
  • Cedar Lane Park - Cedar Lane - fitness trail, basketball courts, fishing, picnic area, restrooms, soccer field.

*Please note that you must have a New York State license to fish at a town park. Contact the Town Clerk's Office for licensing information.

For questions or further information about any of the programs and services offered, please call the Parks & Recreation Department Monday - Friday, 9:00 am - 9:00 pm.

 

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