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FALL WINTER 2018-19 CATALOG www.gnparks.org ONLINE REGISTRATION & NOTIFICATION SYSTEM AT www.gnparks.org SIGN UP TODAY! CREEK PARK PHOTO BY MICHELE SEIGEL FALL/WINTER 2018-19 CATALOG 4 A WORD FROM THE COMMISSIONER 5 OUR PARKS AND FACILITIES 6 ANDREW STERGIOPOULOS ICE RINK 7 HOCKEY 7 - 9 SKATE SCHOOL 10-11 PRE-SCHOOL PROGRAMS 11-13 YOUTH PROGRAMS 13 SWIM 14-15 TENNIS 16 ADULT CLASSES 17 NATURE PROGRAMS 18-20 CAMPS 21 SPECIAL EVENTS 22 MOVIES AT GREAT NECK HOUSE 23 SUNDAYS @ 3 WEBSITE AND ONLINE REGISTRATION! • ONLINE REGISTRATION : Register/pay for Park District programs, classes and events without leaving home. • NOTIFICATIONS/EMERGENCY ALERTS : Receive email and/or text messages for a variety of Park District programs and alerts. • CALENDAR OF EVENTS: All the latest news and updates about our Park District programs and more! • LINK TO SOCIAL MEDIA including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram! ACTIVATE AN ACCOUNT TO REGISTER ONLINE: • If you have a park card, you already have an account. • Your home telephone number is your user ID. • Your password is the number in the lower right corner of your park card until you change it. TO OBTAIN A PARK CARD CALL GREAT NECK HOUSE AT (516) 482-0355. 2 SPECIAL EVENTS Harvest Festival Scarecrow MONDAY, OCTOBER 8; 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. VILLAGE GREEN Festival SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, RAIN OR SHINE VILLAGE GREEN Free with park card • rock wall CHOOSE 10 A.M. OR 12 P.M. climbing • inflatables • sports & to build & take home your entertainment • games own scarecrow or two! Old • arts & crafts jeans/tee shirt required per scarecrow. Face painting, temporary tattoos, pump - Halloween kin giveaway, music and Window Painting more! $50/FAMILY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28 @12 NOON, Up to 5 family members may Haunted decorate a window. House HALLOWEEN WINDOW PAINTING PARKWOOD SPORTS CONTEST COMPLEX; 6 - 9 P.M. Open to children in Grades 3 - 10. Winners from each age group plus prizes. FRIDAY & SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26 & 27 AND WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31 Halloween Skate Parade TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30; 3 - 5 p.m. • Wear a costume for FREE admission and enter the parade. • Free skate rental with parade entry • Children’s activities and more! Try-Hockey-for- Free Day Winter SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10; 9 - 10 a.m. Wonderland ANDREW STERGIOPOULOS ICE RINK online mandatory registration SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16; www.usahockey.com • Pre-show; 2 - 2:45 p.m. • Free Admission; 2:45 - 4:30 p.m. For more Special Events, see page 9 3 A WORD FROM THE COMMISSIONER DEAR RESIDENT, The last thing we do in winter is sleep! As summer is winding down, the Park District is busy getting prepared for next season’s programs and events. Whether you prefer a stroll through the park, a game of tennis or a spin around the ice rink, we encourage you to keep active with us in the parks! In addition to the sports programs we offer, Commissioners Frank S. Cilluffo, Tina M. Stellato and Robert A. Lincoln, Jr. such as tennis, archery, swimming and sailing, Dorina Bradley, Secretary to the Board we have some new classes at Great Neck House as well as birthday parties at the rink and at Steppingstone Park. Inside this catalog, you will find our popular annual events such as Harvest Festival and Winter Wonderland. Take note of our new Scarecrow Festival and join us for Halloween window painting. Whatever the season, there is always something GREAT going Jason R. Marra, Anthony DiDomenico, on in the Great Neck Park District. Superintendent Assistant Superintendent Don’t forget to register online for ALL of our programs at www.GNParks .org! JoAnne Rosenfeld Assistant to Superintendent -Chairperson Robert A. Lincoln, Jr. Michele Siegel Publicist Robert A. Lincoln, Jr. BE THE FIRST TO KNOW... ALL THE PARK DISTRICT INFORMATION YOU ARE MOST INTERESTED IN IMMEDIATELY. Be the first to know by signing up for notifications and alerts. You can now have all the latest news and information at your fingertips. The Notify Me® feature allows users to subscribe to email and/or text message notifications from the Calendar, News Flash, Bid Postings and Alert Center. Go to our website at www.gnparks.org and: • Click on the NOTIFY ME icon on the homepage. • Type your email address in the box and select Sign In. • If you want to receive text messages enter your phone number and select Save. • To subscribe or unsubscribe click Email icon and/or SMS icon next to the lists to which you wish to subscribe/unsubscribe. LIKE US TWEET US FOLLOW US FIND CLASSES AND SIGN UP AT 4 GNPARKS.ORG GREAT NECK PARK DISTRICT PARK CARD • It is necessary to have a current park card in order to participate in most Park District programs. • Names/birth dates of all children MUST be on file. A child’s birth certificate must be presented prior to registration to participate in any Park District activity. • For complete instructions on how to obtain a park card call (516) 482-0355 or visit our website at www.gnparks.org. PARK BUDGET HEARING Park Budget Hearing will be held at Great Neck House, Thursday, September 6, 2018, 8 p.m. The date is currently mandated by state law and is subject to change. SPONSOR A TREE The Park District is offering residents an opportunity to sponsor a tree in one of our parks. Trees make great gifts for honoring or memorializing friends and family members. Give a gift that will last a lifetime. Help make a difference in the conservation of our natural environment. Call (516) 482-0355 for more information on sponsorship. OUR PARKS AND FACILITIES PARKWOOD SPORTS COMPLEX FIREFIGHTERS PARK 1 9 Indoor/outdoor tennis, ice skating rink, Grace Avenue • 829-2691 pool and recreation office. LAKEVILLE PARK 65 Arrandale Avenue • 487-2975 10 Pembroke Avenue GREAT NECK HOUSE RAVINE PARK 2 11 Obtain park cards, tennis stickers/ Ravine Road • Facing Manhasset Bay coupons, commuter parking decals/ UPLAND PARK tickets, attend movies & live performances, 12 view art exhibits. Bates & Soundview Roads 14 Arrandale Avenue • 482-0355 WYNGATE PARK 13 STEPPINGSTONE PARK & MARINA Wyngate Place & Shoreward Drive 3 Steppingstone Lane • 487-9228 THOMASTON PARK 14 MEMORIAL FIELD Susquehanna Avenue 4 Fairview Avenue • 773-3420 MANOR PARK 15 ALLENWOOD PARK Cumberland Avenue 5 Allenwood Road • 487-4360 PASSIVE PARKS 16 KINGS POINT PARK Creek Park (Daniel Jay Berg Memorial) 6 Steamboat Road/Redbrook Road on Great Neck Road • 482-9257 Wooleys Lane Park, Wooleys Lane Udalls Pond Park, Woodland Preserve, 7 VILLAGE GREEN & ROSE GARDEN Beach Road Middle Neck Road • 482-0181 GNPD ADMINISTRATION BUILDING 17 8 CUTTERMILL PARK 5 Beach Road • 482-0181 Great Neck Road • 829-5428 DOG PARK 18 Colonial Road • 242-2738 REGISTER ONLINE AT WWW.GNPARKS.ORG 5 ADMISSION FEES and PUBLIC SESSION SCHEDULE (Residents MUST show park card) RESIDENT Monday 12:30 - 2:30 P.M. Child $5 Tuesday 10 A.M. - NOON 12:30 - 2:30 P.M. Adult $7 Wednesday 10 A.M. - NOON Seniors $5 12:30 - 2:30 P.M. 10-Session Child/Senior $45 3 - 5 P.M. 10-Session Adult $63 Thursday 10 A.M. - NOON Child/Senior Season Pass $175 12:30 - 2:30 P.M. Adult Season Pass $200 Friday 12:30 - 2:30 P.M. Family Season Pass $400 3 - 5:30 P.M. Teen Night 8 - 10 P.M. NON-RESIDENT Saturday 3:15 - 5:15 P.M. Child $7 Sunday 9- 11 A.M. 1 - 3 P.M. Adult $10 7:45 - 9:45 P.M. TEEN NIGHT * Check website as all sessions are subject Resident $8 to change. Check www.gnparks.org. Non-Resident $10 Closed Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve at 3 p.m. and all day Christmas. Open SKATE RENTAL $5 January 1, 2019 at 1 p.m. Daily and seasonal lockers available SEASON LOCKER RENTAL $100 6 A N D R E W S T E R G I O P O U L O S I C E R I N K THE RINK DON’T BE LEFT OUT IN THE COLD...RINK OPENING SUNDAY, SEPT. 9 JOIN US FOR OUR FREE SYNCHRO CLINIC 10:30-11:30 A.M. FREE BRUINS INTRAMURAL HOCKEY 12-1 P.M. FREE PUBLIC SESSION/SKATE SCHOOL 1:30 - 3:30 P.M.• SKATE RENTAL $5 YOUTH HOCKEY HOLIDAY HOCKEY CLINICS (AGES 5 - 12) Holiday hockey clinics, run by our Bruins BRUINS FUN- damental HOCKEY (AGES 5 - 12) coaches, are held during school vacation breaks. Included are stick handling, puck shooting, New to Bruins Hockey is our Learn-to-Skate skating and more. USA Hockey 1 - 4 classes for ages 5 - 8. Wednesday, Dec. 26 - Friday, Dec. 28; This in-house program requires no hockey Monday, Feb. 18 - Friday, Feb. 22; experience. Learn hockey in a stress-free Monday, April 22 - Friday, April 26; environment with on-ice conditioning, clinics, 9:15 - 10:15 a.m. skating development, special activities, Resident: $20/day; Non-resident: $25/day scrimmage and intramural games. Full equipment required. Two team jerseys/ 1 pr. of LEARN-TO-SKATE USA CLASSES socks included. Special packages at Pro Shop at the Parkwood Sports Complex. Registration for a Learn-to-Skate class AGES 5 - 12; Mon. & Tues.; 6 - 7 p.m. includes annual membership, record book, • Plus Participants select one of the following stickers, sports accident insurance and for skate development during session one of permission to participate in Learn-to-Skate skate school ONLY. (Additional Skate School USA approved events and competition. Sessions available at regular fees): Hockey 1-4 CLASSES BEGIN SEPTEMBER 10. Mon OR Thurs 4:30-5 p.m.