Lawnside Park
Lawnside Park is a community-focused recreational area in Lawnside, NJ, offering a variety of amenities including a basketball court, slides, swings, a playground, and fields for baseball and football. The park is well-used for sports, events, and family gatherings, featuring a wheelchair-accessible entrance and parking. It’s a vibrant spot with a rich local history and is popular with residents for both active and social activities, including annual fireworks events. While it provides good facilities for children and community events, some equipment like swings and slides may need maintenance.
Reviews
I am a senior who fell on swing and it broke. I fell on ground and injured my back.
There is a hole in slide that can cut a child badly.
Nice play area for kids, park has baseball and football field tennis court and basketball court as well as track
This is not the real Lawnside Park…this is a recreation area…the true LAWNSIDE PARK..WAS IN FACT AN AMUSEMENT PARK..WITH A LAKE…AMUSEMENT RIDES..CANOEING….CLUBS…VENDORS…AND THE FAMOUS..”LAWNSIDE BARBECUE”
BEFORE INTEGRATION IN THE U.S. LAWNSIDE PARK WAS POPULAR AMONG NEGROES…BLACKS..AND AFRICAN AMERICANS..AS A VENUE FOR FAMILY GATERINGS…CHURCH PICNICS..AND GENERAL SOCIAL ENTERTAINMENT…THE MANY CLUBS FEATURED TOP TIER ENTERTAINMENT…AND THERE WAS SOMETHING TO DO FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY…BLACKS CAME FROM ALL UP AND DOWN THE EAST COAST TO VISIT “SOUL CITY”…LAWNSIDE PARK…NEARBY..A FIVE MINUTE WALK FROM THE PARK WAS K.D.SPEEDWAY…A MOTORCYCLE DIRT TRACK USED BY BLACKS THE FEATURED THE BEST RIDERS FROM THE BLACK COMMUNITY..BEFORE BLACKS COULD RACE ON TRACKS WITH THE WHITES….
THO LAWNSIDE PARK STEADILY DECLINED AFTER WW2..WHEN THE MEN WENT AWAY TO WAR…IT WAS VIBRANT INTO THE 1970s…3 TO 5 THOUSAND PEOPLE WOULD AMASS ON WKNDS…WLL INTO THE LATE 60s..and the smell of ribs cooking COVERED THE TOWN ON WEEKENDS…BLACK ENTERPRISE…BLACK BUSINESSES…BLACK PEOPLE HAVING A GOOD TIME..THAT WAS THE REAL LAWNSIDE PARK
If ur a resident off Lawnside u already know how the park is , friends, family ect all hang out eat drink exercise watch football games, basketball games, fireworks ect … goodtime
I’m from Lawnside but live in Lindenwold now. The park is ok alot of different things go on in the park. Games, practice for sports and when they have Lawnside day the events and stuff is held at the park. That includes fireworks at the end of the event. I go to the fireworks every year that they have had it.