Roy Wilkins Park

Great community space! Always nice to see local football teams practicing here and community members hitting the track! I’ve been away at school for a while, but every time I come back, this is where I go to work out!

I enjoy attending the annual sranan dei (surinamese day) here. It’s a nice big park with plenty of shade.

The park itself is nice, but as typical with ghetto Jamaica, there is too much litter thrown on the ground from slob ghetto folks. It is not like there are no garbage cans, plenty of them, but ghetto folks will do what ghetto folks do, show little respect for their environment.
They do have great events there like the Soul Circus, various concerts and the Black Spectrum Theatre.
But folks put your litter in a garbage can. One of many reasons why Jamaica has a bad name.

This is my local park, though I rarely use it. The only time I use it is to jog around the track. I use a NYC parks department gym in the city (East 54 Street) which is closer to my school. In the past, I’ve used the pool here. It’s a typical pool-​nothing special. They also have a basketball court. The park also hosts the Universoul Circus, a carnival, and various West Indian events. Local football teams train at the park. During the morning, seniors like to stroll around the track. This is a utilitarian park– it doesn’t have the bells and whistles of parks in more affluent areas, but it gets the job done. I just wish that people threw trash in the garbage and not on the ground.

Roy Wilkins is exactly what a neighborhood like Jamaica needs. Everyone has the same perceived notion that Jamaica is rough, hood & ghetto. I believe you can find that any part of the 5 boroughs.
When you live in a community that has hair salons, Chinese takeout, chicken spots & insufficient grocery stores within a .5 mile radius of each other you NEED something to look forward to. Roy Wilkins provides that missing it factor the community needed.
Roy Wilkins is a huge park that promotes wellness. It’s named after the famed civil rights leader and former NAACP president. This is more than just a park it’s a cultural landmark.
The park houses The Black Spectrum Theatre, which promotes socially-​conscious dramas. Also there’s a four-​acre vegetable garden that awards opportunities for the community to grow their own produce. How cool is that?
You can catch inexpensive concerts & carnivals here. The facilities offered here range from tennis courts, baseball fields, basketball courts, cricket fields, handball courts, playgrounds, running tracks, indoor pools, fitness equipment, Wi-​Fi hot spots, spray showers & bathrooms.

This park fill a void that are not available at new by Bausley Park it has the typical basketball courts tennis courts found in.

They offer a program here were elementary school classes can learn to swim for free! What an awesome opportunity.
There are 4 swim instructors and a life guard on duty. The teachers chill on the pool deck and watch the kiddies learn to swim. The instructors are strict and seem to be very experienced with working with children and are clearly great swimmers. They start off slow and soon the children go from afraid to be in the water to little sharks!
The even more awesome thing is the children get a membership card and can come to Roy Wilkins for activities for free. With such a wide variety of different things they can do here it is a great opportunity for the children. It keeps them busy and active with no cost to the parents.
This is a great park and their swimming class is just a bonus.

This park fills a void that’s not available at near by Baisley Park.
It has the typical basketball courts tennis courts found in nearby parks and even a nice garden section.
I think in winter I saw a weight room but cannot verify what was in there as I did not use.
What draws me to this park is the pool. I have been using for a year now. Normally in the winter to keep up my skills for scuba diving.
Summer is good when hot and I do not want to go to the beach.
I find it is clean and well maintained and never to crowded.
If one cannot swim or wants to improve its a good place. I have seen postings for classes often.
I have been to a few events like concerts in the park and visited a gospel revival tent. I find it to be a safe area.
Like any area one must use be cautious.
The park is serviced by the q85 and Q5 that has great service.
I find it easier to get a bus doing events to avoid parking issues.
The membership for this park as it has a pool increased to 150usd a year.
One can thank Emperor Bloomberg for that.
Its worth it as I get to use all parks in the system.

Quite a large park that usually hosts summer concerts and the Universoul Circus when it’s in town. It’s not in the very best neighborhood and the parking lot is excruciatingly tiny, so park on the street if you are coming here, there will be tons of spots in the cross streets on the other side of Merrick Blvd.
Such events as Chutney in the Park is held here every summer. Nice large venue to have a concert.

Like This park think its the biggest Park in Southeast Queens. Sometimes they have concerts here and the circus etc… a great park to be in the Summer…