On a chilly winter day, my daughter's softball team scheduled their practice at an indoor facility:…read more Oil City Athletics. It is located in a quiet warehouse district off the beaten path. Amenities include an indoor soccer field, 2 pitching tunnels with mounds and half a dozen batting cages with pitching machines. Although spacious, it is a little "janky" and could use a makeover for the Starbucks drinking soccer moms. For everyone else, it serves its purpose as an indoor training facility during bad weather.

Very nice park. Fields for soccer, basketball courts, children park and beautiful lake. Seating…read more Clean bathrooms.

This is a beautiful park along the Mill River with new walkways and benches. I believe the town is…read morebuilding reinforcement along the river bank to prevent flooding recurrence. Improvements are still in progress making this park more scenic and appealing.

My kids absolutely love this park, and so do I. Many little play areas to choose from, sprinklers…read moregoing during hot summer days, and beautiful grassy knolls to run around and play soccer or tag. Also, very pleasant people there (unlike North Woodmere park)

Scenic waterfront views of the houses and yachts. Public bathroom here closed for winter season it…read moreseems. No benches along the waterfront pathway but a few near the dog park and tennis courts. One way in and one way out.

I attended the free 2 hr pickleball clinic in Baldwin Harbor Park, located in in The Town of…read moreHempstead. It was my first time playing, and I took to it like a duck to water. We played doubles, and my partner and I won the game against the other two players. Points are scored only when the serving team wins a rally, and I am a good server. I learned fast how to make the ball hit the court in front the blue line, which is known as the kitchen. Elvis, the head coach, was thorough in his explanation of the fundamentals of the game. We practiced our skills with our peers, getting feedback from the coach that was assigned to our court. There was a coach for each of the eight courts, and each court had four players. I learned the rules of the game and how to score. The goal is to keep the ball out of the kitchen. You can only volley outside the kitchen. The class lasted approximately two hours, and we all had fun. I will definitely be back to take more classes. Go to "Hempsteadny.gov keyword: pickleball lessons" if you are interested in learning this highly popular game. ADVISORY: Coach Elvis said that classes registered for online usually fill up within 15 minutes, and summer registration begins on 6/3/2025.

This place is my own little sanctuary. When I say my own, I don't mean that I actually "own" it…read more. as it belongs to Mother Nature (and also the Nassau County Parks Department, ha). What I mean is that, when I'm here I am able to find peace and solitude, which is rare today. I'm currently experiencing a profound personal loss and feel my world will never be the same. My mind's been racing and my heart's been beating fast, from both being sick and from ruminating thoughts, however standing along the water's edge provides a much needed sense of tranquility. It's a feeling that inspires hope and reminds me that while sometimes our best made plans go awry and tides made change, the current of life still flows. When you can't change things, perhaps the best thing to shift is mindset. I'm still working on that one, one day at a time.. and walking along the sand here at Baldwin Harbor Park's secret beach gives me the mental space I need to keep on at it.

Love this park .Very clean perfect for my 2 small doggies to get some exercise. Very clean turf…read moreand little dirt area.

The wind was fiercely howling and having parked a smidge away from the car congested portion, Big…read morePhil and I spent some moments on the waters edge. The current was rushing with the winds direction and even the gulls could not compensate to pick out the hunks of Italian bread we frisbee-ed in, Lord how they tried. Two distinguishing tall gated areas - being under 30 pounds and to the left, the over 30 pounded which is a wide range but the park didn't set up for excessive headlong running, so high impact mid park collisions seemed to not be likely. The cutest senior Beagle approached me as I let Phil go and greet which he wanted no part of and it wasn't registering as to why. My further entry in was all on hold, the Beagles eyes never left mine as I lovingly stroked him. But Phil was having issues with two puffed out electrified cotton balls with paws that yipped and yapped in his mug without letting up. His owner was engaged in chit chat, not realizie that his dogs are about to get turned and twisted inside out any moment. In point of fact, just about no dog owners were looking at anything but themselves, so it was about to pop, I could feel it, Phil liked nothing about this park, so we went for the exit. The release knob allows for easy access in, horrible access out and my 6'2 long armed frame struggled to get the release knob pulled because it's on the entrance side. Of course the guy with the puff balls from hell comes right up to the gate in an attempt to leave at the same moment! Clearly a covid dog owner - no sense of potential problems no concept of other peoples dogs and there are just so many of you out there now. And after I managed to get the hell away from there, I spun around to see the sweetest thing, the senior beagle followed me out of the two gates and into the parking lot. His owner was very sweet and collected that love dog. Gosh, that little fellow really made my day and I'll reflect upon him often, but the park -- and the owners -- I'll prefer to forget.

Redoing Kitchen and ordered Diamond Cabinets from Leows. First the came in the wrong color 4 weeks…read morelater color was right but one cabinets was cracked. Now all cabinets are in and every time I turn around I notice new scratches and dings. When they first came in the wrong color. Peter from Diamond was arrogant enough to tell me I should not have done demo on old kitchen until new cabinets were in and inspected. Who has that type of space? Leows was nice enough even though apparently their systems are so antiquated that all of my paperwork read the correct color but when transmitted to Diamond it was wrong. Not sure who I disliked more in this transaction but will not be shopping here any more and do not recommend Diamond Cabinets.

A beautiful hidden gem to walk short looping trails with your whole family-elders to folks in…read morestrollers. A gorgeous respite to slow down & just enjoy nature! Also, super clean restrooms!

You would never come here by accident. It is at the end of a residential neighborhood with half…read morerelated street names (Imagine living on Bunker Lane. At least there is no Bogey Boulevard). The area is a large well laid out marshland with wooden paths. Unlike many preserves, you will always see wildlife - lots of it. The highlight is an osprey tower. It includes a webcam in nesting season. Lots of benches around, and nature information kiosks are plentiful. A glorious option 20 minutes from my door.