The Syracuse Department of Parks, Recreation & Youth Programs is the sole local government agency charged specifically with providing recreation for city residents. Approximately 1,000 acres of parks, playgrounds and open spaces are included under the Department’s stewardship.
Our mission is to cultivate and sustain leisure programming while providing attractive parks that will enrich the quality of life, for all residents and visitors, as well as preserve it for future generations. The Syracuse Parks Department is responsible for coordinating, administering, and staffing a variety of recreational, support, and special events programs. Our goals are accomplished with the collaborative efforts of our many divisions: Aquatics, Adult Programs, Arts & Crafts, Family Events, Forestry, Health & Wellness, Ice Rinks, Golf, Grounds Maintenance, Senior Programs, Special Events and Youth Programs. The Department also has an Office of Planning and Development that serves the public through capital improvements and the creation of signage and graphics for the parks.
MAIN OFFICE
412 Spencer Street, 13204 | 315-473-4330
Our mission is to cultivate and sustain leisure programming while providing attractive parks that will enrich the quality of life, for all residents and visitors, as well as preserve it for future generations. The Syracuse Parks Department is responsible for coordinating, administering, and staffing a variety of recreational, support, and special events programs. Our goals are accomplished with the collaborative efforts of our many divisions: Aquatics, Adult Programs, Arts & Crafts, Family Events, Forestry, Health & Wellness, Ice Rinks, Golf, Grounds Maintenance, Senior Programs, Special Events and Youth Programs. The Department also has an Office of Planning and Development that serves the public through capital improvements and the creation of signage and graphics for the parks.
MAIN OFFICE
412 Spencer Street, 13204 | 315-473-4330
Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
COMMUNITY CENTERS
- Bob Cecile Community Center
174 W. Seneca Trpk., 13205 | 315-473-2678
Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. | Ages 55+ - Burnet Park Arts & Crafts Center
297 Coleridge Ave, 13204 | Phone: 315-473-4789
Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. | Ages 21+ unless program specifies otherwise
- Kirk Park Community Center
300 Borden Ave, 13205 | 315-473-2799
Monday - Friday, 2 to 7 p.m. | Ages 7 to 12
- Magnarelli Community Center
2300 Grant Blvd, 13208 | 315-473-2673
Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. | Ages 55+
Monday - Friday, 3 to 9 p.m. | Ages 13 to 19
- Schiller Park Community Center
221 Whitwell Drive, 13208 | 315-473-4780
Monday - Friday, 2 to 6 p.m. | Ages 7 to 13
Monday - Friday, 6 to 8 p.m. | Ages 14 to 19
- Wilson Park Community Center
1117 S. McBride St., 13202 | 315-473-6828
Monday - Friday, 2 to 7 p.m. | Ages 7 to 13
- Westmoreland Park Community Center
130 Westmoreland Ave, 13224 | 315-317-9250
Monday - Friday, 2 to 6 p.m. | Ages 6 to 12
GOLF COURSES
- Burnet Park Golf Course
Avery and Coleridge Avenues in Syracuse’s Tipperary Hill Neighborhood, 13204 | 315-487-6285
- Sunnycrest Park Golf Course
Caleb Avenue off of Hickok Avenue in the city’s Eastwood Neighborhood, 13206 | 315-551-7602
ICE RINKS
- Clinton Square Ice Rink
2 Clinton Square, 13202 | Phone: 315-423-0129 - The John Dunn Ice Rink at Meachem Park
121 West Seneca Tpke, 13207 | Phone: 315-492-0179 - Sunnycrest Ice Rink
698 Robinson Street, 13203 | Phone: 315-473-4696
POOLS
- Southwest Community Center Pool
203 Lincoln Ave at Clover Street, 13204 | Pool numbers are not available to the public
- Valley Pool
4942 South Salina Street, behind Clary School on Amidon Drive, 13205 | Pool numbers are not available to the public
DATA PRIVACY
The information you provide will be made available to City of Syracuse staff persons including, but not limited to, city attorneys, in addition to the coaches, supervisors or instructors of programs, who may be contractors, city employees or volunteers, who will need the information to perform their duties. Information will also be available to the employees of the city-approved software company/credit card processor where the information is housed. The information will not be made available to the public. It is within your right to withhold data, but please be advised that the City may not be able to complete your registration or send updated program information without it.
CITY VS NON-CITY RESIDENCY
You will notice many of our programs have City rates and Non-city rates. Your program spot will be forfeited if you select City resident fees, but live outside the City. City residents are defined as those who live within the boundaries of the Syracuse City School District with properties on the City of Syracuse tax/water assessment rolls. If you are not sure if you are a City resident vs. Non-city, please call us for confirmation.
PHOTO POLICY
During your use of or visit to any City park, open space or facility located throughout the City of Syracuse, you may be photographed, videotaped, or filmed by the Department of Parks or any other party given explicit authorization by the Department of Parks to take photos, videotape, or film in these areas. Your attendance, admission, or use of any or all City parks, open space or facility located throughout the City of Syracuse operates as expressed consent for the use, reproduction, or publication of these images by the City of Syracuse. The City retains the right to publish participants’ likeness for publicity purposes in promotional materials including, but not limited to, brochures, broadcasts, publications, reports, web pages, or any other audio-visual, electronic, printed, tangible work in any media or format. Likeness includes, but is not limited to, photographs, sound recordings, video recordings, and quoted language. Involved material is and will remain the property of the City. No compensation will be provided for use of likeness. Any commercial photography or filming is strictly prohibited without express authorization of the Department of Parks.
