Mifflin Square Park — Attraction in Philadelphia

I have lived a block from Mifflin Square for a little over a year at the time of writing this review. I have driven past this park during that time, and I have been utilizing the park for the last few months. When I drive past the park, it is usually crowded on a daily basis with a diverse group of all ages and ethnicities. I have utilized the basketball court for the past few months to play with my buddies on a weekly basis. The basketball courts are poorly maintained. The baskets appear to have been built some 30 years ago by locals; the backboards are made of what appears to be plywood with a standard double-rim attached. The backboards are not attached well to the support, so bank-shots become a much different experience than usual. The courts need to be cleaned and repainted but the asphalt isn't in bad shape. The courts are covered in garbage: soda cans, bottle caps, pens, plastic bags... There is usually a group of people smoking blunts but they don't bother anyone. There is a lot of interest in using the basketball courts, so it's confusing why they're so poorly maintained. The locals are really friendly who play basketball there, from really young kids to older men. Shout out to Todd and Nate Dogg. There is also a huge range of skills at any given time, from people in flip flops who appear to be throwing the ball at the backboard to kids that clearly play in leagues/for their school to people that used to play...

The Friends of Mifflin Square Park, The Cambodian Association of Greater Philadelphia, the Southeast Asian Mutual Assistance Associations Coalition, Inc. (SEAMAAC) and the surrounding community are working together to make this a wonderful park that will draw people from outside the immediate neighborhood. They had a wonderful community festival last fall and have yoga and movies and activities for children and families. Regarding the negative reviews, neighborhoods change and this one is changing fast, by my observation. I joined the Friends...

I'd like to give this a higher rating the place is much improved since I moved to the neighborhood in '06. There are swings sliding boards and the like for neighborhood kids and there is a basketball court and nets for volleyball, picnic tables are painted in bright colors. It is used constantly by neighborhood residents but after they cookouts they leave all their trash behind. I see empty cases of beer they can only bring by car, yet instead of loading empty cases in car to take home to deposit in their own trash they leave on...