Kearse Park — Attraction in Union

Kearse Park, named after Robert F Kearse, the first African American Postmaster of Vauxhall who served in that capacity from 1936 to 1968, is a now single use facility in the Vauxhall neighborhood of Union Township, located just off the intersection of Valley Street and Springfield Avenue, just across from Manny's. Sad to say however, the park does a vast disservice to the honor of this great man. There is a full court basketball court at the far end of the park, which sits in an abandoned state with a playable surface and rims, rusting as they are, but no netting, and used as a storage surface for soccer equipment, instead of ball play. According to a couple of locals I spoke to, this has been the case for some time now, and the township apparently has no plans to return it to use anytime soon. (Past incidents perhaps?). The rest of the park is nothing more than a cut out space used as a soccer field. The field however, is not in the best shape, as it is very bumpy and pitty, with vast stretches of nothing more a few clumps of grass sticking out and a lot of dirt. It is surface in bad need of maintenance, and I hope that Union Township does something to help with the conditions here. Mr. Kearse deserves a better honor than...

You can't really call this a park. It's a small field with a parking lot with soccer fields that are just...

Nice small park hidden next to 124 in Vauxhall. Minimal...