DeFazio Park — Local services in Needham

Came here for a few High School track meets. It's a nice park with multiple sports areas. There's a track, lacrosse and baseball. Concession stands with bathrooms (not always open but Porta potties available when not open). Downside is the parking lot is kind of horrible as it's not paved and a lot of ruts so proceed slowly. Can be hard to find a spot when all fields are being used at once. There's also a nice looking nature walk around a pond down back which I'd like to check out. Four stars due to parking. Bring a chair if you're going to a meet not...

The town of needham leadership needs to be a little more proactive around safety. Track has lost its elasticity and probably needs to be resurfaced. They cheaped and just did paint. Care more about appearance than athletes. Lights should be on more often. Coyotes are active during some of the games with kids around. Flat out irresponsible. Finally, water fountain is shut off already during 80 degree days. God forbid an athlete gets too hot. They have signs warning about the heat but then don’t have a...

This is a great multi-field facility with plenty of parking. The turf was in great condition on all three of the fields we played soccer on. There's a beautiful synthetic rubber running track around one of the fields. The bathrooms were closed at the time we were there so I can't comment on them. My one criticism was the car park is a gravel surface with a lot of loose dirt underneath... even a few moving cars were enough to kick up a large dust cloud. Enjoy...