Basil Marella Skake Park located at 975 English Road, Greece provides a safe and challenging skateboard experience for local skate enthusiasts.
Basil Marella Park is the most centrally located park in Greece and is the only park that is completely accessiable by sidewalks. The park is also connected to the 390 bike path which can also be used by skateboarders.
The skate park was built over ten years ago to give skateboarders a safe place to pursue their passion and to keep the boarders away from the store fronts and parking lots – a favorite place to skate before the park was open. The skate park was also a solution to appease the local business owners who found issues with the boarders riding on the sidewalks and in parking lots of businesses.
Last year the skate park added two quarter pipes and additional jumps and replaced and repaired some worn out sections of the park.
According to John Plummer, Senior Labor Foreman for the Town of Greece, Department of Public Works, the town consulted the youth and adults that frequently use the park for ideas for the upgrades. He says, “We talked to the neighborhood kids and a local skate shop on Dewey Avenue to find out what would be the best upgrades for the skate park. They gave us suggestions of what they would like to see in the park and upgrades that would be usable for both intermediate and advanced skaters.” Some of the skateboarders also helped with the construction and installation of the new elements.
Visit the park to skate or observe the skills of the multitude of skaters that take advantage of this Greece recreational resource. Basil Marella park is open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.
In addition to the skate park Basil Marella Park is home to 6 tennis courts, 2 pickle ball courts, 2 volleyball courts, 2 basketball courts, 7 soccer fields and a disc golf course.
Photos by Tom Parsons
