Newark's West Ward Gets Renovated Rec Center: Boylan Street

Newark, NJ – Newark city officials and residents celebrated the re-opening of the newly renovated Boylan Street Recreation Center last week.

According to a city news release, the renovated center – located at 916 South Orange Avenue in the city’s West Ward - features:

• A new basketball court with adjustable goals, enabling them to be set between five feet and 10 feet to accommodate different age groups
• Renovation of the existing court to include adjustable goals
• A new children's playground (ages 4-7)
• A multi-purpose designed court, equipped with interchangeable netting to allow the community to play a variety of games such as tennis, volleyball and badminton
• New lighting to facilitate games and events into the dusk hours
• A new “state-of-the-art” boxing gym

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