Firemen’s Park (aka Woodlawn Park).  All photos by Paul Goldfinger ©  Click left to enlarge all photos.

By Paul Goldfinger, Editor  @Blogfinger      2014.

I was walking by a park at  the South End, near Cookman and Clark Avenues.   It’s a lovely place; neighbors like to plant flowers there.  Dogs enjoy walking there.  But I didn’t know its name.  A neighbor walked by and said, “It’s Poop Park.”

Later, I found out it is actually Boswell Park.   The Ocean Grove parks often have multiple names  because of changes over the years.  This park is also called “Park Heights.”

Some of the parks in town are managed by Neptune Township while others are  managed by the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association.

Those managed by the Township have signs banning smoking.  The OGCMA parks do not.

It’s confusing, but I am told that the CMA actually owns all the parks and permits the public to use them.

Another park which has puzzled me is the one bounded by New York Avenue, Mt. Carmel Way and Mt. Tabor Way.  I like to walk through it on the way past the tents to arrive by the Beersheba Fountain, near the Great Auditorium. It’s a beautiful shady place, but what’s its name?  It turns out that it is “Greenleaf Park” and is managed by Neptune Township.

Here is a list of the parks and their names, followed by a gallery of some of the parks.  If you don’t see your favorite here, please send us a photo, and use its real name.

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Ocean Pathway   Blogfinger photo ©

South End Recreation Area. Blogfinger photo ©

Greenleaf Park at New York Avenue, Mt. Carmel Way and Mt. Tabor Way. Blogfinger photo ©

Poop Park (Boswell Park) Blogfinger photo ©

Triangle Park at NJ and Asbury Avenues (among others). Blogfinger photo ©

Auditorium Square Park near the Tabernacle. Blogfinger photo ©

JOHN COLTRANE;   “Central Park West” from his album Village Gate

Oh—-one more;  can you guess it?

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