Parking Ticket Update: Parking Permit only in certain spaces! You may get ticketed! There are some places that doesn’t need permit. So the comments are pretty accurate below of being only town resident friendly.
If anyone can send me a pic of the parking spaces that are “ok” for non residents, please comment below!
By the way, I’m writing this in April 2026 long after my playground days with my kids, youngest is 17, time flies. I haven’t shut the website down, but migrated it to a friendlier host, and taking some time to look through comments, may not get to all of them, but thanks for still reading this, even though I know my posts are very “historical”. This was always a hobby site, but it was a labor of love so even though we are in AI, short form content algorithm, I’m going to keep the “blog” up for a bit longer.
From the Upper Saddle River police: “PARKING IN BOROUGH PARKS
Upper Saddle River residents can obtain a permit to park in Borough parks by bringing their vehicle’s registration to the police department. To be issued a parking permit the registration must show that the vehicle is registered to an address in Upper Saddle River. If general/non permit parking is available it will be marked accordingly.”
Thanks to commenter below
Lions Park in Upper Saddle River NJ has a very nice fenced in playground with lots of different areas for the kids to spread out. The play area is in two sections for each age group. The toddler section has a ramp for handicap accessibility. There is a fire truck to sit in, along with lots of little bouncers.
ADDRESS: Lake St
DIRECTIONS: Route 17 N Lake St exit. Proceed on Lake St through three traffic lights. The park will be after the third light at bottom of hill on the left.
PARKING: Large paved lot close to the playground. RESIDENT PERMIT only for most spaces 🙁
CLIMBING: Rings, rappelers, wiggle poles, balance beams, monkey bars, fireman pole, wiggle poles
PLAYTHINGS: Multiple tic-tac-toes with shape matching, color matching, number matching, steering wheels, tunnels, shape sorter, call boxes, store front, puzzles, clock, looking glasses
SEESAWS: Small two seater bouncer that looks like a see saw, fireman’s truck also bounces
SLIDES: One steep metal slide. One corkscrew, one double, one chute, one tube. One toddler corkscrew, one toddler chute, one toddler tube.
SPORTS: Baseball fields
SWINGS: Four full size, four toddler, one tire
WALKING PATHS: Paved around the park
OTHER COOL STUFF: Balance beam that wiggles as you walk across it.
i would like to know if there is a small brook for stone stepping in your park area. please reply.thanks
Just know if you do not live in the area you are NOT WELCOME at the park. I came there to relax with my kids and i had literally 10 people screaming at me that I can’t come there. Basically what they did is, in order to keep people out of the park, they conjoined the parking of the public park with parking for a public school this way the parking lot is under department of education property and you need a permit to park there.
The people there were very nasty to us, and we were definitely not welcome I would not recommend going there.
We went to Airmont park at 59 Campbell Avenue, Suffern NY 10901 instead, and we had a great time.
I live in the area and my kids go to the public school behind lions park, I just wanted to say that they changed lions park a lot and it’s not as fun anymore for the kids but I still enjoy going there with my kids and they have a carnival there around May and there are lots of concerts there in the summer!!
The parking situation is shockingly deplorable and I say that as a resident of a neighboring town. It’s a public park however the parking is residents with permit only which renders anyone without a permit not welcomed since this is a non-walkable community
Pls check the eyeglass deposit on Franklin tpk in mahwah. I got stung today while making a donation.
Thanks for the work you do.
How can you say that Lions Park is a “public” park if you need a permit to park in the parking lot?!!!!
If that is the case, then do not advertise the park as PUBLIC. It should be listed as a playground of the school district, therefore, residents from other towns would not visit.
Considerations:
Ensure that the permit-only system does not unfairly restrict access to the park for non-residents or visitors.
Visitor Parking:
Provide a designated area for visitor parking or alternative options for those who do not have permits.
Communication:
Communicate the permit parking system to the public through various channels, such as signage, website, and public notices.
By following these steps, a park authority can effectively manage parking in a public park while ensuring that designated spaces are reserved for authorized users.
agreed Kathleen, posted an update in the beginning of the post! That’s too bad it isn’t friendly to out of towners!