Accinelli Park & Fields

This park is a nice one nestled in the middle of a somewhat newer development in Union City. The park has a nice turf field and bathrooms, etc. Parking alongside the park in neighborhood streets. There is a ice cream man that rings a bell that could get on your last nerve and while there is a policy of no dogs allowed, there were violators. This is a place of hustle and bustle not of relaxation. Soccer fans were loud and boisterous. Other poster said it all about the amenities offered (Oski) and another about the restrooms (Vanessa) so I’ll leave it at that. I would visit again.

Don’t like how this park causes traffic at times when I go to visit my folks. It’s a nice park don’t get me wrong but you put a soccer field right in the middle of a residential area? And since there’s many Indians in Union City now it would be more fit to put a cricket field. But it’s a good park to walk your dog. My dog often goes there to chase birds unleashed & relieves himself on the soccer field. :)

My brother lives near here and it has a cool soccer field, the only problem is that it gets really busy on the weekends and loud. I wish it was tennis courts instead of the soccer field, but i still like walking around the park and just hanging out on the bench with a book or something.

We love this park BC its walking distance from our house. Street parking. Soccer field. Like 4 picnic tables and BBQ pits. Benches to sit on near play strusture. Water fountain and bathrooms are usually always decent. Although, many times you see residents who live near by just go to use the bathroom, take a dump and not even flush the toilet. Ya, disgusting. Soccer field is usually occupied during the weekends and week days after 5pm. Play structure, no swings, tan bark and a few grass areas to play on. Not fenced off and most of the time covered in fertilizer. No dogs allowed.

I’m surprised I’m the first one to create and review this park. Well, here’s my contribution to Unilocal!
This is one of Union City’s newest parks (2007). Located in the Summer Hill/​Talavera housing development off of Lowry Road.
Accinelli Park sits on 4 acres and includes a playground, bathroom facilities and picnic tables. An all-​weather artificial turf soccer field is sure to be popular with local athletes and leagues.
Play structure: Very new, modern. Medium in size, and really not meant to accommodate several kids at once. Nothing spectacular: a twisty slide plus two other small slides, some ladders, a rope net for climbing, a tunnel. NO SWINGS.
Ground material: Tan bark.
Unique aspects: The park has a full size artificial turf soccer field! It is enclosed with a waist high fence. This is good and bad. The field is beautiful, which in turn attracts all kinds of leagues and pickup soccer games. Several people from within and from outside the neighborhood play here. When there are games, parking is quite congested. Additionally, the outsiders who play here disrespectfully throw their trash (fastfood, sunflower seeds, cups) on the field! And sometimes even in the playground — drives me insane as a resident who lives in the neighborhood. I think, however, the city also needs to put more trashcans out especially near the field. Also, adjacent to the train tracks (but protected by a steel fence, so no safety concerns. This is good/​bad depending on how you look at it. My kids love seeing the occasional UPRR or Amtrak train whiz by (only happens maybe 2 – 3 times a day max). But it can scare little ones since they are quite loud.
Restrooms: Yes, fairly clean.
Grass: Yes, a little bit surround the soccer field and a small patch for kids to play on as well. Not a whole lot though.
Picnic Tables: Yes
Shade: Very little. This is the only complaint I have. The structures and play area are 100% exposed. Be sure to put sunblock and hats on your kids.
Parking: Residential street parking only. On soccer game days, good luck! There are tons of SUVs that crowd the neighborhood and can be hard to find a spot closeby.
Safety: in a very good, safe, new park of Union City. Depending on what kind of soccer games going on, occasionally you get some characters who are clearly not from the area. But they seem to mind their own business.
Final Comment: We like this park. It’s modern, safe, clean. It’s small, but it serves the need for my kids since it is walking distance from our house. The soccer field can get busy and that creates a parking congestion issue, and the trash/​litter issue I mentioned above can be annoying. But overall, it is well maintained and decently fun.