Operated by Village of Croton-on-Hudson · also known as Firefighters Memorial Field, Croton Volunteer Firefighters Memorial Field
The park today
The field sits at the end of Gerstein Street on its southwest side, behind Carrie E. Tompkins (CET) Elementary School, as part of a cluster of village and school fields that also includes the adjacent David J. Manes Memorial Field and the CET field. It is a softball/Little League field equipped with lights for night games, used for baseball and for varsity and modified softball. Field availability and terms of use are handled by the village Recreation Department.
History
Firefighters Memorial Field — listed in village materials in full as the Croton Volunteer Firefighters Memorial Field — is a village-owned ball field honoring Croton's volunteer firefighters. It has appeared in village recreation listings since at least 2000. The date and circumstances of its naming are not recorded in the public sources we could find.
In March 2019 the Board of Trustees (Resolution 46-2019) authorized a five-year intermunicipal agreement with the Croton-Harmon school district covering the field: the district, which uses the village field for girls softball games and practices each spring, purchased and installed a scoreboard, wind screens, fence capping and an infield tarp, and provides additional field maintenance during the spring season. The Board renewed the agreement in March 2024 (Resolution 59-2024), under which the district continues to maintain that equipment and to provide maintenance support each year from March 1 to June 30 in exchange for its use of the field.
Visiting
- Parking
- Parking at the Carrie E. Tompkins Elementary School lot on Gerstein Street.
- Getting there
- At the end of Gerstein Street, behind Carrie E. Tompkins Elementary School (8 Gerstein Street).
- Rules
- Organized use of the field is scheduled through the village Recreation Department (914-271-3006). No playing on athletic fields when a "Fields Closed" sign is posted. Dogs are prohibited in village parks except Black Rock Park, the Riverwalk Trail at Croton Landing Park and Gouveia Park (Village Code chs. 108 and 168; Gouveia added by a 2024 amendment). Village Code ch. 168 exempts "Fireman's Field" (with Croton Landing Park and Manes Field) from its residents-only limit on village park facilities.
Accessibility
The operator does not publish accessibility information for this park. What we could verify is below; "not documented" means exactly that.
| Step-free access | Not documented |
|---|---|
| Accessible parking | Not documented |
| Accessible restroom | Not documented |
| Surfaces | Not documented |
Links
Sources
- Village Parks, Trails, and Open Space Areas — Village of Croton-on-Hudson (via Internet Archive capture of May 16, 2024) — retrieved August 13, 2026
- Information for Residents of the Village of Croton-on-Hudson (resident booklet PDF; 'Croton Volunteer Firefighters Memorial Field' entry) — retrieved August 13, 2026
- Village of Croton-on-Hudson Board resolution 46-2019, March 18, 2019 (Firefighters Memorial Field intermunicipal agreement) — retrieved August 13, 2026
- Village of Croton-on-Hudson Board resolution 59-2024, March 27, 2024 (IMA renewal; identifies the village-owned parcel on the southwest side of Gerstein Street) — retrieved August 13, 2026
- Croton-On-Hudson Parks & Recreation — village web site, 2000 (via Internet Archive capture of October 2, 2000) — retrieved August 13, 2026
- Village Code ch. 168, Parks and Recreation Areas — eCode360 (dog exceptions and the residents-only limit excepting Croton Landing Park, Manes Field and Fireman's Field; via search excerpts) — retrieved August 13, 2026
- Village Code ch. 108, Dogs — eCode360 (via search excerpts) — retrieved August 13, 2026
Researched August 13, 2026.