Spencer Field

The park today

Today Spencer Field is the district's showcase outdoor athletic facility, home to Croton-Harmon Tigers football, soccer, lacrosse and track & field; the adjacent CET tennis courts share the 10 Gerstein Street campus. The district lists it alongside its other venues — the high school on Old Post Road South, the middle school on Glen Place, and the CET/Firefighter's/Manes field complex.

For everyone else, the district opens the field and track for scheduled community use from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. on days when school is not in session, under posted rules: organized groups need a district permit, and the turf carries the usual protections — no food or drink except water, no pets, no metal cleats, no bikes, skateboards or motorized vehicles. Restrooms are closed in winter.

History

Spencer Field is Croton-Harmon Union Free School District property, not a village park, though it has functioned as shared community recreation space for decades. The village's recreation pages listed it as early as 2000 ("Football, Soccer, Track" at Carrie E. Tompkins Elementary School, village residents only), and the village resident booklet has long noted that while the schools use the field for soccer and football, the track is available for residents' use.

The field was closed on June 10, 2024 for a district capital reconstruction — a project extensive enough to require rock blasting, which the village relayed community updates about. The rebuilt facility opened on September 11, 2025 as a synthetic-turf field ringed by a six-lane running track, with lights, bleachers, a press box, a concession stand and bathrooms.

Visiting

Hours

Community use 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 p.m. on days when school is not in session; school and permitted use has priority at other times. Lights go off at closing.

Fees

Free for informal community use of the track and field; organized groups must obtain a facility-use permit from the school district.

Parking

School parking at the 10 Gerstein Street (CET) campus.

Getting there

10 Gerstein Street — behind Carrie E. Tompkins Elementary School, off Cleveland Drive in the upper village.

Rules

District rules: valid district permit for all organized groups; youth activities supervised by an adult 21+; water only (no food/beverages, no glass); no pets except service animals; no metal cleats or high heels (molded rubber/turf cleats only); no bicycles, skateboards, scooters or motorized vehicles; no smoking, vaping or alcohol; no grills or open flames; no dragging equipment across the turf; field evacuated for 30+ minutes on lightning.

Accessibility

Links

• Spencer Turf Field & Track Rules — Croton-Harmon Schools
• Athletic Facility Directions — Croton-Harmon Schools