Hasbrouck Park

Old
seedy
and
beautiful
Hasbrouck Park has been around for a while. It became a park back in the 1920s and was the first official park in the town of Kingston. The area was used for mining for a long time and when it was mined out ended up with the town.
It’s a large park of about 45 acres with rolling hills and woods surrounding the open areas. Lot of stuff in this park including basketball courts, softball fields, picnic areas, a large pavilion and great views of the Hudson River,
A very cool place but one with an edge. Lots of graffiti on walls and broken bottles scattered around. When we were there I saw a prostitute with a customer as well as several people smoking what I assumed to be illegal substances. An interesting park that has it’s own stark beauty but definitely a place I would not want to be at night.
The views of the Hudson River from the top of the hill are beautiful but all the graffiti and skanky stuff going isn’t. A park that reflects what is beautiful in Kingston and some things that aren’t.