Politics & Government
Friday Night Skating Special Coming to Cantiague Park
County's Hicksville facility to offer $5 Friday night ice skating and more.
With warm weather approaching, Nassau County is promoting $5 Friday Night Skate Special at the ice rink at Hicksville's Cantiague Park.
The special comes with free skates on a first-come, first-served basis, County Executive Edward P. Mangano's office announced.
The Friday night skates, which begin Friday, April 12 through Friday May 31 from 7:30 – 9:30 p.m., but there's much more to do at Cantiague Park, which has added numerous improvements over the years since it opened in 1961.
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Located at 480 W. John Street, Hicksville, Cantiague was the first county park to offer a swimming pool and an artificial skating rink. The 127-acre facility, just north of Old Country Road and easily accessible from the Wantagh State Parkway, offers a renovated 18-hole miniature golf course, 9-hole, par-30 golf course and a driving range.
There are five lighted tennis courts, six lighted handball/paddleball courts, three lighted basketball courts, four lighted softball fields and four multi-sport fields, two of which are lighted.
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In the summer of 2008, the park opened a new artificial turf field to accommodate football, soccer and lacrosse and is lighted for night play.
Cantiague Park also includes a playground, two reserved picnic areas, shuffleboard courts, a bocci court, and tables with inlaid chess and checker boards.
For more information about Cantiague Park please call: (516) 571-7056.
For more information about the Department of Parks, Recreation and Museums, please call: (516) 572-0200 or visit the website at: www.nassaucountyny.gov/parks.
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