Green Street Park

Green St Park, 158-, 230 Green St, Abington, MA 02351, USA

Abington Parks & Recreation: 781-982-2125

Owned By: Town of Abington

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Green Street Park is a multi-purpose property in Abington with two basketball courts, a baseball field, a soccer field, picnic tables, benches, and a small playground.

Hunting is not allowed on this property.

Features

A renovation is planned for this property, with Community Preservation funding. It has been delayed due to groundwater issues.

This land is within the region of the Massachusett (or Massachuseuk) Native American tribe. According to Martha Campbell’s Remembering Old Abington, the original town of Abington included today’s Abington and Rockland as well as most of Whitman. In the 1660s, European settlers from Weymouth began establishing homesteads within the town. While the settlers came from Massachusetts Bay Colony, the land was part of Plymouth Colony. All of the 18 original land grants were along the Satucket Path, a trail established by Native Americans that extended from Wessagusset in North Weymouth to Robbins Pond in East Bridgewater. Campbell also explains how the Native American name for the town was Manamooskeagin, translated from the Algonquin as “great green place of shaking grass.” The Abington town seal incorporates its Algonquian name.

To learn more about local tribes, we encourage you to interact with their members. The Mattakeeset band of the Massachusett and the Massachusett tribe at Ponkapoag share information on their websites.

Habitats and Wildlife

This grassy property is bordered with maple, pine and oak trees. It is situated in the watershed of Meadow Brook. Meadow Brook flows through Abington, Whitman and East Bridgewater before joining with Beaver Brook to form the Matfield River, which is part of the Taunton River watershed. We encourage you to follow and support the Taunton River Watershed Alliance.