City of Buffalo opens splash pads

Ten splash pads opened Friday. The attractions will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

“The holiday weather forecast looks incredible with lots of sunshine and seventy-degree temperatures, so we made the decision to open our popular splash pads this weekend for families to enjoy,” Mayor Byron Brown said in a news release.

The weather forecast for next week predicts high temperatures in the 80s through Friday.

Following the holiday weekend, the splash pads will be open from 2 to 7 p.m. daily through the end of the school year in late June, weather permitting.

When the Buffalo Public School year ends, the splash pads will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day through Labor Day.

The water features scheduled to open this season are:

• Ralph Wilson Park, foot of Porter Avenue.

• Allison Park, Reese Street adjacent to Asarese Matters Center.

• Masten Park, Best Street adjacent to Johnnie B. Wiley Sports Pavilion.

• MLK Jr. Park Basin, Best Street and Fillmore Avenue.

• Lanigan Park, South Park Avenue. 

• Lincoln Park, foot of Quincy Street.

• Houghton Park, foot of Spahn Street.

• Schiller Park – Sprenger Street side of park.

• Roosevelt Park – foot of Roosevelt Avenue.

An 11th splash pad, located at the Kensington Pool, will open once construction is completed in coming months.