Precinct 4 Parks

Crosby Park is a 46-acre facility with two lighted baseball fields each with a concession stand and press box, three regulation-size soccer fields (two of which are lighted) and one youth-size soccer field, two lighted tennis courts, one basketball court, two lighted football fields, a playground, paved .726-mile walking trail, barbecue pavilion, picnic tables, barbecue grills, and rest room facilities.

Crosby Community Center is located across from Crosby Park, and meetings rooms are available for private functions. Please call (281) 462-0543, for more information or to make reservations.

For more information, please call the Parks Reservation Office at (281) 353-4196.

Address
419 Hare Road
Crosby, Texas 77532
Phone: (281) 353-4196

Hours of Operation
Monday through Friday
6 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday
8 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Map
Location and facility map

Sports Association*
Crosby Sports Association
Crosby Youth Football
East Lake Houston Youth Soccer Association

*Private use of the sports fields requires prior permission from the sports association. Information on cancellations or changes of all sports association practice/game schedules occurring on sports fields in Precinct 4 parks must be directed to the individual association: Sports associations do not provide Precinct 4 with game schedules, cancellations, or changes of their activities.

Improvements completed and underway at Crosby Park

In 2006, an expansion project at Crosby Park added one of the three regulation-size soccer fields and the youth-size soccer field. During this expansion project, a flood water detention basin that serves as a soccer practice field in dry conditions was also added. In 2008, construction of a new concession stand with rest rooms and two picnic pavilions will be completed. The concession stand will serve the new football and soccer fields that were part of the 2006 expansion project. Another new amenity to be added at Crosby Park in 2008 is a 2,100' paved walking trail around the new soccer and football fields.

Press releases 2007 expansion (fact sheet)
2007 phase II improvement project (press release)
2006 phase I expansion project (press release)
Schematic of future expansion

Ball fields*

Barbecue grills

Basketball court

Concession stands and press boxes

Football fields

Pavilions (Reservations required)

Picnic tables

Playground (One for 2 to 5 year olds and one for 5 to 12 year olds.)

Soccer fields*

Tennis courts

Walking trail

This caboose situated on the east side of the park serves as a historical piece of the town once known as Lick Skillet, Texas, established in 1823. Legend says, "East Texas oxen team drivers sipped the spring sweet waters and licked their plates clean (from the vast number of wild game)." In 1861, the Sabine and Galveston Bay Railroad & Lumber Company (SGBR&L) "brought the world to town." As the tracks were being laid, the town was renamed in honor of C. J. Crosby, a railroad construction engineer. SGBR&L was later acquired by Southern Pacific Railroad.

The caboose was classified as a SP (Southern Pacific) 1017-C40-1 and commissioned in 1963 or 1964. On July 19, 1979, after the series was retired, the caboose was donated to Precinct 4, and Commissioners Court approved payment to Magnolia Transportation Company to move the caboose to Crosby Park.