The reimagined, re-engineered 5.04-acre Feaster Park, 175 Paul Robeson Blvd., was unveiled Thursday with a grand reopening celebration.

The park has undergone an unprecedented transformation with walkways that snake through the park, a multipurpose field, a 16-plot community garden and spray pads to cool park users on hot summer days.

The park also features an outdoor classroom with a blackboard, refurbished restrooms, new basketball courts and an amphitheater.

The park’s changeover was a true community effort, Mayor Jim Cahill said, under a partnership with the City, the New Brunswick School District, Middlesex County, and financial aid and planning assistance from the state’s Trust for Public Land and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. And then there was invaluable input from local residents who attended several planning meetings.

Cahill also recognized the efforts of C. Roy Epps of the Greater New Brunswick Civic League, who initiated the development of nearby Pittman Park nearly 50 years ago. Pittman Park received new plantings and fencing as part of the Feaster Park renovations.

The day was made complete by the participation of the Feaster family. The park was renamed in 1937 in honor of Joseph Feaster, who lived on Throop Avenue and served as the City’s director of streets and public improvements before he died suddenly on New Year’s Day in 1935.