Montie Beach Park

Let’s Play Houston is a collaborative initiative led by City of Houston Mayor John Whitmire, Houston Parks Board, and Houston Parks and Recreation Department, in partnership with companies, foundations, and private donors, to revitalize 25 neighborhood parks.

915 Northwood Street, 77009

PROJECT PROGRESS

This 23-acre community park on the Eastern periphery of Greater Heights is vital to the Brooke Smith neighborhood, the last remaining predominately Hispanic community in the Greater Heights. 

The Montie Beach Civic Club’s vision is to ensure that the park represents the community it serves and is a family destination for all Greater Heights residents. The Civic Club raised the necessary funds for a Montie Beach Park Master Plan, developed in partnership with the Houston Parks and Recreation Department with Houston Parks Board serving as the project manager and Asakura Robinson providing design services as the Landscape Architecture firm. 

To view the materials associated with the master plan, see below:

The master plan is a flexible blueprint for the path forward for multiple phases of improvements to Montie Beach Park, including the following improvements being made under the Let’s Play Houston initiative:

  • Installation of a new playground with fall surfacing
  • Replacement and addition of new concrete walkways
  • Construction of a new or relocated basketball court
  • Resurfacing and repair of the sprayground
  • Construction of a new picnic pavilion
  • Resurfacing and restriping of the main parking lot
  • Installation of new site furniture, including picnic tables and benches
  • Installation of new security lighting
  • Detention as required by City of Houston

Accessibility and inclusivity features:

  • Shaded accessible swings
  • Accessible site furnishings
  • ADA sidewalk improvement
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Community engagement is at the heart of Let’s Play Houston to ensure improvements are responsive to the community’s park needs. Houston Parks Board partnered with local civic organizations and the council district office to gather feedback through a survey and various events in the neighborhood, including a community listening session at Montie Beach Park Community Center on June 12, 2025. Planned improvements were informed by the feedback received. Special thanks to all who assisted with this effort.

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