Pollak Park — Palm Bay, Florida

Pollak Park is a City of Palm Bay waterfront park on Turkey Creek at 1455 Main St NE, Palm Bay 32905, open from 7am until sunset, with (321) 952-3443 listed as its phone number.

The address, hours and phone number come from the Pollak Park entry in the City of Palm Bay facility directory, which also tags the park as located on Turkey Creek (City of Palm Bay, Pollak Park). The listing gives one set of hours for Pollak Park and no separate hours for the boat ramp.

The spelling varies across City of Palm Bay documents. The facility directory and the 2026 repair notice use Pollak, while an older city facilities list prints Pollack Park at 1455 Main Street NE (City of Palm Bay facilities list). Both names refer to the same Main Street NE address in northeast Palm Bay.

The Pollak facility page does not say whom the park is named for. The city's own history timeline records that in 1960, under the leadership of Mayor Harry Pollak and the Town Council, Palm Bay was incorporated as a city with 2,808 residents (City of Palm Bay history). The same Palm Bay timeline places the original settlement of Tillman, in 1887, at the mouth of Turkey Creek, the creek that Pollak Park sits on today.

Pollak Park has a boat ramp, a fishing pier, a boating safety center, a pavilion, picnic tables, restrooms, water fountains and parking, according to the City of Palm Bay facility directory.

The full Pollak amenity list on the city page reads beach or river access, boat ramp, boating safety center, fishing, fishing pier, located on Turkey Creek, parking, pavilions, picnic tables, rentals, restrooms and water fountains (City of Palm Bay, Pollak Park). The page does not describe what the boating safety center offers, its hours or who runs it, so the listing confirms only that the building is part of Pollak Park.

Pollak Park has been named among earlier city park improvements. The April 2022 Mayor's Message, posted on the city news page, described upgrades at Lynbrook Park as the latest in a series of recreational improvements taking place all over Palm Bay, and named Riviera Park, Oakwood Park, Veterans Memorial Park, Knecht Park, Oakview Park and Pollak Park among them (City of Palm Bay, April 2022 Mayor message). That message does not itemize the Pollak work.

The City of Palm Bay scheduled Pollak boat ramp repairs to begin February 9, 2026, with work done on one side of the ramp at a time so the ramp could remain operational throughout the repairs.

The city news release, posted February 3, 2026, says the Pollak project would replace rotted or broken boards and hardware and install new rub rails (City of Palm Bay, Pollak Boat Ramp repairs). Users were warned to expect limited access or minor delays while one side of the ramp was closed, and the city estimated completion at approximately two weeks, weather and conditions permitting.

Questions about the Pollak ramp go to the Palm Bay Parks and Facilities Department at (321) 726-2777, the contact named in that release (City of Palm Bay, Pollak Boat Ramp repairs). The release frames the work as improvements to enhance safety and usability of the facility at 1455 Main St NE.

Turkey Creek, the water Pollak Park launches onto, is listed in state rule 68C-22.006 as an idle speed manatee protection zone all year, from Melbourne-Tillman Drainage District structure MS-1 down to the creek mouth.

The rule's Turkey Creek entry covers all waters of Turkey Creek north and east (downstream) of Melbourne-Tillman Drainage District structure MS-1 and south and west of a line at the mouth of the creek that runs from Castaway Point to Palm Bay Point (Florida Administrative Code 68C-22.006). Turkey Creek is listed under the rule's idle speed (all year, except as noted) zones for Brevard County, and the rule text names no individual ramps such as Pollak; its Turkey Creek limits are set by structure MS-1 and the line across the creek mouth. The state rules gateway lists 68C-22.006 as the Brevard County Zones rule of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, last amended June 24, 2002 (Florida Administrative Rules, 68C-22.006).

Florida's boater education requirement also applies to boat operators launching at Pollak Park. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says anyone born on or after Jan. 1, 1988, must have a Boating Safety Education Identification Card to legally operate a boat in Florida, and that a course completion certificate can serve as a temporary means of complying (FWC Boater Education).

Boaters leaving the Pollak Park ramp in Palm Bay will find a further reminder on the same FWC page: when approaching an emergency vessel with its emergency lights activated, a boat that must come within 300 feet is required to operate at slow speed, minimum wake (FWC Boater Education).

Pollak Park and Goode Park are the two City of Palm Bay parks on Turkey Creek that list a boat ramp, while Castaways Point, Stearns Point and Ais Trail Park offer piers, docks or paddle launches instead.

The City Parks directory shows Goode Park at 1300 Bianca Dr NE with a boat ramp, a dock and a pavilion, also on Turkey Creek, and Ais Trail Park at 2800 Hickory Ave NE with a fishing pier and a kayak and canoe launch on Turkey Creek (City of Palm Bay, City Parks directory). Among parks the directory tags as beach or river rather than Turkey Creek, Castaways Point Park at 2990 Bay Blvd NE lists a fishing pier, a kayak and canoe launch and a fish cleaning station (City of Palm Bay, City Parks directory), and Stearns Point Park at 4295 Dixie Hwy (US 1) lists a dock and a fishing pier (City of Palm Bay, City Parks directory page 2).

Yes: Palm Bay's FY 2025 to 2026 recreation fee schedule, adopted as Resolution 2025-31, rents the Pollak Park pavilion in the large pavilion with electric tier at $90 a day plus tax.

Resolution 2025-31 adopts recreation rates for fiscal year 2025 to 2026 under Chapter 36 of the City of Palm Bay Code of Ordinances (Resolution 2025-31, page 1). Its pavilion table groups Fred Lee #1, Goode, Knecht #1, McGriff, Pollak and Veterans at $90 per day plus tax (Resolution 2025-31, page 6). The Recreation Rentals web page lists the same $90 tier for Fred Lee #1, Goode, Knecht #1 and McGriff but leaves Pollak out, so the adopted resolution is the document that names the Pollak rate.

Palm Bay pavilion rentals, including Pollak, require pre-approval and a contract, run 7 days a week from dawn to dusk, and are generally accepted up to one year in advance on a first come, first served basis (City of Palm Bay Recreation Rentals). The city routes questions to the Tony Rosa Community Center at (321) 952-3443 or the Ted Whitlock Community Center at (321) 952-3231. Last verified: October 12, 2026, on the City of Palm Bay website pages for Pollak Park and Recreation Rentals.