Barnsdall Art Park Location: East Hollywood
Address: 4800 Hollywood Blvd.
Operator: City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks
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Barnsdall Park is home to Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House, which he designed and built for Aline Barnsdall in the 1920s. In 2007, the city completed the Great Lawn around the house as originally envisioned by Wright. The park also includes an art gallery and is the location of special events and exhibitions throughout the year. Bellevue Recreation Center Location: Silver Lake
Address: 826 Lucile Ave.
Operator: City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks
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This park features a football field, baseball diamond, basketball courts, a jogging path, children’s play area, barbecue pits, and picnic tables. Recreational programming including sports, cooking, arts and crafts is also available. Bimini-Slough Ecology Park Location: East Hollywood
Address: 184 Bimini Place (adjacent to the Bresee Foundation, 2nd Street between Bimini Place and Juanita Avenue)
Date opened: January 2004
Operator: The Bresee Foundation
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This park features 20,000 square feet of open space with playground equipment, park benches, and wireless internet access. In addition to providing green and open space for neighborhood families to enjoy, the park incorporates permeable surfaces, a trash interceptor that filters large items, and root systems of indigenous plants in the "bio-swale" that filters out the toxins that would otherwise find their way into our waterways and onto our beaches. The park also includes a state-of the-art drip irrigation system to reduce water usage. Chevy Chase Park Recreation Center Location: Atwater Village
Address: 4165 Chevy Chase Dr.
Operator: City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks
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This park features an indoor gym and basketball courts, a children’s play area, handball courts, picnic tables, and sports and other recreational programs. Dayton Heights Location: East Hollywood
Address: 607 North Westmoreland Ave. (at Melrose Ave.)
Date opened: August 2008
Operator: Los Angeles Unified School District and City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks
This playground expansion at Dayton Heights Elementary School is a joint use project between the city and school district. It includes playground equipment and a sports field. Students use the park during the school day and it is available for community organizations to use during evenings and weekends. Dorothy and Benjamin Smith Park Location: Hollywood
Address: 7020 Franklin Ave (at Sycamore Avenue)
Operator: City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks
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This small park provides an open green respite for the community. It features landscaping and benches in a densely-populated Hollywood neighborhood. Echo Park Recreation Center Location: Echo Park
Address: 1632 Bellevue Ave.
Operator: City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks
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This park includes Echo Park Lake, which features paddle boats that are available for rent, picnic tables, and a jogging path. In July, the park is host to the annual Lotus Festival showcasing Asian Pacific Islander food, entertainment, and other cultural activities. El Centro del Pueblo’s S. Mark Taper Youth Center Location: Echo Park
Address: 1157 Lemoyne Street
Date opened: August 2003
Operator: City of Los Angeles Community Development Department
Community partners: Weingart Foundation, Local Initiatives Support Corp.
This facility includes landscaped yards, an 8,000-square-foot indoor recreation and service area, and 35,000 square feet of outdoor courts for basketball, volleyball and handball. The Center provides Echo Park neighborhood families with organized sports and dance opportunities, boxing and workout facilities, as well as a place for community arts and cultural gatherings. Elysian Park Location: Elysian Park
Address: 835 Academy Rd.
Operator: City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks
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Adjacent to Dodger Stadium, Elysian Park is home to the Los Angeles Police Academy and the Grace E. Simons Lodge. It features multiple picnic areas, hiking trails, jogging paths and view points. Elysian Valley Gateway Park Location: Elysian Valley
Address: Knox Street at the Los Angeles River
Operator: Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority
Community partners: Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy
This pocket park is a gateway to the L.A. River from the neighboring community.


Elysian Valley Recreation Center Location: Elysian Valley
Address: 1811 Ripple St.
Operator: City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks
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This park and recreation center feature a baseball diamond, an indoor gym and basketball courts, a children’s play area, volleyball courts, soccer field, barbecue pits, and an auditorium. There is an after school program as well as other sports and recreational programs at this site. Glassell Park Recreation Center Location: Glassell Park
Address: 3650 Verdugo Rd.
Operator: City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks
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This park includes softball diamonds, lighted sports fields, basketball courts, barbecue pits, tennis courts, a children’s play area, and a pool. The City of Los Angeles operates sports and arts programs for people of all ages. In 2006, Joga Bonito Field opened at Glassell Park. This synthetic turf field is one of three soccer fields donated by Nike and provides a place for the neighborhood’s young people to play. Glenhurst Park Location: Atwater Village
Address: 2932 Glenhurst Ave.
Operator: City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks
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This pocket park features a children’s play area and grassy area. It is nestled in a residential area of Atwater Village. Gower Gulch Location: Hollywood
Address: Corner of Gower and Yucca
Date opened: 2003
Operator: St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
Community partners: Hollywood Interfaith Sponsoring Committee
Council President Garcetti worked with St. Stephen's Episcopal Church to convert a nuisance alley near Gower and Yucca into a peaceful green-space. The community garden and green space is located in part of Hollywood’s historic “Gower Gulch” filming zone. Hollywood Recreation Center Location: Hollywood
Address: 1122 Cole Ave.
Operator: City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks
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This park features a swimming pool, auditorium, basketball courts, children’s play area, and community room. In addition to the park’s regular sports and recreational programming, this park was part of Council President Garcetti’s At the Park After Dark program, which kept the park open late during the summer of 2008 to give young people in the neighborhood a safe and supervised place to hang out and have fun. Jardin del Rio Location: Elysian Valley
Address: Riverdale at Crystal Street.
Date opened: April 2004
Community partners: Elysian Valley Riverside Neighborhood Council, LA Community Garden Council
This community garden was built at the site of a former nuisance property. The garden features a gazebo and custom designed gates. The garden consists of individual plots and is managed by a neighbor. Juntos Park Location: Glassell Park
Address: 3135 Drew Street
Date opened: May 2003
Operator: City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks
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Juntos Park is a 1.6-acre site that was formerly a blighted, asphalt lot full of abandoned, vandalized cars and trucks directly adjacent to apartment buildings and single family residences in a densely populated, park-poor area. The colorful park features three play areas including a splash pad, and was designed primarily for preschool and elementary school age children. Lake Street Park Location: Historic Filipinotown
Address: 227 North Lake Street
Date opened: August 2004
Operator: City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks
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The park features a skate park, a recreation center, a playground, a basketball court, and green space. Security cameras have been installed to ensure the safety of its patrons. A World War II Filipino Veteran Memorial by artist Cheri Gaulke was erected in the park on November 11, 2006. L.A. River Bicycle Park at Crystal Street Location: Elysian Valley
Address: Fletcher Drive and Crystal Street
Date opened: July 2005
Operator: North East Trees
Community partners: North East Trees, Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, Los Angeles County Regional Park and Open Space District
This park emphasizes services for cyclists using the adjacent Los Angeles River Bike Path. Amenities include native shade trees, seating, boulders, pathways, bicycle maps, and a custom bicycle kiosk. Crystal Street Park acts as an on-ramp to the bike path and encourages greater use of the bike path. As a part of the Los Angeles River Master Plan, this park provides more green space along the river. Laurel and Hardy Park Location: Silver Lake
Address: Del Monte Drive and Vendome Street
Operator: City of Los Angeles
This grassy area provides a place for neighborhood kids to play.




Lemon Grove Recreation Center Location: East Hollywood
Address: 4959 Lemon Grove Ave.
Operator: City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks
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This park features an auditorium, baseball diamond, basketball courts, picnic tables, and children’s play area. In addition to the park’s regular sports and recreational programming, this park was part of Council President Garcetti’s At the Park After Dark program, which kept the park open late during the summer of 2008 to give young people in the neighborhood a safe and supervised place to hang out and have fun. Lexington Pocket Park Location: East Hollywood
Address: 5523 Lexington Ave. (west of Western Ave.)
Operator: City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks
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This pocket park features a children’s play area, picnic tables, and benches.


Madison West Park Location: East Hollywood
Address: Intersection of Madison and Middlebury
Date opened: July 2004
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Madison West is a property near Los Angeles City College just north of the Hollywood Freeway that had been a blighted and empty lot. The 1/3-acre park features playground equipment for children and a picnic area. The community was essential in the planning and opening of this park -- from selecting its location to designing a park that could be used by neighborhood members of all ages. Marsh Street Skate Park Location: Elysian Valley
Address: 2960 Marsh Street (adjacent to Marsh Street Nature Park)
Date opened: October 2007
Operator: Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust
Community partners: St. Anne’s Church, Elysian Valley United, Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy
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Adjacent to the Marsh Street Nature Park, the skate park provides a place for the neighborhood’s young people to gather and skate. Council President Garcetti worked with the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust, and members of the Marsh Street neighborhood to engage the youth in planning for this skate park. Marsh Street Nature Park Location: Elysian Valley
Address: 2960 Marsh Street
Date opened: May 2006
Operator: Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority
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In addition to providing a shady, green place to sit, Marsh Park incorporates an innovative approach to managing storm water runoff from the neighborhood. Through a section of concrete drainage pipe that has since been removed, storm water used to empty – untreated - into the river through the park. The ground has been lowered so that the dirty water coming from the city storm drains filters through the ground. The park has been replanted with native marshland and upland plants, which will assist with water filtration and encourage birds, mammals, and insects such as butterflies to inhabit the area. Meadowvale Park Location: Elysian Park
Address: Meadowvale Drive at the Los Angeles River
Date opened: August 2004
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Community partner: North East Trees (design and construction)
This small green space along the Los Angeles River includes a bench and a small garden of native plants. Previously, this site was a graffiti-filled dead end and a hangout for gangs. The park faces the river and makes a nice stop for river-path bicyclists or neighborhood strollers. Oros Green Street Location: Elysian Valley
Address: Oros Street at the Los Angeles River
Date opened: July 2007
Operator:
Community partner: North East Trees
This small park, which offers a shady place for neighborhood residents or those walking along the L.A. River, was funded using vote-approved Proposition O funding and helps filter the neighborhood’s storm water run off using gravel and natural filtration techniques. Oso Park Location: Elysian Valley
Address: Riverside Drive at Barclay
Operator: Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority
This small park offers a shady, landscaped walking path near the L.A. River.



Rattlesnake Park Location: Elysian Valley
Address: Ripple at Fletcher Drive
Operator: Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority
This gateway to the L.A. River is a nice resting spot for walkers, joggers, and cyclists. It features a small landscaped area with two benches.


Red Car River Park Location: Atwater Village
Address: Greensward Road at Glendale Blvd.
Date opened: September 2005
Operator: Friends of Atwater Village
The park is located where the historic Pacific Electric Railway once entered Atwater Village and serves as the only access point to the river from the neighborhood. It overlooks the soft-bottom section of the river, which supports a variety of plant and animal life. The site features a broad sloping lawn, a seating area, native plants, and walkways. Friends of Atwater Village also commissioned a mural painting dedicated to the Red Car by Rafael Escamilla. LAPD-monitored security cameras have been installed to ensure the safety of the park’s patrons. Seily Rodriguez Park Location: East Hollywood
Address: 5707 Lexington Ave.
Date opened: December 2007
Operator: City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks
This pocket park features playground equipment, green space, a basketball court, and benches. It is nestled between apartment buildings in its East Hollywood neighborhood near the Santa Monica Boulevard Community Charter School. The park bears the name of Seily Rodriguez, a neighborhood resident who was eight years-old when she was struck and killed by a car while walking to school.


Selma Park Location: Hollywood
Address: Corner of Selma Ave and Schrader Blvd.
Date opened: December 2002
Operator: Community Redevelopment Agency
Community partners: Selma Avenue Elementary School, Blessed Sacrament School, Walt Disney Company
This is a 10,000 square-foot park with trees, decorative lighting, picnic tables, and benches. The park also includes modern play facilities for children, a garden, a new and high wire fence, and resurfaced pavement around it. The park serves children from Selma Avenue Elementary and Blessed Sacrament School. Silver Lake Recreation Center Location: Silver Lake
Address: 1850 W. Silver Lake Dr.
Operator: City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks
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Adjacent to the Silver Lake Reservoir, this park features an off-leash dog area, multipurpose sports field, indoor gym, children’s play area, auditorium and picnic tables. The recreation center includes sports, dance, and arts programs for children, adults and seniors. Sunset Triangle Park Location: Silver Lake
Address: Sunset Blvd. and Edgecliff Dr.
Date opened: October 2005
Operator: Sunset Junction (cleans the park before and after Farmer’s Market use)
Community partners: Silver Lake Neighborhood Council
After community members expressed concern about homeless encampments in this open space, Councilmember Garcetti facilitated a community-led design process to develop a new vision for the park, which now includes new trees, bike racks, and trash receptacles. The park received funding from a federal Community Development Block Grant. Tommy Lasorda Field of Dreams Location: Silver Lake
Address: Glendale Blvd. and Ewing St.
Operator: City of Los Angeles
This baseball field is managed by the City of Los Angeles’s Silver Lake Recreation Center. Unidad Park/Beverly Union Park Location: Historic Filipinotown
Address: Beverly Blvd. at Union Street
Date opened: September 2007
Operator: Neighborhood Land Trust, Anna Bing Living Trust
The park features a playground, landscaping, a barbecue pit and a community garden that neighbors of all ages can enjoy. The park’s most distinctive feature is the mural painted by Eliseo Silva. It is the largest Filipino American mural in the country and expresses the Filipino American experience. Washington Irving Joint Use Recreation Center Location: Glassell Park
Address: 3010 Estara Ave.
Date opened: December 2002
Operator: Los Angeles Unified School District and City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks
This joint-use site features soccer fields, basketball courts, a handball wall and a track for kids of all ages. The fields are located at Washington Irving Middle School in the Drew-Estara neighborhood of Glassell Park. Because this is a shared-use project between the City of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Unified School District, the community can use the school facilities during weekends and evenings. Yucca Community Center Location: Hollywood
Address: 6671 Yucca St.
Operator: City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks
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This park features a picnic area and barbecue pits, basketball courts, handball courts, and a children’s play area. In 2007, a soccer field was added across the street.