Salazar Park

Visited this park yesterday to see the mural by Paul Botello... Unfortunately some disrespectful taggers have vandalized it and it looks as if someone has made an attempt to clean it off. This park is spacious and has lots of trees.. but it would be nice if the city contributed to giving it better maintenance. The sidewalks need a serious power wash; as you're walking along the sidewalk next to the parking lot where the flowers back up to the kid's play area, you get slapped with a smell of urine. It would also be nice if the local police made random stops to keep loiterers (not visitors) off the ground. We were there for 30minutes at least, and saw the same 2 loiterers hanging out in the bathroom! One can only assume they're doing drugs, who stands guard at the door when they aren't doing something bad?... It was also the bathroom next to the kid's play area which makes it worse. The residents of this city pay taxes, they deserve better.

Very active park with great festivities. Here is the annual Aztec celebration. Very friendly crowd, great vibes and very fun atmosphere.

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Pool is clean with a friendly staff. Park is nice and has plenty of shade. They offer free lunch for kids under 18 years old.

My kids like to be at Salazar Park never saw this coming since I grew up down Ditman by the Arco gas station I never actually like going to the park now I coach along with my son Jacob at the park..

They had some celebration of the AZTEC New Year, it was wonderful!

I attended the Easter Jubilee event yesterday with my daughter and nephew the event was nice but when it came to the raffle they called out my nephews number and when he claimed the price the lady calling out the numbers turned him down claiming it wasn’t his number . I felt sad for my nephew and tried to tell the lady what happened at the end of the raffle she didn’t believe me and claimed they hadn’t called his number. The lady’s doing the raffle also has preference for the people who would win they would give additional prices as if they knew them . It was really unfair and I felt so sad for my nephew, why would they turn down a kid , not sure why they said it wasn’t the number when my nephew, daughter and I clearly heard the number and he had won , how dissapointing . I’ll be aware if I attend other events .

Nicely maintained park. Great for picnicking and several other Recreation programs.

Public pool, senior center, soccer, tennis etc. such a great space for families and friends to hang out and enjoy being outside! #cleanparksla #tennis #pool #playground #losangeles

Has lots of grassy areas and has two tennis courts (which is what I really go for). The tennis courts are great. The one closest to the street has the most shade and both are generally in good maintenance. Love this park!

I came here on a Saturday afternoon after seeing the reviews; gangsters, cholos and violence, which remind me of my hometown haha. However when I got here, I saw kids playing, teens playing basketball, families, even people walking their dogs. The park has definitely improved since those last reviews, the park was peaceful. I pulled out my laptop and did my essay here, no robberies haha.

It's a good park I come here usually once a week I've never had a problem with this park for over 13 years the " cholos or addicts " I've never seen one there so it's a great park for kids to go I recommend 100%

I'm really surprised that noone has taken the time to review this park!!! Truth is, I grew up down the block 20 years ago and would spent countless hours jogging, watching people playing sports and enjoying my summers cooling off at the pool. I even went on dates here lol I have to say that I've had many fond memories here and to this day, my dad still lives on Alma ave which is the street directly next to the park. Yes, i did witness drive by shootings and violence from time to time but overall this park brings the community together and is an east l.a. landmark that was named after Latino journalist, Ruben Salazar who was decapitated by the incompetence of the LAPD crew that made a bad judgment while he was having a beer at the silver dollar bar. May his legacy live on.