Apollo Park — Attraction in Downey

Whenever I visit my relatives that live around Apollo park I always come to the park itself, the park itself is nice. It has trees, a path for running/walking, a playground, basketball courts and volleyball courts. But the city of Downey needs to take care of one thing ruining this beautiful park. The homeless, there are so many homeless people in the park. And usually I don’t mind the homeless, in fact I give them food or money whenever I can. But they are a concern to the community, they smoke weed in the presence of children, leave trash and scare away regular residents. Not only that, there is an apartment complex right near the park where multiple homeless people have harassed the residents. I know because my Niece’s close friend lives there with her boyfriend. I’ve heard that they’ve snuck in the apartments to hide from the police, left feces near the front of doors and most recently stole expensive items from a car. I’ve even seen one myself! He was snooping around the outside of the complex suspiciously, before he got kicked out. The police have been there more then ever. There are dozens of people living in those apartments, but the city won’t let them fence off the property, they’re safety is at risk! My heart feels for the many families who live there. As someone who was assaulted when I was a teenager I fear for any of the young ladies living there. Not just them but the children living there, the elderly and just out right anyone who seems like an easy target. Not only that but the neighborhood right near Apollo park is also in risk. All of this roots back to Apollo park! The city needs to take care of this issue, before something...

I give three stars only because the picnic area was not clean. Last year was a five star. It was an older gentleman who worked for the park. He came over and cleaned the picnic area. Was very friendly and did a great job. The year before that our company had to pick up a lil trash. This year the picnic area was filthy. We asked the young Man on duty if he could help clean. He gave my coworker a broom SMH. So my coworker swept the ground and picnic benches. After my coworker finished, the young Man came over with a picker . Dude we don't need you lol smh. This is our third year my company has hosted our celebration honoring our Direct Care Staff and Individuals. Anyhoo! We didn't allow this to dampen our spirits. All enjoyed just was disappointed with the upkeep of the picnic area. Hopefully next year we won't have that issue. Or our company will select...

This park has activity areas all around the park different groups can hold their activities without crowding other groups. This park is large enough for lots of different activities to be going on at the same time. The parking lot I parked in wasn't very large but I think there are parking lots all around the perimeter of the park so you can park close to your activity without having to walk too far.

They even have a very nice kids Jungle Gym area that is completely fenced in so parents can watch their children very easily without the children running off into different areas of the park. The children's area has several pieces of jungle gym equipment and benches for the parents to sit on and has wood chip mulch surface.

I really like this park, and I think...