Cerritos Park — Attraction in Glendale

This park is nice and small for the kiddos to have fun! It's even dog friendly which is a big plus for us because we have to furry little pets 🐶🐕🐾 there were two things we didn't like though 1) it clearly says it's a non-smoking area because obviously kids are playing here and yet there were a group of old man smoking right next to the play area. I truly hope something can be done about that. 2) the second thing we didn't like was that it's barely 5:30pm but since it gets dark early a couple of sketchy people are starting to arrive which does not make me feel at ease specially w kids being here. The good thing about this park is that there is also parking which may be accessed through South gelndale st. I definitely recommend coming early before the sun sets. Another nice thing about it is that there a couple of American sign language words in a part of the games and some Braille too. Nice way to encourage kids to learn more...

Cerritos is only a block away from me so it’s super convenient. My kids are a bit older (12,9,8) but the playground equipment is still suitable for their age. There is a great lawn to relax in and everything is well maintained by the City of Glendale.

The park is amenable to people of all ages. There are loads of great park benches and shaded picnic tables where I see folks playing backgammon and chess regularly. It’s great to have a park that suits people from all age groups.

There are a couple downsides. 1) I have been to the park several times after dark walking my dog and there seem to be rats living on the bushes. I’ve seen several and my dog has REALLY wanted to chase after a few as well. 2) The neighboring Armenian Youth center has events several nights a week and I’ve seen it where they will literally take every parking spot in the park in addition to their own parking.

Overall, though, this is a great park with...

Cute, small, clean enough.

This park is nestled in a super busy intersection - it's fenced with an entrance from the parking lot on Glendale and a walk in entry from Brand. The parking lot is small and was half full when I visited tho there was only one other person in the park so I don't know what the other cars are doing there. Several concrete picnic tables are decently shaded and close to the structure. The structure has lots of climbing walls, few slides, and there's no swings. Not entirely in the sun or shaded.

There's a nice grassy patch and a very small splash pad (not yet in service at the writing of this in April tho that could be season or covid🤷🏽‍♀️). There's definitely exhaust and traffic sounds with this being right on San Fernando/Brand/Glendale.

Restrooms were open tho I...