Westwood Gardens Park — Attraction in Los Angeles

This park is tiny, but still there are frequently homeless people on the premises and sometimes they can be violent and throw things at you. Sometimes they smoke cigarettes or marijuana near the children.

The homeless will store their belongings in the park equipment on the shelf above the structure.

Also, the homeless people will leave trash containers in the bushes which pool water so this park will also have a mosquito problem from standing water.

I love this quaint park, it has the potential to be nice, and the city should really do...

I love this park, it's close to my kids school but every time we go there are multiple homeless people sleeping and hanging out in that park, which make it very uncomfortable for me. Last time, some homeless lady was yelling, cussing, and trying to fight my 4 yr old, when we were walking to go inside. Decided not to go in and didn't engage. It really just depends on day, but I have never not gone in and not seen at least one homeless person. Wish the city would do something, it's just a shame, could be a great park. Especially because it's by...

It's never super crowded here when we go. The equipment is in super shape. There are lots of ways to climb up and slide down. The monkey bars are low (great sized even for a young as 3 year olds), the play equipment seems to entertain kids from crawling age to grade school age. The foam ground is soft and springy still. The only thing missing are the swings and it is a bit sunny in the afternoon/early evening (the overhanging material put up to block the sun seems to be placed in the...