Northridge Recreation Center

Best park in the Valley.
Basketball courts can be full or not. The weather is great here. It can get hot, but never as high as the other parks.
They got a great playground set for the kids.
The bars for working out and rings for swinging is great. There is a good community of bar brothers that are courteous.
This place has a wide open field to play ball.
Although, I do warn that the middle of the field across from the basketball court near the tree with dirt and no grass on it to never take off your shoes. Last time, my friend had sandals, and he stepped on a nail. Luckily, the sandals were pierced, but he was fine.

Monday thru Friday you can let the dog, but keep an eye on him. For the most part, this park stays pretty clean.

Nice place to hang out. Clean lots of parking. Tennis courts baseball diamonds softball diamonds plenty of room for soccer. Picnic tables in the front of the park. Saturdays and Sundays the area from the park can get pretty crowded. Has a nice pool with water slides but since they installed it a couple years ago it seems like they’re only open for about 45 days a year. Shame to waste all that money just for that short span of time

Nothing to really complain about. It is a park. It was a gym, pool, rack field, baseball field. Lots of area and grass to just lay down. It doesn’t get crowded. Plus there are parking spaces that hardly ever gets packed. Came here, parked my at, and took a nap. It’s relaxing.

New Playground for kids. Swimming pool. basketball indoor/​outdoor court, baseball field. workout bars.soccer field.

For parties or classes I believe you have to reserve with the office that’s near Lemarsh St. There are lots of trees for shade. There are tennis courts, basketball courts (indoor and outdoor), a place to play volley ball but it never has a net and lots of ample free space of grasslands. There are gym bars and a new playground to both sides of the bball court. But there are a lot of gopher holes though.
For inquiries about the pre-​k and camp programs for kids go to the lower office located near the playground.
I worked here for many years as a camp counselor and preschool teacher and they do have wonderful programs for preschool and camps. It might seem biased but it really is a great experience for kids, volunteers, and those who want to work with kids.
To use the pool from what I remember it’s free if you have a library card and $ 2 if you don’t. Kids in camp have a schedule to swim here too.

Great park for Northridge area.
great programs for inspiring young active kids.
well kept, a few full basketball courts indoors-​outdoors, hanging bars for the adult as well as the little kids.
beautiful pool (summer time only)… divided into two, slide and play area — laps. with plenty of life guards.
baseball fields, toddler sandlot, and monkey bar for grown kids.

This is a great place to go play some leisurely tennis with some friends! I’ve come here a couple times, and there’s always a free court. People are really nice here unlike a few other parks with some real snobby tennis «stars».
The outdoor basketball court needs A LOT of work. The asphalt’s the roughest I’ve seen and there’s bumps all over the place. I literally play anywhere, but if there’s people, I’m even more up for it. Northridge Park has some ballers here every now and then. But usually they’re more talk than anything.
Also, they got lots of area to do your routine workout or even a nice jog. I’ve seen people come regularly to play some rugby as well! Can’t find that at most places and they’re usually up to adding more people if you ask.

I like playing basketball at the indoor basketball court here. I work nearby so I play with co-​workers once a week during our lunch hour (except during the summer when it’s reserved for kid camps and other events). We do have to pay monthly for the reservation but it’s worth it since there usually isn’t an open gym. Anyways, the gym is pretty well maintained and it’s built like a carbon copy of other gyms in the valley like at Mason park.
FYI, from the park website:
Auditorium, barbecue pits, baseball diamond (lighted), basketball courts (lighted/​indoor), basketball courts (lighted/​outdoor), childrens play area, community room, indoor gym (without weights), picnic tables, seasonal pool (outdoor/​heated), soccer field (lighted), tennis courts (lighted).
p. s. don’t speed on Lemarsh St… always cop cars driving around because of the nearby police station

Okay, first off, is there seriously a picture of a dead rat posted for this park? Northridge Park is fine, not dirty or scary, and I’ve never seen any rats. There’s a lot of parking, space, and things to do. The recreational center has a lot of programs. They have a big fair with rides at the beginning of the summer and I’ve even seen them show movies on one of those big, inflatable projector screens.

Indoor basketball gym is pretty decent. At least they blast the AC here so it doesn’t get all smelly with all the players sweating. Place is cleaned indoors and out. Nice & friendly staff. The referees for the mighty mites basketball league are also friendly and very patient with the kids.

The four very best points of Northridge Park, in a nutshell:
1. There is always some sort of soccer or football or baseball or similar sporting event going on here, and participants are usually cool if you want to join in. Ask first.
2. The pool and its wonderful lifeguard, Nadine, who has promised to rescue me when I inevitably drown.
3. Leashed dogs are allowed.
4. Parking is both free and abundant.
What else? Well, Northridge Park is quite close to my house, so I’ll give it an extra half star; it doesn’t take a lot to impress me. Taking all this into account, four and a half stars, rounded down to four because that’s what I feel like giving it.

This is a park to take the family. It is a big park compared to other parks around the valley.
They have
Baseball field, Basketball Courts, Tennis Courts, Open Space for Football or Soccer Games. Plenty of Trees and shade. Parking off Reseda Blvd or off Lemarsh with plenty of parking.
The only drawback is the park is right by these huge transformers. So I dont like going there.
I would recommend this park for football or soccer games. I do believe they have organized flag football games on sundays