Greenwood Park

Basic park. Basketball courts big grass area for soccer or football or just to play catch. There’s a few BBQ pits here. The only negative I have is that there is usually 3 – 5 homeless people hanging around doing what they do. Some are scary, some are friendly. So If you feel uncomfortable about being around homeless then this isn’t the park for you. Other than that it does the job. The breeze from the bay comes in and feels nice and also they just built some new KB homes right across so it doesn’t look as trashed as it used to be.

I’ve lived in the area pretty much all my life and I have many memories at this park. The park was built back in the 80’s and little has been done as far as renovations. A few years ago, the city did upgrade the playground area so thats a plus, however nothing else has changed but a few replanting of trees. The city continues to maintain the park, patching up cracks from settling basketball courts. As a member of the neighborhood watch, I remember we’ve brought the homeless/​drunk loitering issue to the city and its police department however, despite the citys continuing attempts to reduce the loitering it still appears that the problem exists. The parks expansion was proposed as a gift from a developer who said he’d donate a portion of the land he is planning to develop to the city in return that the city change the zoning from a low density residential to a medium residential which would mean townhomes wedged inbetween neighborhoods. I’ll be honest, I would rather not have townhomes with an expanded park.
In conclusion, the park is a nice little neighborhood park, however is overdue for a make over. the concrete pathways are cracked and wedged up, the basketball courts are run down and need to be repainted. The BBQ areas need to be landscaped and redone. Graffiti is all over. Water fountains need to be upgraded and if there is a way, need to be dog resistant. I never use the water fountains since I’ve witness owners allow their dogs to lick the fountains to drink… gross.
COME ON HAYWARD… I KNOW WE’RE ALL HURTING IN THIS ECONOMY BUT TIME TO FIX THINGS.

Greenwood park brings back a lot of memories. Mainly they consisted of intense pickup basketball games between my buddies and I on many summer mornings and late afternoons. Its also been the spot where we’ve held barbecues.
It has the base needs of a park, including a cement trail, decent space to play tag or football, a well-​sized playground, and of course, a full-​court basketball court.
If you’re looking to play ball here, the courts are hardly full during the day. I wouldn’t play here at night though since it seems sketchy, especially in the back where bums tend to hang out. Despite the fact they’re building condos across the street in an effort to revitalize the area, it does seem a bit unsafe. As the first reviewer mentioned, there’s been sights of vandalism and cars doing donuts.
Its a basic park that’ll meet your needs, but definitely come here during the day. Cheerio.

A pretty basic park that has your usual suspects: basketball court, jungle gym with tanbark, bbqs, and lawn. The grass is kept fairly green while the rest of the park feels a bit worn. They recently replaced the jungle gym for a new plastic one, but I liked the older wooden one better. The scenery is basically the street road of Middle Lane and Eden. These roads can get a bit hectic near rush hour.
The rest home that used to be behind the park was demolished. I hear that they’re going to expand the park into this area. This would double the size of the park. I sure hope that this gets completed.
Greenwood Park is sometimes visited by loony people, but which park isn’t? Most of the time this place is empty.
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An average park that has enough room for a game of tag or some basketball. Vandalism can be periodically seen in the forms of car donuts and tagging.