San Lorenzo Park Community Center-Park

Nice place… but it’s under construction plus I called the # number and is no longer working.

My dog and I have been here several times for our morning outing. It has a nice assortment of amenities, including baseball fields, soccer fields, walking paths, a pond, dog park, play structures…
The only thing that makes it extremely annoying for us to visit is that there is poop, covering almost every square foot of the entire park. The fields likely had a 30:70 poop to grass ratio at best. My dog loves to eat the duck poop so he’d probably give this «feature» a 5 star rating, but I don’t enjoy so much navigating the minefield and having to keep my eye on him constantly to make sure he doesn’t have a quick snack. For this reason, this is definitely not a park that I would romp and play in.
Every time I’ve been here I’ve met very friendly people (dog owners and park managers alike) and had great conversations, so I’d venture to say that the morning crowd that visits this park is a great group.

I have been here many many times from hosting parties for the family to making it my stomping ground to take long isolated walks. I recall one time that in order to reserve a picnic section had to go to Hayward Unified Park District and had to pay all of these fees ect ect ect ect… We all know there is a budget crises everywhere we look but what is the point of paying close to $ 200.00 for no service??? But what still irks me and ticks me off is that the least they can do is clean the bathrooms and as much as is taken from HOA fees they should at least try and clean all of the bird feces with a power washer or something. I also think that the housing boom from a few years ago really messed up this nice and quiet park. They hold soccer tournaments on the weekends and as much as I try not to hate on people that come with the loud music and ruin quiet places like this but it no longer is a secret location.

Went here on a weekday to feed the ducks & play on the play structure. I was unimpressed. There are restrooms next to the play structure which is great. However there was a group picnic taking place right next to the play structure which I didn’t like cause the adults kept watching the kids play. This would have been fine if one of them had a kid but none of them did so it creeped me out. We decided to feed the ducks instead. HOLY poop ville batman! The pond is so filled w/​feces it was a mess to walk around. The geese were so aggressive I was chasing them away from my toddler. We just wanted to feed the sweet, patient ducks which never happened cause of the aggressive geese.
Live & learn.

They should rename this park Excrement Park. The trail around the pond is strewn with feces, bird and dog. You can’t step anywhere without hitting one of these land mines. So we decided to walk on the grass instead. Well it’s all over there too. Dog owners who don’t pick up after their dogs (you KNOW who YOU are) should be ashamed and disgusted with themselves. PICK UP AFTER YOUR DOGS!!!
We went there for the dog park based on the reviews on Unilocal.The park was okay except there were no dogs to socialize with. Plus where is a single water fountain? I don’t care that no bowls are provided (I bring my own) but they can’t expect us to take water from the pond.
The soccer field, playground, view of the pond and the trees are the only saving graces to this park. It’s really sad because when I worked for HARD as a teen summer counselor we would do our training here and play with the kids on the grass. Things have definitely changed. I know times are tough and parks are getting the shaft, but we can all do our part to try and keep our community clean and a safe place for our family.

This park is really nice. When you sit at the dog park, you can see the fountain in the middle of the pond.
Sure there is some poop on the trail, but it is a duck pond… right? There are lots of birds including swan and geese. Very pretty.
Someone advised me not to go there after dark, but in the daytime, it is pretty nice.