San Pablo Park

Huge park with plenty to do! There are a few basketball and tennis courts, along with a baseball field. There’s a big playground, and a smaller one for little ones that’s fenced off… beware, there’s sand and a lot of it!
I didn’t see many picnic areas, but a lot of people just brought their own chairs and tables and set up their own party. There was plenty of grassy areas for that!
Women’s bathroom didn’t have stalls… just a wall in between two toilets. Kinda weird, but I guess it’s a park bathroom so what can you expect?
The park is kinda difficult to get to. It’s not near any major freeways and you have to get pretty deep into the neighborhood to find it. I probably wouldn’t come here that often, but I can see it being a good destination for locals.

Nice park as far as fields to play ball and whatnot, but as far as the playground area for kids it’s full of sand and it gets in your shoes badly which takes a star for me and also the bathroom was locked which takes another star ! Not sure we will be back unless we play some ball.

Call me sheltered but I’ve never seen a park with so much going on. My daughter and I were reluctant to leave and spent a good two hours here. Lots of people, but not too crowded. I was pleased to see other parents with their toddlers when I arrived. I’m not big on the sand, but it’s nothing a good bath won’t fix post-​park. Next time we’re dragging Daddy… I’m sure he’d be a kid all over again playing a pick up game of basketball on one of the three courts!

I live in front of the place, been here all my life and I must say it’s never looked better!!! Nothing like stepping outside your home to see such a beautiful park. I’m so lucky!!! Good place for family outings and kids great for exercise too!

It’s the little things that make this park so enjoyable. The lights on the softball fields. The smooth new pavement on the basketball courts. The fenced in toddler playground with smaller slides. The tennis courts look nice too (note: «look nice». I’ve never played on them in my life.).
Frances Albrier is a nice little center. They have Wee Play there some mornings — a free play time with fun toys. Who needs Habitot? They also have a nice indoor bathroom. I always prefer this bathroom instead of the scary brick building in the middle of the basketball courts.

I might be a bit biased because I live directly across the street from this park, but I love it! It is a beautiful view out of my front window and there are always laughing kids running around.
I love to play tennis and the courts are fantastic. The people that play here are really friendly too. I’ve picked up games here many times.
I love that they allow dogs and there are always cute pups out running around with their friendly owners. I’ve met a lot of my neighbors through their puppies out there.
My favorite thing about this park? A group of amazingly talented unicycle riders frequently play basketball ON THEIR UNICYCLES! I’ve sat amazed and entertained for many an afternoon watching them roll around and shoot hoops.
They also have two nice baseball diamonds & two playgrounds.

With 6 lighted courts, this is a popular place to play tennis without paying. However, you might not be able to get a court between 5 – 7:30pm on a weeknight. Friday evenings are definitely a better time to go, or else early Sunday morning. You’ll have to trek to the bathroom and I suggest you bring your own water bottle, although there’s a drinking fountain by court 3. Definitely my go-​to for hitting!

I bring my dog here if its getting to late to drive to point Isabel, so bring a stick or a bal and have some fun!

Nice little park filled with grassy open areas, playgrounds, and tennis courts.
I love running around this park and then heading to the marina. Sometimes I would take a break on the swings.
Love this park!

This is a great park, lots of fun stuff for toddlers to play on!

Only a block away from the boy’s place, we usually come here to tan and get some homework done. It’s a really huge park, with a couple baseball diamonds, tennis courts, playgrounds, etc. Tons of locals drop by to play baseball with kids, walk their dogs, or even train for extreme frisbee. The other day Berkeley High even hosted an all class reunion here.

Quality spot for pick-​up soccer… The field is in relatively good condition, but while the space is huge, it’s often in use.

A delightful, vast piece of open space in the midst of West berkeley’s working-​class residential district. This park is very well-​maintained by the city, and it gets a great deal of use. There is nearly always some sporting event happening, which adds to the nice neighborly feel of the immediate area. I use it as the anchor to my slo-​mo jogging routine through my local neighborhood.
This park has an interesting history too – it’s Berkeley’s oldest public park, donated in part to the city by the Mason-​McDuffie Realty in 1907. Later when this onetime Finnish enclave became more African-​American, this park was home to barnstorming Negro League baseball events, and evidently Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson were among the greats who graced these fine diamonds.

Great tennis courts for a public park. It gets packed so come early!

Awesome park in a very cute neighborhood! Two seperate play areas, the tot area is even gated which makes play time pretty safe.
The rec center is almost finished being remodeled, it looks pretty nice thus far. The women and men that work there are friendly and really informative/​helpful. We look forward to taking a dance class there in the fall.

Newly Remodeled! …to include chess tables more barb-​Q pits and a wide smooth path for roller anything.
I love to walk my small dog there and plenty of owners take their better trained dogs off leash for a puppy party in the mornings and evenings.
The two baseball fields are always in good condition and leagues play there weeknights until 10pm. The 6 tennis courts also keep their lights on till around 10pm and are always empty in the mornings.
Now all they need is a volleyball court, the neighbors always bring their own net… they shouldn’t have to. There’s plenty of room for a volley ball sand lot between the tennis courts and the baseball diamond.

I use to live in the Richmond Marina and the San Pablo park was the first place I found to play soccer for pick up games on a regular basis. I was going there every week-​end on Saturdays and/​or Sundays. Now that I moved to San Francisco I could find places much closer to play like in the Golden Gate park but I like it there so I keep going.
It is pretty easy to go there. It is one block off Ashby avenue. The park is in very good conditions. They close it as soon as it rains so the grass stays nice. You have to share it occasionally with junior baseball teams but we always get along very well.
I can only rate this part but there is much more than that in the park like tennis and basketball courts, play areas for children and picnic tables and barbecues.