Roosevelt Park

The skate park is interesting. It’s not quite a vert park, but it’s definitely not a street park. The concrete I’ve been told is slick, moreso where there is graffiti, obviously but there didn’t seem to be much of that.
The location is good. It’s close to downtown, and just off the Route 22 bus line. If you’re here for skate parks, VTA is a good option since there are three on the east side and then, this park. I did not see a parking lot.
As soon as I walked up with my camera, someone said «No photos, no photos!», as though he was internationally famous or something. I somehow restrained myself to only photograph my buddy who was with me.
Naturally, the skate park doesn’t really seem to have any shade but there was a bench in the direct sunlight. Thankfully, Wienerschnitzel is just across the street and there is a Walgreens further down the street for drinks.

Pros:
1) Next to amazing Roosevelt Youth Community Center
2) BBQ areas
3) Two Playground areas for kids
4) Tennis Court
5) Plenty of Shade
6) Nice place to people watch
7) Very clean park
8) A lot of Youth Programs visit here
9) Restrooms available for both genders
Cons:
1) Close to traffic (Santa Clara St) one of the main roads that runs through downtown san jose.
2) gang activity at racket ball courts located at the very far end of the park.
Tips:
* As long as you do not go ALL THE WAY to the back of the park, this is one of the best parks located near downtown san jose! Great place to have a picnic, run, walk dogs, and enjoy the afternoon with your kids playing. If you have time… check out the community center next door. They always have available resources, free/​low cost community support, and great upcoming free community events! Great place to get involved with your local community.

Ghetto park — skip it. My son is on an adventure this summer to skate at all the local skateparks. I knew this neighborhood is rough hence why we made a 9am visit during the week before the gangbangers woke up.
The skatepark and the soccer fields are poorly maintained.
Graffiti is all over the skatepark — not cool creative graffiti but tags everywhere with the nortenos gangs name tagged all over in red. Ok guys I know this is your hood, the one tag that is 7 feet long was big enough for me to read you didn’t have to tag it 50 more times!
There were a few derelicts who were annoyed that this mommy bear was supervising everybody while her son skated and scootered. One or two guys were scooter ing and skating but the rest were just hanging waiting for their homies.
We had some verbal exchange — good with one 20-​something but the other one… well we had a little attitude adjusting session.
So my son skated for 30 minutes and we left before the real punks woke up and showed up.
It’s too bad because the entire park and community center has potential, but it’s so sketchy that I wouldn’t even leave my car parked here unattended.
The one cool thing is that there is a Panaderia around the corner and we stopped in and had some hot pan Mexicano dulce.
Otherwise skip this place.

This park has a bad ass skate park here, they got bowls, the flat ground service is really smooth to land your tricks. They also have a basketball court. Plenty of parking too.

Pros
Skate park
Huge outdoor seating for birthday parties and occasions
Hockey rink
Roosevelt community center
Handball court
Soccer field
Park for kids
Has way more than most parks do!
Cons
Can have some sketchy activity due to it’s locations
Overall 3.5−4 :)

Fun park. First time here. Love watching silicon valley roller girls. a little rough Finding parking lot.

This is actually a really, really nice park if you look at it from afar and ordinarily would be a 4-​star park. «So, why only a 1-​star rating?,» you ask inquisitively. That’s a really good question, and the answer can be summed up with one word: clientele. The local denizens of this park are comprised of mostly Skate Punkz (sic), gangbangers, and (my favorite!) Local Outdoor Enthusiasts (LOE). These inhabitants make this place an uncomfortable place to hang. It’s pretty difficult to enjoy yourself at the park when you’re constantly having to keep an eye on what the natives are up to. The only reason I ever stop here is to use the restroom at the adjoining community center, but other than that I’d avoid this place. Now that I’ve given you all the reasons NOT to visit, I suppose it would only be fair to list the reasons to visit:
1) Nice Playground and Tot Lot
2) Skate Park – ergo the Skate Punkz
3) Basketball Courts
4) Handball Courts – thus the gangbangers
5) Coyote Creek Trail access – that explains the LOE
6) Lighted Softball/​Baseball field
7) Roller Hockey Rink (see I told you this park had some cool features!)
8) Restrooms inside the adjoining community center are, generally, pretty clean.
9) Standard picnic areas w/​BBQ pits
In summation: great park with a lousy location.

i played kickball on the softball field and its not a pretty sight. grass is long where it exists and there are a lot of patches. at least it has lighting.

This is a poor excuse for a soccer field. Soccer matches are held in the outfield area of the baseball field. The pitch is patchy, full of potholes, and some sprinkler heads stick out threatening to tear your ankle or knee ligaments.
The field dimensions are super small. So you have a cramped match on a crappy pitch with really dry spots on the grass.
I’ll give them an extra star because it has lights and in San Jose, it is hard to find lit soccer fields during the winter months.

I don’t know about the soccer fields, but the new skatpark is pretty rad. T
here’s a big giant pool that I have’nt had the balls to try yet and then a big bowl area that goes from vert areas to a little mini ramp type spot with steel coping all around. Around the outside, there are street type obstacles to grind and manual on. The concrete is painted tan and green and isn’t too slippery just nice and smooth. Lots of fun for all ages and no authority figures around to ruin the mood at least not yet. Not even a sign with a bunch of rules on it knock on wood. I saw that little kid again with his mom and dad. It was there first time there and he was ripping it.

I play on a soccer team that is part of the SBASL (South Bay Adult Soccer League). Roosevelt Park’s soccer field sucks SO BAD, that I had to Unilocal about it. =)
If you have bad ankles… watch out. This field has many holes and a very uneven surface. Unfortunately, the center of the field towards both ends is devoid of any grass at all. =(
The only tip I can offer here is stay out of the sun if possible. There is an area of the sideline towards the far corner of the field that will be in the shade in the early evening… so your team may be able to have some advantage by staying cool in the shade. =)