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Alberta Park
Category: Active Life Parks Parks [Edit]
NE 22nd Ave & Killingsworth StPortland, OR 97253
Neighborhoods: Northeast Portland, Concordia
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
10 reviews for Alberta Park
10 reviews in English
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Review from Dayna F.
Northport, NY
5/21/2012 2 Check-ins Here
Love the off-leash dog area! Lots of puppies to play with my pooch and friendly doggy-parents to chat with. Be sure to bring your own bags!
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Review from Zachary S.
San Francisco, CA
9/2/2011 151 Check-ins Here
Nice little park that I made home for my morning dog walks. It is large, quite and relatively empty if you go early in the morning. It also has a large, unfenced off leash dog area for my pup to play, so big bonus there.
Truthfully, this park was part of my daily routine mainly because of its close proximity to my old house, and it could easily be replaced by any other park in Portland. -
Review from Bee C.
Portland, OR
11/5/2011
Best park in town. Awesome for kids, adults and dogs. Large open leash area, athletic fields, tennis court, covered hoops court and another court for bike polo and ball hockey.* Why go anywhere else?
pdxballhockey.com* -
Review from Wendy C.
Portland, OR
3/7/2008
Alberta Park: where Parks & Rec playground equipment goes to die.
OR
Alberta Park: Toto, we're not in Lake Oswego anymore!
Amenities:
*Nike-funded covered basketball court
*Jogging trail
*Sports fields
Un-amenities:
*Saddest, most run-down, squeakiest, rustiest mismatched playground equipment I've seen in Portland
*Shaded completely by tall trees - gloomy, gloomy.
*Nightly Alberta Park police cruise. (Maybe this is actually an amenity, but it's kind of depressing.)
Alberta Park doesn't have a lot going for it, other than that it's within walking distance. In the vicinity, Peninsula Park is more attractive and has more and better amenities. Wilshire Park is more kid and dog friendly. I wish I could meet more neighbors here, other than the ones sleeping it off on a bench or the ones hanging out near the playground yelling about f*cking each other up.
One more plus: in the summer, on those two days where it breaks 100 degrees, this place is a cool, shady oasis. It always has some crazy wind tunnel blowing through, which is more appealing in July than in March. -
Review from Geanna M.
9/25/2011 38 Check-ins Here
This is one of my favorite parks in Portland. The fact that it's extremely close to my house helps, of course, but I also like how big it is. It literally takes up an entire city block. There are many trees, basketball courts, tennis courts, and a field for baseball and football. In a word: perfect.
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Review from trav ..
Honolulu, HI
3/22/2008 1 photo
I agree with Wendy, although I haven't used the playground equipment...
Why is it called Alberta park when it's not on Alberta?
You might respond with "Well Trav, it's in the Alberta arts district".
From what I know, "Alberta arts" is a new name made up by realtors and the Alberta street business association. The hood is Concordia.
Either way, can we get this park a little TLC? (I'm sure the city reads Yelp on their lunch breaks)
Afterwards, we can talk about a name change :) -
Review from Sean G.
Portland, OR
3/20/2009
Another early morning visit with the camera. Albera park is pretty run down, with little grass beneath the trees, and kind of an opressed air about it.
There was plenty of playground equipment, most of it old-school and pretty interesting looking. However, it wasn't quite as photogenic as I might like. There were the usual pieces, swings and slide and jungle gym. There was also a merry-go-round, which is a good thing. However, the idea that this is where old equipment goes to die isn't so far off... it was mismatched and all sort of seemed just plopped about at random around the park.
There didn't seem to be much else, other than the open space. It was quiet and had a number of dog walkers and joggers come through, but if I was in the area I'd head over to Peninsula park instead. -
Review from Christen M.
Portland, OR
2/28/2007
When I first started driving around Portland, I often found myself irritated by how few through streets there are -- you can't drive five blocks around here without running into another PARK or SCHOOL. Jeez. It's like liveability is way more important than driveability or something! Or maybe it's a conspiracy to get your lazy ass out of the car and onto your feets or your bike.
Chief advantage of Alberta Park over other nearby Portland parks? Treeees. So many treeeees all clustered together. Also has nice paved and unpaved paths, basketball and tennis courts aaaand a leashless area for doggies. A pretty place for an afternoon stroll or a game. -
Review from Lulu P.
Portland, OR
7/5/2009
It's a neighborhood park, not a destination. I go everyday to run or take my dog or both. I can't imagine life without it. It's like my car or my kitchen or my computer.
Could it be improved? I guess. but besides new playground equipment, really, how? -
Review from Kendra M.
Portland, OR
11/12/2009
Awesome... for a dog park. The park has hundreds of beautiful old trees!!
