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Ballard Commons Park
Category: Active Life Parks Parks [Edit]
5701 22nd Ave NW(between 57th St & 58th St)
Seattle, WA 98107
Neighborhood: Ballard
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
14 reviews for Ballard Commons Park
14 reviews in English
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Review from A B.
Seattle, WA
1/15/2012
What happens when urban planning goes right.
People actually USE this park, unlike the messed up one at the central square a block or two away - you know, the one with the ugly sculptures-on-sticks, which look like they escaped from a bad grade school project, or fell from outer space.
The sculptures at this park fit right in, and the water fonts are great. In the summer, on the occasional hot day, it's almost akin to walking on a beach, except for the scale of the shells. The kids like it in the summer, almost as much as everyone else. Great place to relax or cool off when it's hot.
I signed the petition to have the skateboard park kept here because I didn't want the little bastards rolling down my street at all hours. -
Review from Krista M.
9/9/2010 2 Check-ins Here
It may be a small park but it's a pretty park, and clean! The grass is always so lush, green and perfectly trimmed. It's a great place to sit down, have a picnic (I prefer Scooter burger picnics myself) and people/puppy watch.
You can watch the teens ollie around and down the skate bowl.
You can laugh as the toddlers play in the sprinklers and the fountains that shoot up into their joyous little faces.
You can gush at the pets that meander by.
I know it doesn't have a lake or a trial, but it's a happy little spot. I like it. -
Review from Katie S.
San Francisco, CA
6/30/2008
Ballard Commons Park has a little something for everyone!
Parents- bring your kiddies if you're feeling adventurous and let 'em splash around in the 'Man, that does NOT look safe jagged edged artistic looking' fountain.
Skaters- They've got a bowl.. NO, not the kind you put grass in. It's big and new (2 years old) and from what I can tell, is pretty dang decent.
People- bring your pets, your books, your loved ones, your OE! I'm not sayin' you need booze to have a good time, nor should you drink in public. I am sayin' I've seen some stumblers roaming through the park from time to time, brown baggin' it up.
Nevertheless, it really is a nice place to walk, sit, skate, drink, and play.
Best open space in the heart of the 'Llard, since the inception of the Farmer's Market.Listed in: Get OUT!, Seattle Parks & Recreation, Saturday. In the Park.
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Review from Loe B.
4/25/2011
Its small and theres no shade but its just so inviting, besides who wants shade in seattle when theres actually sun out for once?! Theres a fountain for kids to run through, a skate bowl, and lots of lush grass to lay on...it really feels like a friendly neighborhood park. Run accross the street to Bartells for some H20 and popsicles to cool off if needed.
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Review from Erika L.
Seattle, WA
9/2/2011
Do not go near this place - especially if you plan on renting a unit on the ground floor overlooking the park. You will never open your blinds due to the homeless population and weekend drunks literally peeing and sleeping on your deck. The noise from the park is horrible so don't open your windows either.
To make matters worse you will never see your damage deposit regardless of the condition of the unit when you leave it. I paid $2060 per month and couldn't wait until my last day there. I paid another $100 per month per month for "secure" parking. The gate rarely worked properly and there was absolutely nothing secure about the building. Not a good place to be. -
Review from Chloe H.
Seattle, WA
2/25/2006 2 photos
The press release from the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation describes it thus: "The new park features a permanent skate bowl, a beautiful water feature, engaging public art, relaxing seating areas and lawns, and ADA accessible walkways."
Yeah! Could Ballard get any more awesome? -
Review from cathy g.
Seattle, WA
1/8/2009
This is a cute little park.
Lots for everyone.
Swings, slides, grass, places to eat.. large open stretches of grass for just sitting... a water fountian, a skate park.. and mor e to watch.
Thanks Ballard -
Review from Laural B.
Seattle, WA
8/8/2006
I like to come on the weekends, read in the sun, and watch the kids on skateboards wipe out and fall on their bums.
Listed in: Ballard Rules
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Review from Tammy W.
2/12/2008
I love seeing a park that gives skaters a place to skate, and it's fun watching them from my little park bench. The water feature is cool too. A public restroom would have been nice, but there are always the restrooms at the library.
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Review from Brian W.
Seattle, WA
The melting pot of the neighborhood.
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Review from Jamie C.
Redmond, WA
6/21/2007
Just another reason to love love love Ballard. The only problem with this place is now we have to walk AROUND it because my daughter gets very angry when we don't play in the water. She doesn't care if its 50 degrees, so loves the water fountain.
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Review from adrian e.
Seattle, WA
9/12/2007
i come here every few days, weather permitting and enjoy it. i usually am on my way to the library to pick up something but i will stop and do homework or to read at the park if its nice.
i have never really noticed anyone that appears to be homeless hanging out , usually just skaters usuing the bowl or families playing in the sprinklers. the grass area is usually pretty deserted.
the whole block is like an obscenely nice wonderland. its always busy with people milling about and eeryone seems oddly happy. its very odd. its like stepping into a weird dimension where everyone was fed lithium (its a good thing!) -
Review from Tarewyn M.
Seattle, WA
11/26/2006
Great water features! Lots of lawn and happy skaterkids to watch, only downside is the cities inablility to turn the water features on when they say they will. It's great when they are on, but don't trust the wading hotline to give accurate info. By all means never tell your kids where you are going untill you have checked in person to see if the darned things are on.
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Review from tina m.
Magnolia, Seattle, WA
8/4/2010
cute park, nice water features, but there is dog poop everywhere. so not healthy for kids to be around all that poop, not to mention all the cigarette butts that are all over (a friend's toddler ended up with a cigarette butt in his mouth.). i will not be returning with my young ones. it's more an urban adult park i guess.
