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Penmar Park & Rec Center
Categories: Active Life Parks Active Life Tennis Parks, Tennis [Edit]
1341 Lake StVenice, CA 90291
Neighborhood: Venice
(310) 396-8735
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
6 reviews for Penmar Park & Rec Center
6 reviews in English
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Review from Joan S.
7/10/2008 10 photos
This large facility appears to have everything you would want in a park.
There's a huge community center with programs for seniors, summer programs for kids, childcare, and a gym.
The gym is closed to the public during the daytime, if I understood the signs correctly. Looks like the kids in the care programs have full reign until after 6pm. So I couldn't get inside yesterday to check it out, but that is probably where the indoor basketball court is......where else would it be, haha......
I didn't see the handball court either, however I'm under the impression they have one, from when I lived near that area of Venice.
I did see:
Ball fields, lighted.
Outdoor basketball court, lighted.
Kids play area.
Picnic areas.
Lighted tennis courts, which even have a separate Yelp review listing:
http://www.yelp.com/bi...
The Penmar golf course is across the street, on the other side of Rose.
And that's a separate listing also, with reviews.
http://www.yelp.com/bi...
Penmar Recreation Center is a big, bustling place, serving many needs of the community. Cool.
9 photos postedListed in: Parks & Scenic Spaces, Sports Parks
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Review from Dina B.
Venice, CA
3/18/2010
The WORST place to play tennis on the Westside! The park is noisy and there's no separation between courts, so people's balls are constantly rolling onto your court, disrupting your match.
This wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't also the most crowded court in the area: sometimes we have waited over an hour to get a court. Try the courts at Marine Park (by Lincoln/Rose): the courts are all self-contained, the nets are nicer, and the park is far less sketchy. -
Review from Porter L.
Venice, CA
4/28/2009
I live pretty much next door to Penmar Park and it is fantastic having such a cool place so close. Nice clean fields for frisbee, rugby, lying on the grass. Uncrowded tennis courts, pickup basketball games. Rec center with gymnasium and classes and events for seniors and families. Summertime carnivals. Very nice public golf course across the street.
Safe, friendly, community-based city park.
One of the major reasons I love living here. -
Review from Allison D.
Los Angeles, CA
6/19/2008
I almost didn't want to review this because I like the fact that no one seems to know about these courts ... but that would be selfish of me and I'm not a selfish cre...okay, I won't even finish typing such a falsity. However, these courts are FREE (notice a trend with the courts I like the most?), get that nice cool ocean breeze, and one is usually always available. The people who play here are all chill, the noise level's not bad, and the nets are kept pretty well in tact. No complaints except that sometimes it gets a bit windy...
Listed in: Tennis Courts
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Review from Alex Q.
Venice, CA
5/21/2010
The Penmar Rec Center is a wonderful resource for the Venice community. I play pick up soccer and basketball there with my friends all the time. Really a friendly park too, my friends and I once scrimmaged an amateur soccer team there. Great environment!
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Review from Ben S.
Los Angeles, CA
7/5/2009
If yoou are looking for a good place to find a pickup game then this is your location. I usually go with a friend and play a couple games of basketball full court five on five. This is a good way to exercise even if you do not know how to actually play the sport. In about an hour tops I hae lost several calories. The people play fair and things do not get out of hand.
