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    Robert L Burns Park

    4.2 (29 reviews)

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    Claudia B.

    When we go to Langer's Deli, we do a quick curbside pick-up and then get the heck outta there cuz it's in a horrible part of L.A. We eat our lunch on some tree-lined street in a nicer part of town, and we usually end up somewhere in Hancock Park. Today was our annual trek to Langer's, and I decided to find us a park to eat in or near. We found a sweet little park on the outskirts of Hancock Park, called the Robert L. Burns Park. It was very quiet, relatively unattended, but I could see it catered to children. For us, it was a place to devour our #19 pastrami sandwiches. Very tranquil, pretty, and even the weather was cooperative. Even better, nobody bothered us. Just how we like it. A lovely way to spend our afternoon.

    Handicap size porta-potty
    M X.

    Nice, clean park. Very chill, relaxed vibe. Huge, covered patio area with lots of tables. Great for birthday parties of maybe 35-50 people. It does have a bathroom, but it's a handicap size porta-potty. Hit or miss on the cleanliness. Parking is on the side streets. Benches to and fro throughout the park. Lots of big shady trees. Kids will enjoy the semi-canopied jungle gym, swings, slides, sandy area. There's also another packed dirt area that's good for bocci, lawn bowling, corn hole, etc.

    Jungle gym
    Francisco M.

    PARK MOM BULLIES Park itself is great, we came out here with the little one and he was making friends and playing. The park has 4 slides two swings for older kids and two for youNeer ones. The playground is in a large sandbox which is great. But be careful with some of the moms out here though.. these two moms came up to their kids that were playing with our little one and told them not to play with him yet allowed them to play with the other white kids there. Our kid was confused he's only 2 years old they started to make faces at him so I went up to them and they said he was throwing sand everywhere and they don't want that kind of energy around their kids. The sand throwing was the kids playing tag and falling on the sand and then wiping themselves. After they started to ignore our kid they continued to play without him still throwing sand around. In any event, keep an eye on your kid and be careful with some of these racist moms. They're only children.

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    Amazing park for the kids only downside I would say would be the bathrooms and parking but besides that I love the park.

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