Hoover Gage Mini Park is a small neighborhood park that provides outdoor recreation space. The park features a playground, open green space for play, and seating areas.
Ted Watkins
This park functions as a community recreation center with green space and ongoing programs for youth like baseball, or basketball. Park includes a free to public basketball gym and public pool
Julian C. Dixon Park
Julian C. Dixon Park offers a basketball court, playground, and exercise equipment.
WLCAC Skate park
4,000 sq ft concrete outdoor skatepark (built in 2010) offers: quarter pipes, ledges, hubbas, banks, handrails, stairs, gaps (suitable for beginners-advanced skarteboarders)
Junipero Serra Branch Library
Junipero Serra Branch Library offers free educational resources, programs, and activities designed to support youth literacy and learning. The library provides homework help, tutoring services, computer access, and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math) programs for children and teens. Youth can participate in story times, reading clubs, creative workshops, and cultural events.
Alma Reaves Woods-Watts branch
Offers commmunity programs and resources like: early literacy programs(young children/family), computer tech classes, english class, homework help/tutoring opportunities
Metro Rail-to-Rail Bike Path
The Metro Rail-to-Rail Bike Path is a 5.5 cycling and pedestrian pathway that provides safe, car-free transportation and recreation opportunities for youth and families. The path promotes physical activity, environmental awareness, and independent mobility.
Stanford Avalon Community Garden
Community run urban garden space. OVer 200 plots of fresh produce cultivated. Gardeners grow vegetables, herbs, traditional crops to share with neighbors. This space is also a social and cultural hub connecting the community within watts through collaborative efforts.
Ross Snyder Recreation Center
Ross Snyder Recreation Center offers comprehensive youth programming including sports, arts and crafts, and educational activities. The center provides after-school programs, summer camps, and year-round recreational.
Watts Community Development Corporation
Nonprofit serving watts and South LA; offers job readiness and employment services, financial literacy and life management skills, weekly foods banks, after school support, community advocacy

