2024 Park Review: John Bernath Park in Brook Park Packs a Dino’s Rust With A Giant Tower!

Despite the large amount of rust, no bathroom, no parking and more rust, this park was actually a great way to spend stop 30 of the 2024 Summer Park Tour.  My family loves this place, and we were happy to include it once again on this year’s tour.   Here is our full review below for those of you who want to check it out!

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Location

1376 Holland Rd, Brook Park, OH 44142

About the Park

It is a nice park, some highlights included the Dinosaur and two different playsets. It did have a few drawbacks however such as lack of parking, tons of rust and no bathrooms.

It has a few places to sit in the shade, which was nice, however most of the equipment was covered in rust and bird poop which is always a drawback. Also, only being a few feet away from a giant electrical tower, was a bit unnerving as well. The two playsets were by far the highlight, including the Dinosaur walk ramp and the really neat Rockwall.

In fact, the rock wall was different than any one we had ever seen before.  Plenty of slides and opportunities for fun!  Overall, the lack of bathroom and parking with the sizable rust and bird poop, make this one difficult to feel comfortable. If you stick to the playsets and swing sets you should be ok.

Access to the park

Not good as you have to park on a side street and hope to God you don’t get side swiped.

Things to do

6 seat swing set with 4 regulars and 2 buckets

2 playsets, 1 large, 1 small

1 tunnel slide, 2 swirly slides, 1 triple slide, 2 normal

Monkey bar set

2 rock walls

Bouncy bridge

Monkey bar rings

1 jungle gym

Dino Structure to climb

Places to sit

A few benches close to the playsets, but both covered in rust.

Ground

A nice mix of grass in the large areas, and then mulch in the playset areas.

Bathroom

None to speak of

Best part of the park

It is such a cool looking park with the giant Dino set and then the tower in the background.  A true neighborhood park.

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