Adams Recreation Center is a City of San Diego Parks & Recreation facility at 3491 Adams Avenue in Normal Heights, sitting on the corner of Adams and 35th Street in the 92116 ZIP. The property was acquired by the city in 1961, and the current recreation building opened in 1987 with a 16,500-square-foot center that includes meeting rooms, a game room, a kitchen, offices, restrooms, and a multi-functional gymnasium. The outdoor grounds contain a lighted softball field, an outdoor basketball court, walking paths, picnic structures, a children's play area, and an outdoor stage. The 35th Street location places the center on the Adams Avenue corridor alongside cycling and pedestrian traffic that flows through Adams Avenue Bicycles and the neighborhood's network of parks and open-space trails. Youth and adult programming runs seasonal sessions in martial arts, basketball, soccer, ceramics, cooking, and arts-and-crafts workshops. The Adams Community Recreation Group meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month to provide community input on facility programming and maintenance priorities. The center is accessible by SDMTS Route 11 bus service along Adams Avenue. Arts programming connects to the broader creative corridor, where studios such as Art on 30th offer ceramics, painting, and mixed-media classes within the same Normal Heights grid. Park capacity is listed at 675, and the facility is available for private event rental through the Adams Avenue Business Association.