Family-Friendly Amenities and Parks in Encino — A Complete Guide

Encino 91316 and 91436 delivers the most under-recognized family outdoor lifestyle of any neighborhood in the PEP SFV coverage area — not because it has the most dramatic natural asset (Granada Hills 91344's Angeles National Forest access and Lake Balboa 91406/91411's Sepulveda Basin win those distinctions), but because Encino's family outdoor infrastructure is specifically well-suited to the broad range of family life stages and athletic interests that no single-purpose park system serves as completely.

The Balboa Sports Complex at Balboa Park — Encino's most significant and most multi-dimensional family outdoor asset — is a full-service athletic complex that serves the youth baseball family, the adult cycling enthusiast (the Encino Velodrome at the complex is one of only a handful of velodromes in Southern California), the recreational soccer player, and the after-school pickup basketball household all within a single park campus that requires no car to navigate between facilities. Combined with Encino Park's ancient Valley oak groves, the LA River Greenway cycling access, and the Mulholland Drive hiking access from Encino Hills 91436, Encino delivers a family outdoor lifestyle that the neighborhood's premium purchase price reflects and that families who specifically evaluate the outdoor picture before purchasing consistently find more rewarding than they anticipated.

1. 🏟️ Balboa Sports Complex and the Encino Velodrome — Encino's Most Complete Outdoor Asset

The Balboa Sports Complex at Balboa Park in Encino 91316 is the most comprehensive multi-sport family recreational facility in the PEP SFV coverage area — and the Encino Velodrome within the complex is the most specific and most definitively Encino outdoor feature in the series.

 Balboa Sports Complex — Encino 91316's most comprehensive family outdoor asset. The baseball complex, the Encino Velodrome cycling track, soccer fields, and the multi-sport recreational infrastructure together produce the most athletically diverse family park facility in the PEP SFV coverage area. The family with a Little Leaguer, a competitive cyclist, and a recreational soccer player finds all three activities within the same park campus — a family athletic variety that no adjacent SFV neighborhood's primary park asset delivers.

The Encino Velodrome:

The Encino Velodrome is one of Southern California's few dedicated cycling tracks — a banked oval designed for track cycling that serves both the competitive cycling community and the recreational cyclist seeking a safe, traffic-free riding environment.

• → 🚴 Facility character: A banked oval cycling track providing the dedicated cycling surface that road cycling on the Valley's streets doesn't replicate — the velodrome produces the high-speed, banked-turn cycling experience that track cycling enthusiasts specifically seek
• → ✅ Community programs: The velodrome hosts youth cycling programs, adult competitive cycling, and the community track cycling events that produce the specific Encino cycling community that no other SFV neighborhood has built around a dedicated facility
• → ✅ For families: The youth track cycling program specifically — introducing children and teenagers to the competitive cycling discipline that the dedicated facility enables
• → ✅ For adults: The competitive and recreational adult cycling sessions that the Encino Velodrome schedules throughout the week — the Encino cycling community's primary gathering point
• → 📋 Access information: Check the LA Department of Recreation and Parks (laparks.org) or the Encino Velodrome's specific programming schedule for current session times, fees, and equipment rental availability

Baseball and softball — Balboa Park's primary family sport:

The Balboa Sports Complex's baseball and softball diamond complex is among the most complete youth baseball facilities in the SFV:

• → ⚾ Multiple diamonds: The baseball complex serving Little League, recreational adult softball, and the youth baseball culture that the Encino and adjacent Van Nuys 91401/91405/91406 community sustains as one of the central Valley's most active youth baseball communities
• → ✅ The Saturday morning Little League culture: The family social infrastructure that the Encino Little League season specifically produces — the multi-family Saturday at the ballpark that serves as both athletic activity and the neighborhood social gathering that the Encino community's family calendar organizes around
• → ✅ For families relocating to Encino: The Little League community at Balboa Park is one of the fastest-entry points into the Encino parent social network — families who enroll their children in the spring season typically know 20+ Encino families by Opening Day

Soccer, basketball, and multi-sport:

• → ⚽ Soccer fields: Youth and adult recreational soccer leagues serving the Encino and surrounding community's most broadly participated team sport
• → 🏀 Basketball courts: The pickup and recreational basketball community — outdoor courts serving the after-school and weekend pickup culture
• → 🎾 Tennis courts: Public tennis courts serving the recreational tennis community at no-membership-fee access

2. 🌳 Encino Park — The Neighborhood's Oak Grove Heart

Encino Park is the neighborhood park whose character is specifically defined by the ancient Valley oak trees that give Encino its name and its identity — the encino (Spanish for oak) heritage that the city's name preserves and that the park's ancient oak grove makes tangibly present for every Encino family's park visit.

The Valley oak heritage:

Encino's ancient Valley oak trees — some of which are estimated to be several hundred years old — are among the most significant old-growth trees accessible from any SFV residential neighborhood. The specific oak grove character that these trees produce makes Encino Park a genuinely distinctive park environment rather than a standard SFV neighborhood park:

• → 🌳 The ancient oak canopy: The towering Valley oaks whose canopy creates the shaded park environment that the Encino family's summer park visit specifically requires — the natural shade that makes the park usable during the July–August heat window when unshaded SFV parks are genuinely uncomfortable in afternoon conditions
• → ✅ The nature education opportunity: The ancient oaks serve as a living nature education resource — the species, the age estimation, the ecology of the Valley oak habitat, and the California native landscape that the oak grove represents provide the kind of environmental learning that no playground equipment replicates
• → ✅ The community gathering character: The oak grove produces the picnic and community gathering environment that the Encino family uses for birthday celebrations, weekend family gatherings, and the community events that the neighborhood association organizes under the canopy

Encino Park facilities:

Beyond the oak grove character, Encino Park serves the daily recreational needs of the Encino 91316 residential community:

• → ✅ Children's playground: Updated equipment serving the toddler through elementary school age range — the after-school and weekend destination for the Encino household with young children
• → ✅ Walking and jogging paths: The park perimeter path serving the morning walk, the evening jog, and the dog-walking community that Encino Park's residential adjacency makes the most convenient neighborhood outdoor routine
• → ✅ Picnic areas: The barbecue and picnic infrastructure that serves the Encino family's weekend outdoor entertaining — the Saturday family picnic under the oaks that is the specific Encino Park outdoor tradition
• → ✅ Recreation Center programming: The Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks programming at the Encino Recreation Center within the park complex — structured after-school activities, summer camps, and the community programming that the Encino family's enrichment calendar draws from

3. 🚴 The LA River Greenway — Encino's Emerging Cycling Corridor

The Los Angeles River Greenway cycling and walking path accessible from Encino's eastern border is the family outdoor amenity whose future trajectory is the most significant improvement curve in the Encino outdoor lifestyle picture — progressively improving as the LA River revitalization continues to develop the corridor through the central SFV.

The LA River in the Encino context:

The LA River runs through the SFV adjacent to Encino's eastern border — and the cycling path that the River Greenway project has developed along this corridor provides car-free cycling access that connects Encino northward through the central Valley and southward toward Sherman Oaks 91403/91423 and Van Nuys 91401/91405/91406.

• → 🚴 Current access: Cycling and walking path sections accessible from Encino's eastern edge — connecting to the segments that run through Van Nuys, the Lake Balboa 91406/91411 Sepulveda Basin area, and the developing southern corridor toward Sherman Oaks
• → ✅ Family cycling use: The flat LA River Greenway path is specifically appropriate for family cycling with children — no car traffic, no significant grade changes, and the open linear park character that makes family cycling a genuinely enjoyable experience rather than a traffic-navigation challenge
• → ✅ The Sepulveda Basin connection: The LA River path connects toward the Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area in Lake Balboa 91406/91411 — the 2,000-acre regional park with its dedicated cycling network that the Encino family accesses via the greenway connection
• → ⚠️ Current limitations: Not all LA River Greenway segments are fully developed or consistently maintained as of 2026 — check the Friends of the LA River (folar.org) or the LA County Public Works website for current path conditions in the Encino-adjacent sections

The cycling culture Encino produces:

The combination of the Encino Velodrome (dedicated track cycling), the LA River Greenway (recreational and commuter cycling), and the Ventura Boulevard cycling community (road cycling along and adjacent to Ventura) makes Encino 91316/91436 the most cycling-specific family outdoor community in the PEP SFV coverage area — a distinction the neighborhood wears naturally rather than as a programmed amenity.

4. 🏔️ Encino Hills and the Santa Monica Mountains — The 91436 Outdoor Advantage

Encino Hills 91436 — the premium hillside sub-market north of Ventura Boulevard and approaching Mulholland Drive — has the most specific and most directly accessible outdoor hiking advantage in the Encino neighborhood: the Santa Monica Mountains front range trail access from hillside residential streets that approaches the kind of front-door wilderness access that Studio City 91604/91602's Fryman Canyon delivers for north-of-Ventura residents.

 Encino Hills 91436 hiking access — the Santa Monica Mountains front range trails accessible from hillside residential streets in the 91436 premium sub-neighborhood. For the family purchasing in the Encino Hills position, this trail access is the specific outdoor lifestyle feature that distinguishes the 91436 hillside purchase from the 91316 flatland alternative — the ability to hike before school, to walk the dog on real trails, and to access the mountains without a car that the hillside residential street position specifically enables.

Mulholland Drive and the Santa Monica Mountains front range:

• → 🥾 Trail access from Encino Hills 91436: Multiple trail entry points accessible from hillside Encino 91436 residential streets — the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy-maintained trails that connect the hillside residential community to the broader Santa Monica Mountains recreational network
• → ✅ The hiking community: The Encino Hills hiking community — the morning trail walk before school drop-off, the weekend family hike to a ridge viewpoint, and the evening dog walk on a real trail rather than a neighborhood sidewalk — produces the daily outdoor routine that the 91436 hillside buyer specifically values
• → ✅ Viewpoints: Some Encino Hills 91436 trail access produces ridge viewpoints overlooking the San Fernando Valley to the north and toward the Pacific Ocean on clear days to the south — the specific reward that trail access from a hillside residential position produces

The 91316 vs. 91436 outdoor lifestyle distinction:

• → ✅ Encino 91316 flatland: The Balboa Park sports complex, Encino Park oak groves, LA River Greenway cycling, and the neighborhood park system serve the daily family outdoor needs — excellent and well-rounded, without the front-door trail access that 91436 specifically provides
• → ✅ Encino Hills 91436: All of the 91316 outdoor access plus the front-door Santa Monica Mountains trail system from hillside residential streets — the premium outdoor lifestyle differential that the 91436 price premium partially reflects
• → 💰 The 91436 outdoor premium: At $1.8M–$5M+ for Encino Hills premium positions versus $1.15M–$1.85M for 91316 flatland improved inventory, the 91436 purchase price premium reflects views, lot character, privacy, AND the front-door trail access that the hillside position specifically produces

5. 🛍️ The Encino Family Commercial Lifestyle — What the Neighborhood Delivers Beyond the Parks

Encino's family outdoor lifestyle is completed by the commercial infrastructure that serves the Encino family's daily activity scheduling, enrichment programming, and the neighborhood social culture that the Ventura Boulevard commercial corridor and the adjacent commercial zone specifically produce.

Children's enrichment and programming:

Encino's Ventura Boulevard corridor hosts a concentration of children's enrichment programming that serves the Encino family's after-school and weekend activity calendar:

• → ✅ Music and performing arts: Studios and conservatories within the Encino commercial area serving the Encino family's music education — piano, violin, guitar, and the performing arts training that the entertainment-industry-adjacent Encino household specifically values for their children
• → ✅ Martial arts and gymnastics: Multiple studios serving the Encino family's physical activity and discipline enrichment — the children's martial arts culture that the Ventura Boulevard commercial corridor has sustained through the neighborhood's demographic evolution
• → ✅ Academic tutoring and enrichment: The academic enrichment services that the LAUSD-school-district Encino household specifically supplements with private tutoring — the academic support infrastructure that the Encino family's education-oriented culture consistently uses

Encino family dining:

The Ventura Boulevard Encino dining corridor provides the family restaurant culture that complements the park-centered outdoor family life:

• → ✅ Family-friendly restaurant concentration: The Encino Ventura Boulevard has one of the SFV's most established family restaurant concentrations — the neighborhood pizza, the family Italian, the casual American, and the ethnic variety that serves the multi-generational family dinner and the post-Little-League Saturday lunch
• → ✅ The outdoor dining transition: Encino's moderate Valley climate — slightly cooler than Northridge 91324/91325 or Granada Hills 91344 due to proximity to the Sepulveda Pass marine influence — makes the outdoor dining terrace a year-round viable option for the Encino family's dining culture
• → ✅ The Ventura Boulevard social culture: The after-park family dinner on Ventura Boulevard — the post-Balboa Park Little League game meal, the post-Encino Park birthday picnic dessert stop, the post-velodrome cycling session recovery lunch — produces the commercial-outdoor integration that makes the Encino family's Saturday a genuinely full-day lifestyle experience

The Ventura Boulevard farmers market and specialty food:

• → ✅ Specialty grocery: The Encino commercial area provides premium grocery access — Whole Foods, Bristol Farms, and the specialty grocery options that the Encino household's food culture specifically requires
• → ✅ Farmers market access: A farmers market serving the Encino community — the weekly produce and artisan food gathering that the Encino family builds into its weekend commercial routine

🚫 What NOT to Overdo

Don't assume front-door trail hiking applies equally to all Encino addresses. The Mulholland Drive and Santa Monica Mountains trail access that distinguishes Encino Hills 91436 hillside positions is specifically a hillside address feature — not available from Encino 91316 flatland addresses without a drive. The flatland 91316 Encino buyer who specifically values daily trail hiking should evaluate 91436 hillside positions (at meaningfully higher prices) or adjacent Studio City 91604/91602 north-of-Ventura addresses (where Fryman Canyon is accessible within walking distance of some neighborhoods). Flatland 91316 Encino delivers excellent park and cycling outdoor access — not front-door trail access.

Don't visit the Encino Velodrome expecting a standard park cycling path. The Encino Velodrome is a dedicated competitive cycling track — specifically different from the recreational flat cycling paths of the Sepulveda Basin in Lake Balboa 91406/91411 or the LA River Greenway. The velodrome serves the track cycling enthusiast and the competitive youth cycling family; it is not a children's bicycle ride destination in the way that a paved recreational path is. Families whose primary cycling interest is recreational leisure riding will find the LA River Greenway and the Sepulveda Basin path more appropriate for their use case — the velodrome is specifically valuable for the cycling-enthusiast family whose interest extends to competitive or training-focused track cycling.

Don't overlook the ancient Valley oak trees at Encino Park as a genuine family nature education asset. The ancient Valley oaks that give Encino its name are genuinely exceptional — trees that have been growing in the Valley since well before the neighborhood's residential development, that provide an oak canopy environment unlike anything available in a standard municipal park, and that serve as a living connection to California's pre-development landscape that the curiosity-oriented family specifically values as a nature education resource for their children. This is not a minor park feature — it is the most specific and most distinctive park character element in Encino's family outdoor landscape.

Don't compare Encino's park system to the Sepulveda Basin at Lake Balboa's 2,000-acre scale. Encino's park system — Balboa Park, Encino Park, and the LA River Greenway — serves the daily family outdoor needs with genuine competence and specific character, but not at the sprawling regional scale of the Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area that defines Lake Balboa 91406/91411's outdoor lifestyle proposition. The Encino family whose outdoor lifestyle requires the Basin's 2,000 acres of open recreation space, the golf course, and the wildlife reserve specifically has Balboa Park's Sepulveda Basin-adjacent border (the complex is contiguous with the Basin at its northern edge) — but the scale comparison still favors Lake Balboa for the outdoor-maximalist family. The Encino family's outdoor lifestyle trades regional park scale for the Velodrome, the historic oak grove, and the hillside trail access (91436) that the Basin-adjacent Lake Balboa 91406/91411 doesn't provide.

Don't underestimate the Balboa Sports Complex as a family social infrastructure creator. The Balboa Park Little League season, the youth soccer leagues, and the park-organized youth sports culture at the Balboa Sports Complex produce the Encino family social network as reliably and as organically as the school community produces it — the Saturday at the ballpark is the Encino family social event that produces neighbor introductions, playdate arrangements, and the neighborhood social bonds that the new Encino family builds most quickly through sports participation. Families who move to Encino and enroll their children in Balboa Park youth sports programs in their first spring consistently describe the sports community as their primary Encino social entry point.

🏠 Real-World Scenario — Encino 91316

A family — a competitive cyclist (the father, a structural engineer) and a former college softball player (the mother, a physical therapist), with two children ages 9 and 12 — specifically evaluated Encino 91316 against Tarzana 91356 and Sherman Oaks 91403/91423 for the Balboa Park sports complex and velodrome access.

Their outdoor lifestyle requirements:

• → Father: competitive track cycling — the velodrome was a primary purchase motivator
• → Mother: softball — the Balboa Park diamond complex and adult recreational leagues
• → Children: youth baseball and recreational cycling

The Balboa Park assessment:

The velodrome: confirmed active competitive cycling community with scheduled training sessions and races. The father confirmed with the velodrome coordinator that adult competitive cycling was accessible without cycling club membership for the basic track sessions.

The baseball and softball complex: youth Little League for the 9-year-old confirmed active in spring and fall seasons. Adult recreational softball confirmed for the mother — spring and summer coed recreational leagues.

The purchase:

They purchased in Encino 91316 at $1.42M — an improved-condition 4-bedroom within biking distance of Balboa Park. The father's commute to Balboa Park from home: 8 minutes by bike (the route specifically evaluated before purchase).

At 18 months:

Father's velodrome use: 3 mornings per week year-round. "I was driving 35 minutes to the El Camino College velodrome in Torrance for track cycling before we moved. Having a velodrome 8 minutes from the house changed my life. I train more, I race more, and I spend 70 fewer minutes in the car per session."

Mother's softball: the first spring season after moving in, she joined the Balboa Park adult recreational coed league. "I met more Encino families through the softball league than through the kids' school in the first year. The park social culture is real here."

Both children in Little League: "The kids know half the neighborhood through Little League. The Saturday game days at Balboa are how we found our people in Encino."

🏠 Real-World Scenario — Encino Hills 91436

A single buyer — a 41-year-old documentary filmmaker, income $285,000, specifically motivated by the daily hiking access and the hillside outdoor lifestyle — evaluated Encino Hills 91436 against Studio City 91604/91602 (Fryman Canyon access) for the front-door hiking motivation.

The comparison:

Studio City north-of-Ventura (Fryman Canyon access): improved 3-bedroom at approximately $1.78M. Fryman Canyon trailhead accessible on foot from most north-of-Ventura addresses within the right sub-neighborhood — 8–12 minutes walking.

Encino Hills 91436 (Mulholland Drive and Santa Monica Mountains front range): improved 3-bedroom at approximately $1.62M — $160,000 below the Studio City equivalent. Trail access from 91436 hillside residential streets — quality comparable to Fryman Canyon, community less established around the specific trail culture.

The assessment:

The filmmaker specifically hiked both trail systems before the purchase decision:

Fryman Canyon: "The trail is spectacular. The community is active — it's a social trail. You meet people. The trail culture is established and genuinely excellent."

Encino Hills 91436 trail access: "The trails are comparable in quality. Less crowded — I was virtually alone on my morning hike. The solitude was actually more appealing for my work. I think while I hike. I needed quiet."

The $160,000 price difference in favor of Encino Hills was specifically noted: "For $160,000 less, I get equivalent trail access with more solitude, a more private hillside position, and the Balboa Park sports complex below for when I want community. I didn't know about the velodrome before I looked at Encino Hills — that was a bonus that matters to me as a recreational cyclist."

He purchased in Encino Hills 91436 at $1.61M. His morning hiking frequency: 4–5 mornings per week. The velodrome: he discovered the track cycling sessions within 3 months of moving in. "I never expected the velodrome. It's now part of my fitness routine. Encino turned out to have the most specific outdoor lifestyle match for my actual habits of anywhere I looked in the Valley."

❓ FAQ

What parks are in Encino CA? Encino 91316/91436 has several notable parks and outdoor facilities: ✓ Balboa Park and the Balboa Sports Complex — the primary family outdoor facility featuring baseball/softball diamonds, the Encino Velodrome (one of Southern California's few dedicated cycling tracks), soccer fields, basketball courts, and tennis courts. ✓ Encino Park — the neighborhood park featuring ancient Valley oak trees, walking paths, a children's playground, picnic areas, and the Encino Recreation Center. ✓ LA River Greenway — the developing cycling and walking corridor accessible from Encino's eastern border. ✓ Encino Hills 91436 trail access — the Santa Monica Mountains front range hiking accessible from 91436 hillside residential streets.

What is the Encino Velodrome? The Encino Velodrome is a dedicated banked cycling track at the Balboa Sports Complex in Encino 91316 — one of only a handful of velodromes in Southern California, providing the specific cycling infrastructure for competitive track cycling, youth cycling programs, and recreational track riding. The velodrome is managed by the Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks and hosts scheduled training sessions, competitive events, and community cycling programs. For current schedule, fees, and access information, visit laparks.org or contact the velodrome directly.

Are there hiking trails in Encino? Yes — with important distinctions by address. Encino Hills 91436 hillside residential positions have access to Santa Monica Mountains front range trails accessible from hillside streets, connecting to the broader Santa Monica Mountains recreational network via Mulholland Drive. The 91316 flatland Encino address does not have equivalent front-door trail access — the flatland Encino household accesses hiking via a short drive to the Encino Hills trailheads or to the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve in Lake Balboa 91406/91411. For the family that specifically values daily front-door hiking, 91436 hillside positions are the relevant Encino sub-market.

What is Encino known for recreationally? Encino is recreationally known for the Balboa Sports Complex (one of the SFV's most complete multi-sport family athletic facilities), the Encino Velodrome (the Valley's dedicated cycling track), the ancient Valley oak trees at Encino Park (which give the neighborhood its name — encino is Spanish for oak), and the Encino Hills 91436 hillside hiking access to the Santa Monica Mountains front range. The combination of competitive cycling infrastructure, youth sports facilities, and natural heritage oak groves produces the most specifically varied family outdoor landscape in the PEP SFV coverage area.

How does Encino compare to Sherman Oaks for family outdoor activities? Encino 91316/91436 and Sherman Oaks 91403/91423 are adjacent markets with meaningfully different outdoor family propositions. Encino's primary advantage: the Balboa Sports Complex (one of the SFV's most complete multi-sport facilities), the Encino Velodrome (unique in the Valley), the ancient oak groves at Encino Park, and the 91436 hillside trail access. Sherman Oaks's primary outdoor advantage: the Ventura Boulevard walkable commercial social infrastructure that Studio City's Fryman Canyon is accessible from (for north-of-Ventura 91403 addresses) and the more urban outdoor social character that the entertainment industry household specifically values. For the youth-sports-active family and the cycling-enthusiast household, Encino's Balboa Park facilities are specifically superior. For the family whose outdoor lifestyle is more walking-and-dining than sports-and-cycling, Sherman Oaks's commercial walkability may be preferred.

Is Encino good for families? Yes — specifically and strongly. The Balboa Sports Complex's multi-sport family infrastructure, the Encino Park oak grove's nature education character, and the Ventura Boulevard family commercial landscape together produce a family lifestyle that is well-rounded across the full range of family life stages from toddler through teenager. The Encino 91316 family has access to one of the SFV's best youth sports facilities, the Valley's only dedicated cycling track, ancient trees that provide a genuinely distinctive park character, and the commercial enrichment programming that the Ventura Boulevard corridor serves. The Encino Hills 91436 family adds front-door Santa Monica Mountains trail access to this complete family outdoor picture.

🎯 Bottom Line

Encino 91316 and 91436 delivers the most athletically diverse and most specifically varied family outdoor lifestyle in the PEP SFV coverage area — organized around the Balboa Sports Complex's multi-sport family athletic infrastructure, anchored by Encino Park's ancient Valley oak heritage, extended by the LA River Greenway cycling corridor, and elevated (for 91436 positions) by the front-door Santa Monica Mountains trail access that hillside residential streets specifically enable.

The family that moves to Encino specifically for the Balboa Sports Complex and discovers the velodrome, the oak groves, and the hillside hiking community within their first year consistently describes the outdoor lifestyle discovery as exceeding what they anticipated. The competitive cyclist, the Little League family, the nature-oriented household, and the hiking enthusiast each find a specifically appropriate outdoor infrastructure in Encino — often within the same family's varied member interests.

At Parkway Estate Properties, Liana's buyer representation across Encino 91316/91436, Sherman Oaks 91403/91423, Tarzana 91356, Woodland Hills 91364/91367, and Northridge 91324/91325 means every Encino family outdoor lifestyle conversation includes the specific park and facility picture, the 91316 vs. 91436 outdoor access distinction, and the velodrome and sports complex intelligence that allows every Encino buyer to make the neighborhood selection with complete outdoor lifestyle information.

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About the Authors

Liana Shersher is a licensed real estate agent with Parkway Estate Properties Inc. and an Accredited Buyer's Representative (ABR) serving the San Fernando Valley — with a focus on Sherman Oaks, Encino, Tarzana, Woodland Hills, and Northridge (DRE# 02164224). Liana guides first-time homebuyers through every step of the purchase, from the first showing to the keys in hand, and represents move-up and repeat buyers across the Valley. For sellers, she builds the pricing and marketing strategy that positions a home to sell for top dollar, fast. Buyers and sellers work with Liana for clear communication, sharp local knowledge, and an agent who treats their goals like her own.

Roman Shersher is the broker-owner of Parkway Estate Properties Inc. and a real estate investor with 18 years of experience in the San Fernando Valley (DRE# 01855095). Roman has personally led or co-led renovations on dozens of properties across the Valley, including recent projects in Northridge (91324) and Woodland Hills (91364). That hands-on renovation and investment experience shapes every pricing conversation and days-on-market strategy at Parkway — sellers get a realistic read on what improvements actually return at resale, and buyers get an expert eye on a home's true condition and upside.

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