One of Colorado's busiest driver's license offices is located in the neighborhood at 1865-C West Mississippi Avenue.

With a variety of amenities including a bike and walking path, soccer and softball fields, tennis and basketball courts, and a children's play area, Huston Lake park provides many recreational resources for the local community.

[6] It contains a sports fields complex and is part of a series of parks connected by the South Platte River biking and walking trail system.

In 1902, the eastern edge of Athmar Park was annexed, along with the town of Valverde, from Zuni to the South Platte River border.

The area west of the town of Valverde, that had originally been in the hands of three different owners, was auctioned and purchased by Thomas and John R. McCusker in 1946.

Several of the original brick country homes still exist on W. Nevada Place, dating from the late 1880s to the early 1900s.

After World War II, there was a major housing boom during which a large number of the neighborhood "tract" homes were built.

Flood waters reached up to the basketball hoops at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church school (1345 W. Dakota Ave.).

While the flood passed rather quickly on the night of June 16, the floodwaters were piled high with debris such as house trailers, lumber and large butane storage tanks.

The Athmar branch library has a Robert Mangold wind sculpture that was formerly located at the Denver Art Museum.

The neighborhood has six mosaic games tables created as a public art project by area residents and school children.

A public art installation, "Geese", was created by the Colorado sculptor Fred Lunger as part of the project.

Athmar Park is unique in Denver neighborhoods in that six separate schools[11] serve the community at large: