[2] California State Route 157 was planned to run through Lincoln Park as an expressway, but that concept has been abandoned.

[5] Lincoln Park has gone through decades of criminal trauma, including drug sales, gang violence, and homicide, often related to ongoing gang feuds with other Southeast San Diego neighborhoods, among them, the East Side Pirus of Skyline.

[8] In 2010, Lincoln Park along with nearby Southeast San Diego neighborhood, Logan Heights, were featured on The History Channel's Gangland television series.

[11] One of the main centers of gang activity in Lincoln Park revolve around "The Dip",[12] a densely populated stretch of Logan Ave between 47th St and Euclid Ave. Central to the area is the sprawling Bay Vista Housing Projects (now known as Sea Breeze Gardens)[13] which appear extensively in the Gangland episode featuring Lincoln Park.

[15] Rallies for peace in Lincoln Park have occurred periodically over the years, calling for the end of gang violence for all of Southeast San Diego, with more recent efforts to revitalize the area through the arts geared towards ending the negative stigma of Euclid and Imperial and reclaiming the deadly street intersection as "The Four Corners of Life.