Athletic Fields Park
P: (773) 478-2889
Website: www.athleticfieldpark.com
Address: 3546 W. Addison
Chicago, Illinois 60618
Contact: athleticfieldadvisorycouncil@gmail.com
A non-profit community based organization that supports and promotes local parks programs.
Unity Play-lot Park
P: (312) 742-7546
Website: www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks-facilities/unity-park
Address: 2636 N Kimball Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Contacts: Arturo Hernandez (Co-Chairman)
Email: hernandezarturo07@gmail.com
As part of ChicagoPlays! Unity Park has a newly remodeled playground. During the warmer Chicago months, children can enjoy the water spray feature. Park users can also utilize a comfort station [open seasonally] and a newly furnished gazebo for community functions, which can accommodate about 15 people.
The park space is also home to a 10-foot by 20-foot ornamental garden featuring perennials like hostas and day lilies, as well as lilac and sumac shrubs. While there is no year-round structured programming taking place at this location, we invite you to check out our great programs at nearby Avondale or Kosciuszko Parks.
Avondale Neighborhood Park
P: (773) 478-1410
Website: www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks-facilities/avondale-park
Address: 3516 W. School St., Chicago, IL 60618
Supervisor: Paul Serritella
Avondale Park has an outdoor swimming pool and spray pool, a playground with sandbox, as well as a field house with four clubrooms, two kitchens, a gymnasium, and a gymnastics center.
With an emphasis on youth gymnastics, Avondale Park is home to one of the park district’s 9 gymnastics centers.The gymnastics center, offers quality instruction for beginners to advanced competitors year-round. The Park offers a large selection of programming for patrons of all ages and skill levels. The park boasts an active roster of after-school programs for children ages 6-12. Choose from a list of available seasonal activities—fitness, floor hockey, arts & crafts, flag football, basketball, recreational tumbling, track & field, volleyball and baseball skills to name a few.
Jensen Park
P: (312) 742-7054
Website: www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks-facilities/jensen-christ-park
Address: 4650 N. Lawndale Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
Supervisor: Tom Anderson
Located in the Albany Park neighborhood, Jensen Park is run in joint operation with the Chicago Board of Education, Jensen Park is located within Aspira Haugan Middle School, with the Park entrance at the corner of Leland and Lawndale Ave.
Jensen Park offers afterschool and evening classes within their multi-purpose room and gymnasium. The 2.75-acre park campus contains a playground, water spray feature, junior baseball field, and a basketball court.
Park programming is geared towards youth during after school hours. Pre-teens and teens have programming during the early evening and Adults late evening. Programs are indoor soccer, basketball, Track and Field and Sports clubs. Jensen Park also offers Summer Sports Camps for youth and Teen Leadership programs to keep the kids of the neighborhood busy throughout the year!