Teen working on homework
Check out our after school programs!
View of Jensen Park building
Welcome to Jensen Park!
Our kiddos love the game room!
Our kiddos love the game room!
Happy girl enjoying our playground equipment
Check out our playground!
Our Jensen Park Tumblers!
Our Jensen Park Tumblers!
A few of our teens in the gym
We love our teens!
Location:

4650 N. Lawndale Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625

Supervisor: Nick Lazarevic
Phone Numbers: Main (312) 742-7054

 

Hours

Park Hours
Day Time slot Comment
Sunday: 6:00 am-11:00 pm
Monday: 6:00 am-11:00 pm
Tuesday: 6:00 am-11:00 pm
Wednesday: 6:00 am-11:00 pm
Thursday: 6:00 am-11:00 pm
Friday: 6:00 am-11:00 pm
Saturday: 6:00 am-11:00 pm
Fieldhouse Hours

Description

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!

History

In 1926, the City of Chicago's Bureau of Parks and Recreation began creating a two-and-a-half-acre park in the rapidly growing Albany Park neighborhood. The new park soon included a small brick recreation building, a playground, and a playing field that was flooded in the winter for ice skating. The City named the park for Christ Jensen, alderman of the surrounding 40th ward. (At the time, the city regularly named parks for the standing aldermen of the wards in which the sites were located.) Jensen Park was located within the jurisdiction of the Irving Park District, and in 1930, the City transferred the site's ownership and management to the District. The District intended to build a full-size fieldhouse with club rooms, an assembly hall, indoor gymnasiums, locker rooms, and an indoor swimming pool. Due to major funding shortages, however, the project did not move forward and the district made few park improvements to Jensen Park. In 1934, the Great Depression necessitated the consolidation of the City's 22 independent park agencies into the Chicago Park District. Using federal relief funds, the newly-created park district soon began work on Jensen Park. Site improvements included a wading pool, and tennis, volley ball, and basketball courts. In 1962, the Park District enlarged the original recreation building, creating a more fully-operational fieldhouse. Jensen Park received a soft surface playground in 1993.  Pursuant to an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Board of Education, in 2010, land was exchanged with the adjacent school so the school building could be expanded, the Park District field house was removed and the District has use of facilities within the school.

Parking/Directions

For directions using public transportation visit www.transitchicago.com.

Map & Facilities

Jensen Basketball Court - Outdoor

4650 N. Lawndale Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
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Jensen Clubroom

4650 N. Lawndale Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

Jensen Baseball Field

4650 N. Lawndale Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

Jensen Fieldhouse

4650 N. Lawndale Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

Jensen Gymnasium

4650 N. Lawndale Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

Jensen Playground

4650 N. Lawndale Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

Jensen Water Spray Feature

4650 N. Lawndale Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

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Jensen Basketball Court - Outdoor

4650 N. Lawndale Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
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Jensen Clubroom

4650 N. Lawndale Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
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Jensen Baseball Field

4650 N. Lawndale Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
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Jensen Fieldhouse

4650 N. Lawndale Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
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Jensen Gymnasium

4650 N. Lawndale Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
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Jensen Playground

4650 N. Lawndale Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
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Jensen Water Spray Feature

4650 N. Lawndale Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
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