A great basketball game with friends!
A great basketball game with friends!
Carver Park Indoor Pool
Carver Park Indoor Pool
Our Teen Center
Our Teen Center
Boxing is a favorite sport at Carver
Boxing is a favorite sport at Carver
Carver Park Junior Bears
Carver Park Junior Bears
Carver Park Fieldhouse
Carver Park Fieldhouse
A beautiful day at the "Mighty" Carver Park
A beautiful day at the "Mighty" Carver Park
The wonderful new Chicago Plays! playground
The wonderful new Chicago Plays! playground
Community ribbon cutting for the new Chicago Plays! playground
Community ribbon cutting for the new Chicago Plays! playground
Location:

939 E. 132nd St.
Chicago, IL 60827

Supervisor: Bryan Bradley
Phone Numbers: Main (312) 747-6047

 

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
Day Time slot Comment
Sunday Closed
Monday 9:30 am-6:00 pm
Tuesday 9:30 am-8:00 pm
Wednesday 9:30 am-8:00 pm
Thursday 9:30 am-8:00 pm
Friday 9:30 am-8:00 pm
Saturday 10:00 am-6:30 pm

Description

Located in the Riverdale community, Carver Park totals 19.24 acres and features a gymnasium, indoor swimming pool, fitness center, boxing ring, and multi-purpose clubrooms. Outside, the park offers a playground, baseball diamonds, batting cage, sand volleyball court, basketball courts and 3 picnic grove. Many of these spaces are available for rental including our multi-purpose clubrooms and fields.

Park-goers can participate in seasonal sports, boxing, Inner City Basketball, Inner City Baseball, swimming, and Jr. Bears Football. After school programs are offered throughout the school year, and in the summer youth attend the Chicago Park District’s popular six-week day camp.

In addition to a menu of programs, Carver Park hosts special events throughout the year for the entire family including holiday-themed events.

History

Carver Park lies adjacent to the Chicago Housing Authority's Altgeld Gardens housing development and the Chicago Board of Education's George Washington Carver School. When the C.H.A. constructed Altgeld Gardens in between 1943 and 1944, the project quadrupled the housing stock in the Riverdale Community Area.  Several years later, the Chicago Park District, recognizing the increasing need for recreational opportunities, began to purchase land for park development and acquired land from the C.H.A. in 1950 and in 1956.  Today, in addition to maintaining extensive outdoor recreational facilities at Carver Park, the Chicago Park District jointly operates the Altgeld Garden Homes Community Center with the Chicago Housing Authority.

George Washington Carver (c.1861-1943), for whom both the park and the neighboring school are named, was a highly influential African American scientist. Born to a slave mother, Carver had to support himself from an early age, but managed to obtain bachelor's and master's degrees from Iowa State Agricultural College once he reached his 30’s. In 1896, he moved to Alabama to direct the newly organized department of agriculture at the Tuskegee Institute. Carver urged southern farmers to plant alternative crops - peanuts, soybeans, sweet potatoes - to replenish soil devastated by years of uninterrupted cotton production. When there proved to be little commercial demand for these crops, Carver embarked on extensive research to develop marketable derivative products. Carver's work at Tuskegee dramatically altered agricultural production in the south and greatly stimulated the region's economy. 

Advisory Council

Contact: Marguerite Jacobs,   President
Meeting Details:

2nd Thursday of the month, 6pm

Parking/Directions

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

Map & Facilities

Carver Baseball Fields

939 E. 132nd St.
Chicago, IL 60827
United States

Carver Basketball Courts

939 E. 132nd St.
Chicago, IL 60827
United States

Carver Boxing Gym

939 E. 132nd St.
Chicago, IL 60827
United States

Carver Clubrooms

939 E. 132nd St.
Chicago, IL 60827
United States

Carver Fieldhouse

939 E. 132nd St.
Chicago, IL 60827
United States

Carver Fitness Center

939 E. 132nd St.
Chicago, IL 60827
United States

Carver Football/Soccer

939 E. 132nd St.
Chicago, IL 60827
United States

Carver Gymnasium

939 E. 132nd St.
Chicago, IL 60827
United States

Carver Pool

939 E. 132nd St.
Chicago, IL 60827
United States

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(312)747-6348

Carver Picnic Area

939 E. 132nd St.
Chicago, IL 60827
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Carver Playgrounds

939 E. 132nd St.
Chicago, IL 60827
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Carver Sand Volleyball Court

939 E. 132nd St.
Chicago, IL 60827
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Carver Sandbox

939 E.132nd St.
Chicago, IL 60827
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Carver Park - Teen Center

939 E. 132nd St.
Chicago, IL 60827
United States

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312-747-6047
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Carver Baseball Fields

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Carver Sand Volleyball Court

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Carver Basketball Courts

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Carver Sandbox

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Carver Boxing Gym

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Carver Park - Teen Center

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Carver Clubrooms

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Carver Fieldhouse

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Carver Fitness Center

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Carver Football/Soccer

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Carver Gymnasium

939 E. 132nd St.
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Carver Park Pool
Carver Pool

939 E. 132nd St.
Chicago, IL 60827
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Carver Picnic Area

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Chicago, IL 60827
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