Color Run with our campers!
Color Run with our campers!
Our kiddos getting fit!
Our kiddos getting fit!
Eugene Field Park - Playground
Eugene Field Park - Playground
Little one arrived by sled to class!
Winter Fun at the Park!
Fun times at Eugene Field Park Playground.
Fun times at Eugene Field Park Playground.
Day Campers making Flags
Day Campers making flags for the Fourth of July.
Day Campers playing flag tag
Day Campers playing flag tag!
Teen Sip and Paint at Eugene Park
Teen Sip and Paint is one of our teens in the park events.
Location:

5100 N. Ridgeway Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625

Supervisor: Debbie Kennedy
Phone Numbers: Main (773) 478-9744

 

Hours

Park Hours
Weekday 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
Weekday Time slot Comment
Sunday Closed
Monday 9:00 pm-9:00 pm
Tuesday 9:00 pm-9:00 pm
Wednesday 9:00 pm-9:00 pm
Thursday 9:00 pm-9:00 pm
Friday 9:00 pm-9:00 pm
Saturday 9:00 pm-5:00 pm

Description

Eugene Field serves its diverse Albany Park community with numerous athletic programs such as basketball, soccer, and floor hockey, as well as cardio spinning, and badminton. For the little ones, we have a variety of early childhood programs such as Moms, Pops, and Tots, Art & ABC’s, Preschool and Tot Spot to name a few.

We invite you to visit the program page to view a complete listing of park programs.

The Chicago River runs through the 18.94 acre Eugene Field, providing a beautiful natural landscape for visitors. The park also features two baseball fields and outdoor basketball court, four tennis courts, and a playground and spray pool. Eugene Field exposes community members to the arts with a number of cultural offerings through programs, performances, and partnerships. We offer various art classes including world art, printmaking, mixed media for youth and teens, and oil painting for adults.

Albany Park Theatre Project (APTP) is an Arts Partner in Residence at Eugene Field. Formed in 1997, APTP is an ensemble of local teenagers who create original theatre from real-life stories and experiences of this working-class Albany Park community. The group typically presents one full-scale production per year in Laura Wiley Theater at Eugene Field Park. For more information, visit http://www.aptpchicago.org/.

A 45-foot by 10-foot exterior clay and ceramic tile mosaic installed on the exterior of the fieldhouse was designed and created by 15 local teens in the Gallery 37 in the Parks program, the artwork depicts scenes from poems by the late children’s poet Eugene Field, such as “Wynken, Blyken and Nod” and “The Bellflower Tree.” The park also features an interior WPA mural dedicated to the arts.

History

Eugene Field Park was created by the Albany Park District, an independent park board formed in 1917 to provide recreational facilities and enhance the Chicago River's banks in the rapidly-developing North Park and Albany Park communities. In 1923, the Albany Park District began purchasing nearly ten acres of riverside land in the center of its territory. Although land acquisition took a full decade, landscape architect Henry J. Stockman soon prepared a plan that took full advantage of the picturesque river bank site, and improvements began in 1925. In 1928, Clarence Hatzfeld, a member of the park board and architect of many northwest side recreational, commercial, and residential buildings, designed a Tudor Revival-style fieldhouse for the park. A stone grotto and fountain originally graced the front of the fieldhouse. Inside, a Federal Works Progress Administration artist created a mural entitled "The Participation of Youth in the Realm of the Arts."  

The Albany Park Commissioners acquired land for Field Park from 1923-1933.  In 1934, the financial stresses of the Great Depression prompted consolidation of the city's 22 independent park boards, including the Albany Park District, into the unified Chicago Park District. By 1938, Eugene Field Park had a playground, a wading pool, tennis courts, and a lovely wooded picnic area. A decade later, the Park District expanded the site by more than two acres, improving the new property with baseball and football fields. In 1980, the Park District began leasing additional city land along the riverbank.  The Chicago Park District acquired more land from 1946-49.  In 2002, the District acquired additional property for for the park.  The most recent expansion of the park was in 2015. 

The park honors writer and poet Eugene Field (1850-1895), a nationally-renowned children's author. Among Field's best known works are "Little Boy Blue," "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod," and the "Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat." Born in St. Louis, Field worked for a number of western and midwestern newspapers before being recruited by the Chicago Daily News to write a humor column in 1883. Field made his home on Chicago's north side.

Advisory Council

Contact: April Pitts,   President
Meeting Details:

Please contact the Eugene Field PAC for meeting information. 

Parking/Directions

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

Map & Facilities

Eugene Field Auditorium & Clubrooms

5100 N. Ridgeway Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

Eugene Field Baseball Fields

5100 N. Ridgeway Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

Eugene Field Basketball

5100 N. Ridgeway Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

Eugene Field Fieldhouse

5100 N. Ridgeway Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

La Guayabita Autonoma

5100 N. Ridgeway Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

Eugene Field Gymnasium

5100 N. Ridgeway Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

Eugene Field Playground

5100 N. Ridgeway Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

Eugene Field Portrait

5100 N. Ridgeway Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

Eugene Field Tennis Court

5100 N. Ridgeway Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

Eugene Field Water Spray Feature

5100 N. Ridgeway Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

Participation of Youth in the Realm of the Arts | Artwork

5100 N. Ridgeway Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

Trumpet and Drum | Artwork

5100 N. Ridgeway Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

Eugene Field Park Natural Area

5100 N. Ridgeway Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

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Eugene Field Nature Play Space

5057 North Monticello Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

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Eugene Field Auditorium & Clubrooms

5100 N. Ridgeway Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
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Eugene Field Baseball Fields

5100 N. Ridgeway Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
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Eugene Field Basketball

5100 N. Ridgeway Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
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Eugene Field Fieldhouse

5100 N. Ridgeway Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
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La Guayabita Autonoma
La Guayabita Autonoma

5100 N. Ridgeway Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

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Eugene Field Gymnasium

5100 N. Ridgeway Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
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Eugene Field Playground
Eugene Field Playground

5100 N. Ridgeway Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

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Eugene Field Portrait
Eugene Field Portrait

5100 N. Ridgeway Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
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Eugene Field Tennis Court

5100 N. Ridgeway Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

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Eugene Field Water Spray Feature

5100 N. Ridgeway Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

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Participation of Youth in the Realm of the Arts
Participation of Youth in the Realm of the Arts | Artwork

5100 N. Ridgeway Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

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Trumpet and Drum
Trumpet and Drum | Artwork

5100 N. Ridgeway Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

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Eugene Field Natural Area
Eugene Field Park Natural Area

5100 N. Ridgeway Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

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Eugene Field Nature Play Space

5057 North Monticello Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

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