Landmarks & Green Spaces

  • Riis Park staff

    Riis Park

    Enjoy baseball, basketball, soccer & football, tennis, swimming, and more. Riis Park also offers arts & crafts, ceramics, acting, and family ceramics. In the summer, Riis offers a youth 6-week day camp.

    6100 W. Fullerton Ave. Chicago, IL 60639

  • Blackhawk Park playground

    Blackhawk Park

    Find a variety of programs for youth/pre-teens: soccer, football, cheerleading, basketball, wrestling, tumbling, T-ball & Little League baseball. The park has a quarter-mile walking path, baseball and softball fields, a football/soccer field, tennis courts, a basketball court, plus a playground with a spray pool.

    2318 N. Lavergne Ave. Chicago, IL 60639

  • Cragin Park Sign

    Cragin Park

    As of January 1, 2024 the park will be closed to the public due to construction.

    2611 N. Lockwood Ave. Chicago, IL 60639

  • Community Garden

    Prosser Community Garden

    Our mission is to cultivate a resilient and inclusive gardening community that enhances the green space of our underserved community through regenerative agriculture.

    2148 N Long Ave. Chicago, IL 60639

  • Borinqueneers Mural

    Borinqueneers Mural

    A mural to commemorate the 65th Infantry Regiment, a Puerto Rican unit better known as the Borinqueneers.

    4014 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60639

  • Welcome Mural

    Welcome to Belmont Cragin

    Located under the Grand/Cicero Metra stop, this mural highlights the diversity and history of the Belmont Cragin neighborhood. The design welcomes people to the neighborhood in English and Spanish and also includes imagery about the Hispanic, Native American, and Bohemian roots that run deep.

    4800 W Grand Ave. Chicago, IL 60639

  • Mural

    Our Strength is Our Community

    Commissioned by PrimeCare Health to convey resilience during COVID-19 pandemic.

    5635 W Belmont Ave. Chicago, IL 60639

  • La Placita

    La Placita

    Big Plans Coming Soon!

    The Northwest Side CDC collaborated with Alderman Village’s office to identify a space in the neighborhood that could be activated and maintained as a gateway entrance to the Belmont Cragin Community.

    Located at the intersection of W Fullerton and W Grand Avenues

    For more information: https://www.northwestsidecdc.org/communityplaza