Independence Park

A Puerto Rican restaurant and board-game cafe in Irving Park with 600-plus games, a kids' menu, high chairs and a changing room.

A good playground with a small water spray, lots of green space, and a ceramics center in the fieldhouse.

Neighborhood park with a playground.

A small triangular Albany Park park built around a nature-play area with a hands-on mud kitchen and a hand water pump, for open-ended outdoor play.

An Avondale park with a historic fieldhouse, an outdoor pool and a separate spray pool, a playground, and pickleball courts.

Neighborhood park with a splash pad and a playground, plus a basketball court.