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name: "Burns Commons"
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status: unknown
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# Burns Commons

Parks in Yankee Hill, Milwaukee.

Status: Status not stated. No license in force or recent check on file.

## At a glance

| Fact | Value | Source | Checked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Address | 1300 N Franklin Pl, Milwaukee, 53202 [Places near](https://littlemilwaukee.com/api/v1/places_near?lat=43.047205&lng=-87.8964098) | OpenStreetMap | 2026-11-02 |
| Historic register | In a National Register district since 1987 | City historic districts | 2026-11-02 |
| Identifiers | [Wikidata Q22033592](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22033592), [OpenStreetMap relation/5937219](https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5937219) | OpenStreetMap | 2026-11-02 |

## What the record says

Burns Commons is on OpenStreetMap at 1300 N Franklin Pl, Milwaukee. It is not yet a listed place; a Neighborhood Mayor or the editor can nominate it. [Inclusion rule](https://littlemilwaukee.com/about/inclusion-rule.md)

## The building

Use this to decide whether the building is worth a look for its history: when it went up, what the City records it as, and which historic registers list it.

Park. In a National Register district since 1987.

| Fact | Value | Source | Checked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Use | Park | City property file | 2026-11-02 |
| Historic district | First Ward Triangle: National Register district, listed 1987 | City historic districts | 2026-11-02 |
| Historic district | First Ward Triangle: City historic district, designated 1983 | City historic districts | 2026-11-02 |

## Getting there

Use this to choose a bus, a bike share dock, or a place to park or charge before you go.

Bus:

- Route 30 at Ogden & Farwell, a 1-minute walk (113 m)
- Route 30 at Prospect & Ogden, a 1-minute walk (119 m)
- Route 30 at Farwell & Ogden, a 2-minute walk (139 m)

Bike share:

- Bublr dock Burns Commons (1301 N. Prospect Avenue), a 1-minute walk (92 m)
- Bublr dock Ogden & Humboldt (1110 East Ogden Avenue), a 2-minute walk (172 m)
- Bublr dock Astor & Juneau (1200 N. Astor Street), a 4-minute walk (320 m)

Parking:

- Metered parking on N Farwell Ave (zone 7002), 390 m away: $0.75 an hour, 2 hours at most, Monday to Saturday, 8 am to 9 pm

Live Bublr bike and dock counts: [getting_there](https://littlemilwaukee.com/api/v1/getting_there?lat=43.047205&lng=-87.8964098).

Source: [Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) GTFS feed](https://www.ridemcts.com/policies/developer-terms), checked November 1, 2026. Schedule data updated July 21, 2026, valid through December 5, 2026. Little Milwaukee is not sponsored or operated by MTS or MCTS.
Source: [Bublr Bikes (BCycle GBFS feed)](https://gbfs.bcycle.com/bcycle_bublr/gbfs.json), checked November 1, 2026.
Source: [City of Milwaukee Open Data Portal, Department of Public Works](https://data.milwaukee.gov/dataset/dpw-parking), checked November 1, 2026.

## What you can do here

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## Sources and record

Datasets:

- [OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright): Open Data Commons Open Database License \(ODbL\) 1.0. Credit: [© OpenStreetMap contributors](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright)
- [City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\)](https://data.milwaukee.gov/dataset/mprop): Public domain \(City of Milwaukee Open Data Policy, Council resolution of July 14, 2016\). Credit: City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\), City Assessor
- [City of Milwaukee local and national historic districts](https://milwaukeemaps.milwaukee.gov/arcgis/rest/services/planning/special_districts/MapServer): Public domain \(City of Milwaukee Open Data Policy, Council resolution of July 14, 2016\)

### Facts

| Field | Value | Source | Dataset | Checked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Address | 1300 North Franklin Place, Milwaukee, WI 53202 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Building use | Park, land use code 8870 | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 |
| Map point | 43.04720, -87.89641 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Historic district | First Ward Triangle, City designation, 1983 | City historic districts | City of Milwaukee local and national historic districts | 2026-11-02 |
| Historic district | First Ward Triangle, National Register, 1987 | City historic districts | City of Milwaukee local and national historic districts | 2026-11-02 |
| Name | Burns Commons | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Osm category | leisure=park | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Osm id | relation/5937219 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Owner | Milwaukee County | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Parcel historic | On the National Register and locally designated | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 |
| Wikidata | Q22033592 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Zip | 53202 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |

Facts as of 2026-11-02. Page rendered 2026-11-02.

Record id: 59a62978-47cc-48a6-b7b6-c2a383f46850

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## For agents

Burns Commons \(parks in Yankee Hill, Milwaukee\) is at 1300 N Franklin Pl, Milwaukee, 53202. It is not a listed place, and its status is status not stated \(No license in force or recent check on file\).

JSON: https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/burns-commons-59a629.json

Tools that return this entity: get_entity {"slug":"burns-commons-59a629"}; get_record {"id":"59a62978-47cc-48a6-b7b6-c2a383f46850"}; getting_there {"lat":"43.047205","lng":"-87.8964098"}.

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