Butterfly Park

Parks in Metcalfe Park, Milwaukee

Status: Status not statedNo license in force or recent check on file
Neighborhood: Metcalfe ParkMilwaukee
Mayor: This neighborhood needs a mayor

At a glance

Address: 3717 W Meinecke Ave, Milwaukee, 53210Places nearOpenStreetMap, 2026-11-02
Identifiers: Wikidata Q49476375
OpenStreetMap way/370448675
OpenStreetMap, 2026-11-02

What the record says

Butterfly Park is on OpenStreetMap at 3717 W Meinecke Ave, Milwaukee. It is not yet a listed place; a Neighborhood Mayor or the editor can nominate it. Inclusion rule

The building

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Playground.

Use: PlaygroundCity property file, 2026-11-02

Getting there

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Bus: Route 21 at North & N 37th, a 2-minute walk (162 m)
Route 21 at North & N 39th, a 3-minute walk (201 m)
Route 35 at N 35th & Meinecke, a 3-minute walk (245 m)

Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) GTFS feed, 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.

Answers about this

Which Milwaukee neighborhood has the most parks?
Riverwest has the most parks of any City of Milwaukee neighborhood, with 11 parks.
Which Milwaukee neighborhood has the most parks per resident?
The Historic Third Ward has the most parks for its size in the City of Milwaukee, 2.5 per 1,000 residents.

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Sources and record

Datasets

OpenStreetMap through the Overpass APIOpen Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0
City of Milwaukee Master Property File (MPROP)Public domain (City of Milwaukee Open Data Policy, Council resolution of July 14, 2016)

Every fact (8)

Field	Value	Source	Dataset	Checked
Address	3717 West Meinecke Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53210	OpenStreetMap	OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API	2026-11-02
Building use	Playground, land use code 8860	City property file	City of Milwaukee Master Property File (MPROP)	2026-11-02
Map point	43.06202, -87.96049	OpenStreetMap	OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API	2026-11-02
Name	Butterfly Park	OpenStreetMap	OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API	2026-11-02
Osm category	leisure=park	OpenStreetMap	OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API	2026-11-02
Osm id	way/370448675	OpenStreetMap	OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API	2026-11-02
Wikidata	Q49476375	OpenStreetMap	OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API	2026-11-02
Zip	53210	OpenStreetMap	OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API	2026-11-02

Facts as of: November 2, 2026
Page rendered: November 3, 2026
Record id: 05cff3b8-f7d6-442f-a203-b8d797155669
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Butterfly Park (parks in Metcalfe Park, Milwaukee) is at 3717 W Meinecke Ave, Milwaukee, 53210. It is not a listed place, and its status is status not stated (No license in force or recent check on file).

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