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name: "Custer Playfield"
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status: unknown
url: https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/custer-playfield-d50485
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# Custer Playfield

Parks in Old North Milwaukee, Milwaukee.

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

## At a glance

| Fact | Value | Source | Checked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Address | 4001 W Custer Ave, Milwaukee, 53209 [Places near](https://littlemilwaukee.com/api/v1/places_near?lat=43.1147058&lng=-87.9624001) | OpenStreetMap | 2026-11-02 |
| Identifiers | [Wikidata Q49481481](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49481481), [OpenStreetMap way/83432977](https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/83432977) | OpenStreetMap | 2026-11-02 |

## What the record says

Custer Playfield is on OpenStreetMap at 4001 W Custer Ave, 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.

Playground.

| Fact | Value | Source | Checked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Use | Playground | City property file | 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:

- Routes 35, 58 and Via Rt 12 at Villard & Hopkins, a 4-minute walk (307 m)
- Routes 30, 35 and Via Rt 30 & Blueline at Sherman & Custer, a 4-minute walk (320 m)
- Route 35 at Sherman & Rohr, a 4-minute walk (333 m)

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.

## What you can do here

- [Suggest a correction](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/custer-playfield-d50485/correct)
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- [Start a discussion](https://littlemilwaukee.com/topics/new); tool: open_topic
- [Report a closing](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/custer-playfield-d50485/correct)

## 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

### Facts

| Field | Value | Source | Dataset | Checked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Address | 4001 West Custer Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53209 | 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 | 43.11471, -87.96240 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Name | Custer Playfield | 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/83432977 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Wikidata | Q49481481 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Zip | 53209 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |

Facts as of 2026-11-02. Page rendered 2026-11-03.

Record id: d5048555-bf0b-4463-8d70-6d6139ebedd9

Forms: [HTML](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/custer-playfield-d50485), [markdown](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/custer-playfield-d50485.md), [JSON](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/custer-playfield-d50485.json).

## For agents

Custer Playfield \(parks in Old North Milwaukee, Milwaukee\) is at 4001 W Custer Ave, Milwaukee, 53209. 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/custer-playfield-d50485.json

Tools that return this entity: get_entity {"slug":"custer-playfield-d50485"}; get_record {"id":"d5048555-bf0b-4463-8d70-6d6139ebedd9"}; getting_there {"lat":"43.1147058","lng":"-87.9624001"}.

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