--- type: Entity id: "https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/vel-r-phillips-plaza-ae847f#business" name: "Vel R. Phillips Plaza" listed: false status: unknown url: https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/vel-r-phillips-plaza-ae847f record_id: ae847f19-c7cc-4d0d-8c1d-635d9bf93bad indexable: true --- # Vel R. Phillips Plaza Parks in Kilbourn Town, Milwaukee. Status: Status not stated. No license in force or recent check on file. ## At a glance | Fact | Value | Source | Checked | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Address | 401 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, 53203 [Places near](https://littlemilwaukee.com/api/v1/places_near?lat=43.0385623&lng=-87.9167934) | OpenStreetMap | 2026-11-02 | | Year built | 2025 | City property file | 2026-11-02 | | Identifiers | [OpenStreetMap way/662400930](https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/662400930) | OpenStreetMap | 2026-11-02 | ## What the record says Vel R. Phillips Plaza is on OpenStreetMap at 401 W Wisconsin 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. Built 2025, parking lot, 1 story. | Fact | Value | Source | Checked | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Year built | 2025 | City property file | 2026-11-02 | | Use | Parking lot | City property file | 2026-11-02 | | Stories | 1 | City property file | 2026-11-02 | | Floor area | 86,400 square feet | 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 14, 30 and Connect 1 Wisconsin Ave at Wisconsin & N 5th Brt Station, on the block (21 m) - Route 57 at Michigan & Vel Phillips, a 2-minute walk (144 m) - Routes 14 and 30 at Wisconsin & N 3rd, a 2-minute walk (162 m) Bike share: - Bublr dock Vel R. Phillips & Wisconsin (799 Vel R. Phillips Ave.), a 1-minute walk (82 m) - Bublr dock Zeidler Union Square Park (335 W. Michigan St.), a 2-minute walk (162 m) - Bublr dock MLK & Wisconsin (701 North Doctor MLK Jr Drive), a 2-minute walk (184 m) Parking: - Metered parking on W Wisconsin Ave (zone 24826), 15 m away: $2.00 an hour, 2 hours at most, Monday to Friday, 9 am to 3 pm - City of Milwaukee parking structure at 724 N 2nd St, a 5-minute walk (368 m) Live Bublr bike and dock counts: [getting_there](https://littlemilwaukee.com/api/v1/getting_there?lat=43.0385623&lng=-87.9167934). 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. Source: [City of Milwaukee Master Property File (MPROP)](https://data.milwaukee.gov/dataset/mprop), checked November 1, 2026. ## What you can do here - [Suggest a correction](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/vel-r-phillips-plaza-ae847f/correct) - [Claim this business](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/vel-r-phillips-plaza-ae847f/claim) - [Start a discussion](https://littlemilwaukee.com/topics/new); tool: open_topic - [Report a closing](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/vel-r-phillips-plaza-ae847f/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 | 401 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53203 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 | | Building area | 86,400 square feet | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 | | Building use | Parking lot, land use code 7523 | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 | | Map point | 43.03856, -87.91679 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 | | Name | Vel R. Phillips Plaza | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 | | Operator | City of Milwaukee | 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/662400930 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 | | Stories | 1 | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 | | Year built | 2025 | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 | | Zip | 53203 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 | Facts as of 2026-11-02. Page rendered 2026-11-03. Record id: ae847f19-c7cc-4d0d-8c1d-635d9bf93bad Forms: [HTML](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/vel-r-phillips-plaza-ae847f), [markdown](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/vel-r-phillips-plaza-ae847f.md), [JSON](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/vel-r-phillips-plaza-ae847f.json). ## For agents Vel R. Phillips Plaza \(parks in Kilbourn Town, Milwaukee\) is at 401 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, 53203. 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/vel-r-phillips-plaza-ae847f.json Tools that return this entity: get_entity {"slug":"vel-r-phillips-plaza-ae847f"}; get_record {"id":"ae847f19-c7cc-4d0d-8c1d-635d9bf93bad"}; getting_there {"lat":"43.0385623","lng":"-87.9167934"}. JSON form keys: entity, facts, sources, actions; the earlier keys record, page_url, canonical_url, indexable, rendered_at, jsonld stay beside them. 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