| Carl Larsen Park | |
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| Type | Municipal (San Francisco) |
| Coordinates | 37°44′21″N 122°28′33″W / 37.7392978°N 122.4759660°W |
| Area | 6.58 acres (2.66 ha) |
| Created | 1927 |
| Open | daily, 5am – midnight |
| Public transit access |   ; Line 28 |
| Website | sfrecpark |
Carl Larsen Park is a 6.6-acre (2.7 ha) neighborhood park in the Parkside District of San Francisco. It lies on the west side of 19th Avenue, at the intersection with Vicente, and just north of Stern Grove. The park is named for Carl Larsen, a chicken rancher, who donated the land for the park to the City in 1926. Larsen Park features a baseball diamond, tennis court, basketball court, playground and indoor pool; the pool, formerly named Larsen Pool, is now named for local swimming instructor Charlie Sava.
Larsen Park earned the nickname Jet Plane Park by featuring three retired Navy jets from 1959 to 1993, used as play structures by local children, making the park a local landmark clearly visible from busy 19th Avenue. A jet-inspired sculpture and climbing structure were added to the playground in November 2015 after petitions and fundraising efforts by local residents.