Memorials
- Jacob Riis Park, on Rockaway Peninsula in the Gateway National Recreation Area, Queens
- Jacob Riis Triangle, in Richmond Hill, Queens
- Jacob Riis Playground, at Babbage and 116 Streets, 85 Ave, Queens
- P.S. 126 The Jacob Riis Community School, on Catherine Street in New York City, is a public PK-5 school
- From 1915 until 2002, Jacob Riis Public School on South Throop Street in Chicago was a high school operated by the Chicago School Board.
- Jacob Riis Settlement House, a multi-service community based organization, is in the Queensbridge Houses, in Long Island City, Queens, NY.
- Jacob Riis Houses of NYCHA at Avenue D (Manhattan)
- Jacob Riis Park Historic District is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.
- Riis Park on Chicago's Northwest Side in the Galewood-Montclare neighborhood.
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