Lincoln Square

Lincoln Square is community area 4, one of Chicago’s 77 official community areas as defined by the City of Chicago. It borders Albany Park, Edgewater, Irving Park, North Center, North Park, Uptown and West Ridge. It covers about 2.6 square miles.

‘L’ stations inside its boundary: Damen (Brown Line), Western (Brown Line) and Rockwell (Brown Line). Montrose (Brown Line) sits on its boundary with North Center.

The Metra station Ravenswood sits on its boundary with Uptown.

CTA bus routes that run through it: 9 Ashland, 11 Lincoln, 49 Western, 49B North Western, X49 Western Express, 50 Damen, 78 Montrose, 81 Lawrence, 92 Foster and 93 California/Dodge.

Chicago Park District land inside its boundary totals about 108 acres across 10 parks. The largest are West Ridge Park (24 acres), Winnemac Park (23 acres), part of River Park (about 22 of its 30 acres), part of Legion Park (about 16 of its 48 acres) and Welles Park (16 acres).

Chicago Public Library branch inside its boundary: Sulzer Regional Library. Divvy has 19 bike-share stations in service inside its boundary.

City Special Service Area commercial districts covering part of it: Lincoln Square (SSA #21) and Greater Ravenswood (SSA #31).

It falls within the 39th, 40th, and 47th Wards.

Sources: City of Chicago open data portal (community area and ward boundaries, ‘L’ stations, Chicago Park District parks, CTA bus routes, Chicago Public Library branches, Divvy stations, Special Service Areas); Metra station locations derived from Cook County Assessor parcel proximity data (2025).