North Center

North Center is community area 5, one of Chicago’s 77 official community areas as defined by the City of Chicago. It borders Albany Park, Avondale, Irving Park, Lake View, Lincoln Park, Lincoln Square and Logan Square. It covers about 2.0 square miles.

‘L’ stations inside its boundary: Irving Park (Brown Line) and Addison (Brown Line). Montrose (Brown Line) sits on its boundary with Lincoln Square.

No Metra station sits inside its boundary. The nearest is the Metra station Ravenswood, about 1.5 miles in a straight line from the center of the area.

CTA bus routes that run through it: 49 Western, X49 Western Express, 50 Damen, 77 Belmont, 80 Irving Park, 94 California and 152 Addison.

Chicago Park District land inside its boundary totals about 40 acres across 6 parks. The largest are Clark Park (20 acres), Revere Park (9.5 acres) and Hamlin Park (9.1 acres).

No Chicago Public Library branch sits inside its boundary. Divvy has 20 bike-share stations in service inside its boundary.

City Special Service Area commercial districts covering part of it: Northcenter (SSA #38) and Greater Ravenswood (SSA #31).

It falls within the 32nd 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).