Belmont Cragin

Belmont Cragin is community area 19, one of Chicago’s 77 official community areas as defined by the City of Chicago. It borders Austin, Dunning, Hermosa, Montclare and Portage Park. It covers about 3.9 square miles.

No ‘L’ station sits inside its boundary. The nearest is Irving Park (Blue Line), about 2.6 miles in a straight line from the center of the area.

The Metra station Grand/Cicero sits on its boundary with Austin. The Metra station Galewood sits on its boundary with Austin. The Metra station Hanson Park sits on its boundary with Austin.

CTA bus routes that run through it: 54 Cicero, 57 Laramie, 65 Grand, 73 Armitage, 74 Fullerton, 76 Diversey, 77 Belmont, 85 Central, 86 Narragansett/Ridgeland and 91 Austin.

Chicago Park District land inside its boundary totals about 68 acres across 5 parks. The largest are Riis Park (57 acres), Blackhawk Park (6.9 acres) and Cragin Park (3.3 acres).

Chicago Public Library branch inside its boundary: West Belmont. Divvy has 24 bike-share stations in service inside its boundary.

City Special Service Area commercial district covering part of it: Belmont/Central (SSA #2).

It falls within the 26th, 30th, 31st, and 36th 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).