Brighton Park

Brighton Park is community area 58, one of Chicago’s 77 official community areas as defined by the City of Chicago. It borders Archer Heights, Gage Park, McKinley Park, New City, South Lawndale and West Elsdon. It covers about 2.7 square miles.

Kedzie (Orange Line) sits on its boundary with Gage Park. Western (Orange Line) sits on its boundary with Gage Park and New City.

No Metra station sits inside its boundary. The nearest is the Metra station Western Avenue, about 2.9 miles in a straight line from the center of the area.

CTA bus routes that run through it: 35 31st/35th, 39 Pershing, 47 47th, 48 South Damen, 49 Western, X49 Western Express, 51 51st, 52 Kedzie, 52A South Kedzie, 62 Archer and 94 California.

Chicago Park District land inside its boundary totals about 26 acres across 3 parks. The largest are Park No. 596 (18 acres) and Kelly Park (7.3 acres).

Chicago Public Library branch inside its boundary: Brighton Park. Divvy has 14 bike-share stations in service inside its boundary.

City Special Service Area commercial districts covering part of it: Kedzie Tract Industrial (SSA #7) and Brighton/Archer (SSA #39).

It falls within the 12th, 14th, and 15th 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).