East Garfield Park is community area 27, one of Chicago’s 77 official community areas as defined by the City of Chicago. It borders Humboldt Park, Near West Side, North Lawndale, West Garfield Park and West Town. It covers about 1.9 square miles.
‘L’ stations inside its boundary: Conservatory (Green Line), Kedzie (Green Line), California (Green Line) and Kedzie-Homan (Blue Line).
The Metra station Kedzie sits on its boundary with Humboldt Park.
CTA bus routes that run through it: 7 Harrison, 20 Madison, 52 Kedzie, 82 Kimball-Homan, 94 California and 126 Jackson.
Chicago Park District land inside its boundary totals about 188 acres across 11 parks. The largest are Garfield Park (176 acres), Altgeld Park (4.3 acres) and Horan Park (3.2 acres).
No Chicago Public Library branch sits inside its boundary. Divvy has 13 bike-share stations in service inside its boundary.
It falls within the 24th, 27th, and 28th 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).
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