Edgewater

Edgewater is community area 77, one of Chicago’s 77 official community areas as defined by the City of Chicago. It borders Lincoln Square, Rogers Park, Uptown and West Ridge. It covers about 1.7 square miles.

‘L’ stations inside its boundary: Granville (Red Line), Thorndale (Red Line), Bryn Mawr (Red Line) and Berwyn (Red Line).

The Metra station Peterson/Ridge sits on its boundary with West Ridge.

CTA bus routes that run through it: 22 Clark, 36 Broadway, 50 Damen, 84 Peterson, 92 Foster, 136 Sheridan/LaSalle Express, 146 Inner Lake Shore/Michigan Express, 147 Outer DuSable Lake Shore Express, 151 Sheridan and 155 Devon.

Chicago Park District land inside its boundary totals about 15 acres across 12 parks. The largest are Senn Park (6.0 acres), Berger Park (3.5 acres), Broadway Armory Park (2.1 acres) and Lane Beach (2.9 acres).

Chicago Public Library branch inside its boundary: Edgewater. Divvy has 17 bike-share stations in service inside its boundary.

City Special Service Area commercial districts covering part of it: Edgewater (SSA #26) and Andersonville-Clark St (SSA #22).

It falls within the 40th and 48th 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).