Englewood

Englewood is community area 68, one of Chicago’s 77 official community areas as defined by the City of Chicago. It borders Auburn Gresham, Fuller Park, Greater Grand Crossing, New City, Washington Park and West Englewood. It covers about 3.1 square miles.

‘L’ stations inside its boundary: 63rd (Red Line) and Halsted (Green Line).

No Metra station sits inside its boundary. The nearest is the Metra station 63rd St., about 2.7 miles in a straight line from the center of the area.

CTA bus routes that run through it: 8 Halsted, 24 Wentworth, 44 Wallace-Racine, 55 Garfield, 59 59th/61st, 63 63rd, 67 67th-69th-71st, 75 74th-75th and 169 69th-UPS Express.

Chicago Park District land inside its boundary totals about 49 acres across 12 parks. The largest are Hamilton Park (29 acres), Sherwood Park (6.4 acres), Harris Mem’l Park (3.1 acres), Lily Gardens (2.8 acres) and Park No. 527 (5.8 acres).

Chicago Public Library branch inside its boundary: Kelly. Divvy has 15 bike-share stations in service inside its boundary.

City Special Service Area commercial district covering part of it: Englewood (SSA #80).

It falls within the 6th, 16th, 17th, and 20th 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).