Forest Glen

Forest Glen is community area 12, one of Chicago’s 77 official community areas as defined by the City of Chicago. It borders Albany Park, Jefferson Park, North Park, Norwood Park and Portage Park. It covers about 3.2 square miles.

No ‘L’ station sits inside its boundary. The nearest is Jefferson Park (Blue Line), about 1.6 miles in a straight line from the center of the area.

Metra station inside its boundary: Edgebrook. The Metra station Forest Glen sits on its boundary with Jefferson Park.

CTA bus routes that run through it: 54A North Cicero/Skokie Blvd., 81 Lawrence, 84 Peterson, 85A North Central and 92 Foster.

Chicago Park District land inside its boundary totals about 33 acres across 9 parks. The largest are Wildwood Park (9.5 acres), Edgebrook Park (7.6 acres), Sauganash Trail Park (12 acres), Sauganash Park (4.7 acres) and Green (1.4 acres).

Chicago Public Library branch inside its boundary: Edgebrook. Divvy has 4 bike-share stations in service inside its boundary.

City Special Service Area commercial district covering part of it: Sauganash (SSA #62).

It falls within the 39th and 45th 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).