Irving Park

Irving Park is community area 16, one of Chicago’s 77 official community areas as defined by the City of Chicago. It borders Albany Park, Avondale, Hermosa, Lincoln Square, North Center and Portage Park. It covers about 3.2 square miles.

‘L’ stations inside its boundary: Montrose (Blue Line), Irving Park (Blue Line) and Addison (Blue Line).

Metra stations inside its boundary: Irving Park and Grayland. The Metra station Mayfair sits on its boundary with Portage Park.

CTA bus routes that run through it: 53 Pulaski, 54A North Cicero/Skokie Blvd., 56 Milwaukee, 77 Belmont, 78 Montrose, 80 Irving Park, 81 Lawrence, 82 Kimball-Homan and 152 Addison.

Chicago Park District land inside its boundary totals about 102 acres across 7 parks. The largest are Horner Park (58 acres), California Park (15 acres), Kilbourn Park (12 acres), Independence Park (8.8 acres) and Athletic Field Park (4.3 acres).

Chicago Public Library branch inside its boundary: Independence. Divvy has 19 bike-share stations in service inside its boundary.

City Special Service Area commercial districts covering part of it: Albany Park (SSA #60) and Lawrence/Pulaski/Elston (SSA #79).

It falls within the 30th, 33rd, 35th, 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).