Jefferson Park

Jefferson Park is community area 11, one of Chicago’s 77 official community areas as defined by the City of Chicago. It borders Forest Glen, Norwood Park and Portage Park. It covers about 2.3 square miles.

‘L’ station inside its boundary: Jefferson Park (Blue Line).

Metra stations inside its boundary: Gladstone Park and Jefferson Park. The Metra station Forest Glen sits on its boundary with Forest Glen.

CTA bus routes that run through it: 56 Milwaukee, 68 Northwest Highway, 81 Lawrence, 81W West Lawrence, 85 Central, 85A North Central, 86 Narragansett/Ridgeland, 88 Higgins, 91 Austin and 92 Foster.

Chicago Park District land inside its boundary totals about 19 acres across 4 parks. The largest are Jefferson Mem’l Park (8.0 acres), Austin Foster Park (5.0 acres), Roberts Square (4.5 acres) and Gladstone Park (1.7 acres).

No Chicago Public Library branch sits inside its boundary. Divvy has 6 bike-share stations in service inside its boundary.

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).