Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park is community area 7, one of Chicago’s 77 official community areas as defined by the City of Chicago. It borders Lake View, Logan Square, Near North Side, North Center and West Town. It covers about 3.2 square miles.

‘L’ stations inside its boundary: Fullerton (Red, Brown, Purple Lines) and Armitage (Brown, Purple Lines). Diversey (Brown, Purple Lines) sits on its boundary with Lake View. North/Clybourn (Red Line) sits on its boundary with Near North Side.

No Metra station sits inside its boundary. The nearest is the Metra station Clybourn, about 1.0 miles in a straight line from the center of the area.

CTA bus routes that run through it: 8 Halsted, 9 Ashland, X9 Ashland Express, 22 Clark, 36 Broadway, 37 Sedgwick, 50 Damen, 72 North, 73 Armitage, 74 Fullerton, 76 Diversey, 77 Belmont, 134 Stockton/LaSalle Express, 135 Clarendon/LaSalle Express, 136 Sheridan/LaSalle Express, 143 Stockton/Michigan Express, 146 Inner Lake Shore/Michigan Express, 147 Outer DuSable Lake Shore Express, 148 Clarendon/Michigan Express, 151 Sheridan and 156 LaSalle.

Chicago Park District land inside its boundary totals about 271 acres across 17 parks. The largest are part of Lincoln Park (about 242 of its 1,210 acres), Oz Park (14 acres), Wrightwood Park (4.6 acres), Jonquil Park (3.3 acres) and Trebes Park (1.9 acres).

Chicago Public Library branch inside its boundary: Lincoln Park. Divvy has 59 bike-share stations in service inside its boundary.

City Special Service Area commercial districts covering part of it: Lincoln Avenue (SSA #35) and Lincoln Park/Clark St (SSA #23).

It falls within the 2nd, 32nd, and 43rd 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).