New City

New City is community area 61, one of Chicago’s 77 official community areas as defined by the City of Chicago. It borders Bridgeport, Brighton Park, Englewood, Fuller Park, Gage Park, McKinley Park and West Englewood. It covers about 4.8 square miles.

Western (Orange Line) sits on its boundary with Gage Park and Brighton Park.

No Metra station sits inside its boundary. The nearest is the Metra station 35th St. – Lou Jones, about 2.2 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, 39 Pershing, 43 43rd, 44 Wallace-Racine, 47 47th, 48 South Damen, X49 Western Express, 51 51st and 55 Garfield.

Chicago Park District land inside its boundary totals about 91 acres across 11 parks. The largest are Sherman Park (58 acres), Davis Sq Park (8.9 acres), Cornell Sq Park (8.8 acres), Taylor- Lauridsen Park (4.9 acres) and Lowe Park (4.4 acres).

Chicago Public Library branches inside its boundary: Back of the Yards, Canaryville and Sherman Park. Divvy has 13 bike-share stations in service inside its boundary.

City Special Service Area commercial districts covering part of it: Back of the Yards (SSA #10) and Stockyards (SSA #13).

It falls within the 11th, 12th, 15th, 16th, 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).