North Lawndale

North Lawndale is community area 29, one of Chicago’s 77 official community areas as defined by the City of Chicago. It borders Austin, East Garfield Park, Lower West Side, Near West Side, South Lawndale and West Garfield Park. It covers about 3.2 square miles.

‘L’ stations inside its boundary: Kedzie (Pink Line), Central Park (Pink Line), Kostner (Pink Line) and Pulaski (Pink Line).

No Metra station sits inside its boundary. The nearest is the Metra station Western Avenue, about 1.7 miles in a straight line from the center of the area.

CTA bus routes that run through it: 12 Roosevelt, 18 16th/18th, 21 Cermak, 52 Kedzie, 53 Pulaski, 54B South Cicero, 82 Kimball-Homan, 94 California and 157 Streeterville/Taylor.

Chicago Park District land inside its boundary totals about 186 acres across 14 parks. The largest are Douglass Park (165 acres), Franklin Park (9.3 acres), Homan Sq CC Park (5.5 acres) and Park No. 534 (3.6 acres).

Chicago Public Library branch inside its boundary: Douglass. Divvy has 18 bike-share stations in service inside its boundary.

It falls within the 22nd, 24th, and 28th 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).