North Park is community area 13, one of Chicago’s 77 official community areas as defined by the City of Chicago. It borders Albany Park, Forest Glen, Lincoln Square and West Ridge. It covers about 2.5 square miles.
No ‘L’ station sits inside its boundary. The nearest is Kimball (Brown Line), about 1.2 miles in a straight line from the center of the area.
No Metra station sits inside its boundary. The nearest is the Metra station Forest Glen, about 1.7 miles in a straight line from the center of the area.
CTA bus routes that run through it: 11 Lincoln, 53 Pulaski, 54A North Cicero/Skokie Blvd., 82 Kimball-Homan, 84 Peterson, 92 Foster and 93 California/Dodge.
Chicago Park District land inside its boundary totals about 159 acres across 10 parks. The largest are North Park Nature Ctr (58 acres), Gompers Park (38 acres), Peterson Park (22 acres), part of Legion Park (about 16 of its 48 acres) and Field Park (18 acres).
Chicago Public Library branch inside its boundary: Albany Park. Divvy has 11 bike-share stations in service inside its boundary.
It falls within the 39th and 50th 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).
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