Uptown

Uptown is community area 3, one of Chicago’s 77 official community areas as defined by the City of Chicago. It borders Edgewater, Lake View and Lincoln Square. It covers about 2.3 square miles.

‘L’ stations inside its boundary: Argyle (Red Line), Lawrence (Red Line) and Wilson (Red, Purple Lines).

The Metra station Ravenswood sits on its boundary with Lincoln Square.

CTA bus routes that run through it: 9 Ashland, 22 Clark, 36 Broadway, 50 Damen, 78 Montrose, 81 Lawrence, 92 Foster, 135 Clarendon/LaSalle Express, 136 Sheridan/LaSalle Express, 146 Inner Lake Shore/Michigan Express, 147 Outer DuSable Lake Shore Express, 148 Clarendon/Michigan Express and 151 Sheridan.

Chicago Park District land inside its boundary totals about 266 acres across 11 parks. The largest are part of Lincoln Park (about 242 of its 1,210 acres), Clarendon CC Park (13 acres), Chase Park (4.9 acres), Challenger Park (2.9 acres) and Buttercup Park (1.9 acres).

Chicago Public Library branches inside its boundary: Bezazian and Uptown. Divvy has 18 bike-share stations in service inside its boundary.

City Special Service Area commercial districts covering part of it: Uptown (SSA #34), Andersonville-Clark St (SSA #22) and Greater Ravenswood (SSA #31).

It falls within the 46th, 47th, and 48th 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).