West Englewood

West Englewood is community area 67, one of Chicago’s 77 official community areas as defined by the City of Chicago. It borders Auburn Gresham, Chicago Lawn, Englewood, Gage Park and New City. It covers about 3.2 square miles.

‘L’ station inside its boundary: Ashland/63rd (Green Line).

No Metra station sits inside its boundary. The nearest is the Metra station Wrightwood, about 2.7 miles in a straight line from the center of the area.

CTA bus routes that run through it: 9 Ashland, X9 Ashland Express, 44 Wallace-Racine, 48 South Damen, 55 Garfield, 59 59th/61st, 63 63rd, 67 67th-69th-71st, 75 74th-75th and 94 California.

Chicago Park District land inside its boundary totals about 83 acres across 7 parks. The largest are Ogden Park (57 acres), Lindblom Park (18 acres), Hermitage Park (4.4 acres) and Murray Park (3.5 acres).

Chicago Public Library branch inside its boundary: West Englewood. Divvy has 9 bike-share stations in service inside its boundary.

City Special Service Area commercial district covering part of it: Englewood (SSA #80).

It falls within the 15th, 16th, and 17th 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).