West Garfield Park is community area 26, one of Chicago’s 77 official community areas as defined by the City of Chicago. It borders Austin, East Garfield Park, Humboldt Park and North Lawndale. It covers about 1.3 square miles.
‘L’ stations inside its boundary: Pulaski (Green Line) and Pulaski (Blue Line).
No Metra station sits inside its boundary. The nearest is the Metra station Kedzie, about 1.4 miles in a straight line from the center of the area.
CTA bus routes that run through it: 7 Harrison, 20 Madison, 53 Pulaski and 126 Jackson.
Chicago Park District land inside its boundary totals about 4.0 acres across 4 parks. The largest are Park No. 500 (1.3 acres) and Tilton Park (1.1 acres).
Chicago Public Library branch inside its boundary: Legler Regional. Divvy has 5 bike-share stations in service inside its boundary.
City Special Service Area commercial district covering part of it: West Garfield Park (SSA #77).
It falls within the 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).
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