West Lawn

West Lawn is community area 65, one of Chicago’s 77 official community areas as defined by the City of Chicago. It borders Ashburn, Chicago Lawn, Clearing, Gage Park and West Elsdon. It covers about 3.0 square miles.

No ‘L’ station sits inside its boundary. The nearest is Midway (Orange Line), about 1.3 miles in a straight line from the center of the area.

No Metra station sits inside its boundary. The nearest is the Metra station Wrightwood, about 1.9 miles in a straight line from the center of the area.

CTA bus routes that run through it: 53A South Pulaski, 54B South Cicero, 63 63rd, 67 67th-69th-71st and 79 79th.

Chicago Park District land inside its boundary totals about 35 acres across 3 parks. The largest are West Lawn Park (16 acres), Madigan Park (13 acres) and Park No. 528 (5.8 acres).

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

City Special Service Area commercial district covering part of it: 63rd Street (SSA #3).

It falls within the 13th, 18th, and 23rd 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).