West Ridge is community area 2, one of Chicago’s 77 official community areas as defined by the City of Chicago. It borders Edgewater, Lincoln Square, North Park and Rogers Park. It covers about 3.5 square miles.
No ‘L’ station sits inside its boundary. The nearest is Morse (Red Line), about 1.6 miles in a straight line from the center of the area.
The Metra station Peterson/Ridge sits on its boundary with Edgewater.
CTA bus routes that run through it: 11 Lincoln, 49B North Western, 84 Peterson, 93 California/Dodge, 96 Lunt, 97 Skokie and 155 Devon.
Chicago Park District land inside its boundary totals about 181 acres across 13 parks. The largest are Warren Park (90 acres), Rogers Park (23 acres), part of Legion Park (about 16 of its 48 acres), Mather Park (15 acres) and Indian Boundary Park (13 acres).
Chicago Public Library branches inside its boundary: Budlong Woods and Northtown. Divvy has 21 bike-share stations in service inside its boundary.
City Special Service Area commercial district covering part of it: Devon Ave (SSA #43).
It falls within the 40th 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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