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Neighborhoods in Chicago

Every neighborhood with the places we list there, and a short, sourced write-up where we have one.

  • Albany Park

    47 places listed

  • Archer Heights

    17 places listed

  • Armour Square

    Community Area 34, about 3 miles south of the Loop, made up of three distinct parts. The best known is Chinatown around Cermak Road and Wentworth Avenue, where a gate marks the way in and Wentworth is lined with Chinese restaurants, bakeries and shops.

    19 places listed

  • Ashburn

    32 places listed

  • Auburn Gresham

    89 places listed

  • Austin

    Community Area 25, about 7 miles west of the Loop on the city's border with Oak Park. Founded by Henry Austin in 1865 as a suburban village and joined to Chicago in 1899, it is a large, mostly residential area. Columbus Park and the Midway Park historic district, with houses by Frank Lloyd Wright and his students, are highlights.

    176 places listed

  • Avalon Park

    18 places listed

  • Avondale

    30 places listed

  • Belmont Cragin

    72 places listed

  • Beverly

    28 places listed

  • Bridgeport

    Community Area 60, about 3 miles southwest of the Loop, which began in 1836 at the start of the Illinois & Michigan Canal. A long-time working neighborhood with Irish, German, Polish and Lithuanian roots, it is the birthplace of five Chicago mayors, including Richard M. Daley. It sits next to Chinatown and just south of Pilsen.

    22 places listed

  • Brighton Park

    36 places listed

  • Burnside

    8 places listed

  • Calumet Heights

    19 places listed

  • Chatham

    54 places listed

  • Chicago Lawn

    49 places listed

  • Clearing

    15 places listed

  • Douglas

    30 places listed

  • Dunning

    35 places listed

  • East Garfield Park

    59 places listed

  • East Side

    26 places listed

  • Edgewater

    53 places listed

  • Edison Park

    9 places listed

  • Englewood

    98 places listed

  • Forest Glen

    35 places listed

  • Fuller Park

    4 places listed

  • Gage Park

    30 places listed

  • Garfield Ridge

    34 places listed

  • Grand Boulevard

    52 places listed

  • Greater Grand Crossing

    75 places listed

  • Hegewisch

    11 places listed

  • Hermosa

    22 places listed

  • Humboldt Park

    76 places listed

  • Hyde Park

    Community Area 41, about 6 miles southeast of the Loop. It began as a railroad suburb in the 1850s and took its shape from the University of Chicago and the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House stands on South Woodlawn Avenue.

    43 places listed

  • Irving Park

    59 places listed

  • Jefferson Park

    35 places listed

  • Kenwood

    21 places listed

  • Lake View

    114 places listed

  • Lincoln Park

    74 places listed

  • Lincoln Square

    51 places listed

  • Logan Square

    Community Area 22, about 5 miles northwest of the Loop, crossed on a diagonal by Milwaukee Avenue. It is known for its tree-lined boulevards and squares with graystone two- and three-flats, now a National Register historic district. A home to new immigrants for generations, it has had a large Latino community since the 1960s.

    90 places listed

  • Loop

    61 places listed

  • Lower West Side

    Community Area 31, about 3 miles southwest of the Loop, taking in Pilsen and Heart of Chicago. Czech families settled Pilsen after the 1871 fire; since the 1960s it has been a center of Mexican Chicago, with murals, a Mexican art museum and yearly festivals.

    59 places listed

  • McKinley Park

    18 places listed

  • Montclare

    8 places listed

  • Morgan Park

    38 places listed

  • Mount Greenwood

    20 places listed

  • Near North Side

    106 places listed

  • Near South Side

    30 places listed

  • Near West Side

    138 places listed

  • New City

    50 places listed

  • North Center

    52 places listed

  • North Lawndale

    138 places listed

  • North Park

    47 places listed

  • Norwood Park

    42 places listed

  • O'Hare

    7 places listed

  • Oakland

    12 places listed

  • Portage Park

    73 places listed

  • Pullman

    20 places listed

  • Riverdale

    15 places listed

  • Rogers Park

    Community Area 1, about 9 miles north of the Loop, and one of the city's most diverse and populous neighborhoods. A village until it joined Chicago in 1893, it is mostly apartments today, with shops along Clark Street, Devon Avenue and around its four L stations. Loyola University Chicago is here.

    40 places listed

  • Roseland

    98 places listed

  • South Chicago

    75 places listed

  • South Deering

    17 places listed

  • South Lawndale

    87 places listed

  • South Shore

    58 places listed

  • Uptown

    59 places listed

  • Washington Heights

    49 places listed

  • Washington Park

    35 places listed

  • West Elsdon

    13 places listed

  • West Englewood

    100 places listed

  • West Garfield Park

    40 places listed

  • West Lawn

    25 places listed

  • West Pullman

    47 places listed

  • West Ridge

    Community Area 2, also called West Rogers Park, about 9 miles north of the Loop between Ridge Avenue and the North Shore Channel. Devon Avenue, its main shopping street, serves Jewish, Indian, Pakistani, Middle Eastern and Korean communities. Indian Boundary Park is a local landmark.

    145 places listed

  • West Town

    171 places listed

  • Woodlawn

    38 places listed