North Park, Chicago

North Park
—  Community area  —
Community Area 13 - North Park
Location within the city of Chicago
Coordinates: 41°57.0′N 87°40.8′W / 41.95°N 87.68°W / 41.95; -87.68Coordinates: 41°57.0′N 87°40.8′W / 41.95°N 87.68°W / 41.95; -87.68
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Cook
City	Chicago
Neighborhoods	list Hollywood Park North Park Pulaski Park Brynford Park River's Edge Sauganash Woods Sauganash West Rogers Park Albany Park North Mayfair
Area
- Total	2.1 sq mi (5.36 km2)
Population (2000)
- Total	18,514
- Density	8,946.1/sq mi (3,454.1/km2)
	population up 14.03% from 1990
Demographics
- White	55.8%
- Black	2.44%
- Hispanic	14.3%
- Asian	23.9%
- Other	3.56%
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
- Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP Codes	parts of 60625, 60646, 60659
Median income	$49,208
Source: U.S. Census, Record Information Services

North Park is one of 77 well-defined community areas of the City of Chicago. It is bordered by the North Shore Channel on the east, the Chicago River's North Branch and Foster Avenue on the south, Cicero Avenue on the west (except for the section in the northwest corner, north of Bryn Mawr Avenue, which is part of the Sauganash neighborhood) and Devon Avenue on the north.

Neighborhood

Originally a Swedish community and later a stronghold of Orthodox Jews, it more recently has been adopted by American newcomers, from Latinos to Middle Easterners, Koreans and Eastern Europeans. It is part of the 60625 zip code.

Both the Good Counsel Province of the Polish Felician Sisters and the Evangelical Covenant Church are headquartered in this neighborhood, as is Chicago's PBS station, WTTW, in the Chicago Production Center. Two universities and a Yeshiva make for concentrated educational resources. The closest El stop is the Kimball station on the Brown Line.

North Park is in Jefferson Township, which was annexed into Chicago in 1889.

Economy

The Korean-American Chamber of Commerce is located at 5601 North Spaulding Avenue.^[1]

The education section of the Consulate-General of the People's Republic of China in Chicago is located at 3322 West Peterson Avenue,^[2] away from the rest of the consulate.^[3]

Schools

Public

Elementary

• Mary G Peterson Elementary School
• Hannah G Solomon Elementary School
• Albany Park Multicultural Academy

High School

• CICS - Northtown Academy
• Northside Learning Center
• Northside College Prep
• Von Steuben Metropolitan Science Center

Private

Elementary

• St Bernadette School
• Cheder Lubavitch Hebrew Day School
• Joan Dachs Bais Yaakov
• St Philip Evangelical Lutheran Church and School

High School

• Bais Yaakov High School
• Telshe High School

Higher Education

• North Park University
• North Park Theological Seminary
• Northeastern Illinois University
• Telshe Yeshiva

Library

• Albany Park Library

See also

• Chicago Public Schools

References

1. ^ "Chicago". SkyTeam. http://www.skyteam.com/go/chicago/business.html. Retrieved January 31, 2009. 
2. ^ "Education Section's Map". Consulate-General of the People's Republic of China in Chicago. http://www.chinaconsulatechicago.org/eng/gywm/t40554.htm. Retrieved January 31, 2009. 
3. ^ "Contacts". Consulate-General of the People's Republic of China in Chicago. http://www.chinaconsulatechicago.org/eng/gywm/t378411.htm. Retrieved January 31, 2009. 

External links

• Official City of Chicago North Park Community Map
• Lakeside Community Development Corporation