Belmont Cragin

Belmont Cragin is one of 77 officially designated Chicago community areas located on the Northwest Side of the City of Chicago, Illinois. It is designated Community Area 19, and is located 8 miles NW of the Loop.
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  • Type: Suburb with 78,100 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Cook County, Illinois, United States of America
  • Also known as: Belmont Cragin, Chicago

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chopin Park and Portage Park.

Park
is an 8-acre park located at 3420 North Long in the community area of North Side, Chicago, . The park stretches from Roscoe Street on the south to Cornelia Avenue to the north between Linder and Long avenues.

Park
Photo: Orestek, Public domain.
is a 36-acre park in the community area of Chicago, Illinois on the National Register of Historic Places. The park stretches from Irving Park Road on the south to Berteau Avenue between Central and Long Avenues.

Movie theater
The is a music venue and movie theater located at 6008 W. Irving Park Road on the northwest side of in the neighborhood.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Far West Side and Far Northwest Side.

is best known for being impoverished and crime-ridden, but it has at least one major attraction as well as some fabulous parks, vibrant immigrant communities, and blues legends.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
The of includes the neighborhoods of Avondale and the Polish Village, with large Polish communities; Irving Park and Old Irving, quiet areas with historic homes; and Forest Glen, Jefferson Park, Norwood Park, Edison Park, Edgebrook, Dunning, and Portage Park, residential areas which have nice parks, old theaters, and some big annual festivals.

is a city of 52,000 people in the area. It's essentially an outdoor museum dedicated to architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

Belmont Cragin

Latitude
41.9308° or 41° 55′ 51″ north
Longitude
-87.7689° or 87° 46′ 8″ west
Population
78,100
Elevation
620 feet (189 metres)
Open location code
86HJW6JJ+8C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153703027
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
4884442
Wiki­data ID
Q2895017
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In Other Languages

From French to Persian—“Belmont Cragin” goes by many names.
  • French: Belmont Cragin
  • Persian: بلمونت کرگین (شیکاگو)
  • Persian: بلمونت کرگین

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Saints Cyril and Methodius Polish National Catholic Church and Alliance of Polish Clubs in the USA.

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