Brighton Park
Brighton Park is a community area located on the southwest side of Chicago, Illinois. It is number 58 of the 77 community areas of Chicago. Brighton Park is bordered on the north by the former Illinois and Michigan Canal and the current Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, on the east by Western Avenue, on the south by 49th Street, and on the west by Drake Ave.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb with 45,100 residents
- Description: neighborhood located on the southwest side of Chicago, Illinois
- Also known as: “Brighton Park, Chicago” and “Brighton Park, IL”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kelly High School and Peace Lutheran Church.
Kelly High School
School
Thomas Kelly College Preparatory High School is a public four-year high school located in the Brighton Park neighborhood on the southwest side of Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Chicago Park District
Government office
The Chicago Park District is a municipal government agency of the City of Chicago. It is one of the oldest and the largest park districts in the United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Archer Heights and McKinley Park.
Archer Heights
Suburb
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Archer Heights is a community area in Chicago, Illinois, one of the 77 official community areas of Chicago. Archer Avenue runs from south of Chicago's downtown area, through the southwest side of Chicago and beyond into the southwest suburbs, along what was once a Native American trail.
McKinley Park
Suburb
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McKinley Park, one of the 77 official community areas of Chicago, Illinois, is located on the city's southwest side. McKinley Park is situated 1½ miles northeast of Brighton Park.
Gage Park
Suburb
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Gage Park is one of Chicago's 77 well-defined community areas, located on the city's southwest side; it is also the name of a park within the neighborhood. Gage Park is situated 1½ miles south of Brighton Park.
Brighton Park
- Categories: community area in Chicago, neighborhood, and locality
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.81892° or 41° 49′ 8″ northLongitude
-87.69894° or 87° 41′ 56″ westPopulation
45,100Elevation
597 feet (182 metres)Named after
BrightonOpen location code
86HJR892+HCOpenStreetMap ID
node 153379046OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Brighton Park” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “布莱顿地”
- Chinese: “布萊頓公園”
- French: “Brighton Park”
- Hausa: “Brighton Park, Chicago”
- Hausa: “Brighton Park”
- Persian: “برایتن پارک”
- Persian: “برایتون پارک، چیکاگو”
- Turkish: “Brighton Park”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Saint Pancratius Roman Catholic Church and Chicago Fire Department Engine Company 65.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Brighton Park”. Photo: lanehaugen, CC BY 3.0.