Garfield Ridge, Chicago

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**Garfield Ridge (Chicago, Illinois)**
Community Area 56 - Garfield Ridge Location within the city of Chicago
Latitude Longitude	41°49.0′N, 87°45.6′W
Neighborhoods	Garfield Ridge Le Claire Courts Sleepy Hollow Vittum Park
ZIP Code	parts of 60628, 60632, 60638 and 60639
Area	10.96 km² (4.23 mi²)
Population (2000) Density	36,101 (up 6.04% from 1990) 3,295.2 /km²
Demographics	White Black Hispanic Asian Other	68.9% 12.2% 16.5% 0.91% 1.46%
Median income	$45,436
Source: U.S. Census, Record Information Services

Garfield Ridge is one of the 77 official community areas of Chicago, Illinois, and is located on the southwest side of the city. The northern half of Chicago Midway International Airport is located in this community area.

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Garfield Ridge is one of the community areas which border Midway Airport, known collectively as just Midway. It is served by the CTA's Orange Line. Garfield Ridge stretches from Pershing Road, just north of the Stevenson Expressway (Interstate 55), to 59th Street from north to south, and from the railroad 1/4 mile east of Cicero Avenue to Harlem Avenue going west, with Archer Avenue as its main artery. Bordering communities include South Lawndale, Archer Heights and West Elsdon to the east and Clearing to the south. To the north are the municipalities of Forest View, Stickney and Cicero, as well as the unincorporated community of Central Stickney, which is located in the "elbow" of Garfield Ridge. To the west is the village of Summit.

Many immigrants from Poland moved to Garfield Ridge in past years, and since the 1990s many Hispanics have started settling in the neighborhood. This gives the area a unique blend of different cultures. There is generally a large Catholic population, and the area is served by many Catholic elementary schools. There are a number of Chicago Public Schools that serve the area. These include Kinzie, Byrne, and Mark Twain Elementary Schools, and Kennedy High School. Garfield Ridge also has numerous Chicago parks which include Wentworth, Valley Forge, Vittum, and Stars and Stripes.

Chicago has the largest population of Polish people outside Warsaw, and many of those immigrants live in Garfield Ridge^{[citation needed]} and its bordering neighborhood to the south, Clearing.

William Lipinski, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 2005 and previously a Chicago alderman, is a longtime resident of Garfield Ridge.

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Official City of Chicago Garfield Ridge Community Map

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