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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. [2]
Chicago (Archer Heights, Brighton Park, Chicago Lawn, Garfield Ridge, New City, and West Elsdon), Forest View [15] [2] 2003 – 2013 Chicago [16] 1993 – 2003 Chicago [17] 1983 – 1993 Parts of Jefferson Township, parts of Lake View Township, parts of Niles Township, parts of Rogers Park Township, Chicago [18] 1967 – 1973
Of the total population, 28.1% of those under the age of 18 and 15.5% of those 75 and older were living below the poverty line. Population estimates in 2008 put the number of people in the city proper at 2,853,114, while suburban populations continue to grow, with estimates at 9,785,747 for the combined city and suburbs.
The park replaced Brighton Trotting Park established in 1855. [2] The 69-acre (280,000 m 2) park now boasts a swimming pool and ice-skating rink. It is the area's showplace and led to the naming of the entire community. After years of declining populations, during the 1990s the population grew from 13,297 to 15,962, with Mexicans joining the ...
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. The school is named for Irish nationalist Thomas J. Kelly. Kelly is the third largest Chicago public high school in terms of student population.
Its community neighbors include Gage Park, West Englewood, Ashburn, and West Lawn. It is bounded by the CSX and Norfolk Southern Railway tracks on the east, Central Park Avenue on the west, 59th Street on the north, and the Belt Railway of Chicago on the south, and is 13 km (8.1 mi) southwest of the Loop.
Brighton Park may refer to: Brighton Park, Chicago, USA Brighton Park crossing in Chicago; New Brighton Park in Vancouver, Canada; Queen's Park, Brighton, England;
Washington Park is a community area on the South Side of Chicago which includes the 372 acre (1.5 km 2) park of the same name, [2] stretching east-west from Cottage Grove Avenue to the Dan Ryan Expressway, and north-south from 51st Street to 63rd.