| 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
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.
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