| North Park is
one of 77 well-defined community areas of Chicago. It
is the neighborhood north of Albany Park and to the
east of Forest Glen. It is bordered by the North Shore
Channel on the east, the Chicago River's North Branch
and Foster Avenue on the south, Cicero Avenue on the
west and Devon Avenue on the north. Originally a Swedish
community and later a stronghold of Orthodox Jews, it
more recently has been adopted by American newcomers,
from Latinos to Middle Easterners, Koreans and Eastern
Europeans. It is part of the 60625 zip code, which is
known as one of the most diverse areas in the entire
country
oth the Good Counsel Province
of the Felician Sisters and the Evangelical Covenant
Church are headquartered in this neighborhood. The closest
El stop is the Kimball station on the Brown Line.
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