Rogers Park & Edgewater

Rogers Park and Edgewater are the city’s northernmost lakefront neighborhoods, running from Foster Avenue up to the Evanston line along the Red Line. Loyola University anchors Rogers Park, Andersonville and Bryn Mawr Avenue give Edgewater its main streets, and public beaches sit at the end of nearly every east-west street. Rogers Park is among the most diverse neighborhoods in the country by census measures, with Devon Avenue’s South Asian shops on the west edge and a large student population near Loyola. Edgewater is a bit tidier and pricier, with lakefront high-rises along Sheridan Road and courtyard buildings on the side streets. Both stay more affordable than the lakefront neighborhoods to the south.

Where it is

Edgewater runs from Foster to Devon between the lake and Ravenswood Avenue; Rogers Park continues north from Devon to Howard Street, the city limit with Evanston. The Red Line has stops at Bryn Mawr, Thorndale, Granville, Loyola, Morse, Jarvis and Howard, and Howard is also the transfer to the Purple and Yellow lines. Metra’s UP-North line stops at Rogers Park at Lunt and Ravenswood. Sheridan Road and Clark Street are the main north-south streets, and the 22 Clark and 36 Broadway buses run all night. Driving downtown takes 30 to 45 minutes; the train takes about the same.

What to know if you’re moving here

This is where lakefront living still comes at a North Side discount, with a mix of rentals and condos.

• Housing is courtyard apartments, lakefront high-rises and single-family homes on the side streets, built from the 1900s on, with typical prices of roughly $150,000 to $800,000 as a broad editorial estimate as of September 2026.
• Most blocks are residential permit parking zones, and street parking near Loyola and the beaches tightens in summer.
• Public schools fall under Chicago Public Schools, with Sullivan and Senn as the neighborhood high schools.
• Loyola’s campus brings student rentals to the blocks around Sheridan and Devon, which keeps rents down and turnover up.
• Lake Shore Drive ends at Hollywood Avenue, so the drive downtown means Sheridan Road or the Red Line rather than an expressway.
• The drawback is winter wind off the lake and older buildings with older plumbing and heat.

What to do if you’re visiting

Visitors end up on the beaches in summer and on Clark Street and Broadway the rest of the year, and most of it is walkable from the Red Line.

• Loyola Beach and the Rogers Park street-end beaches are free, quieter than North Avenue and a short walk from the Loyola and Morse stops.
• Locals will tell you Moody’s Pub on Broadway has the leafy beer garden the neighborhood has been drinking in since 1959.
• Ask around and you hear that George’s Deep Dish on Clark bakes deep dish in a small room, so expect a wait on weekend nights.
• Anyone who lives here knows Metropolis Coffee Company on Granville roasts the beans and is the working cafe closest to the Granville stop.
• Regulars will say Candlelite on Western is the old-school thin-crust and cocktail bar at the far north end.
• The Glenwood Avenue Arts District, along the Metra embankment near Morse, has galleries, the Heartland Cafe corner and a summer arts fest.