Lawrence Avenue (Chicago)

Lawrence Avenue is a major east-west street in the Chicago metropolitan area. Located 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Madison Street, it is designated 4800N in Chicago's grid system. Served by multiple rail connections throughout its length, Lawrence Avenue has throughout Chicago's history, been known to be a major commercial and cultural thoroughfare, alongside nearby Broadway, serving as the hub for the Uptown Square Historic District, with multiple theaters, restaurants, nightclubs, hotels, and other small businesses found along the street. Lawrence is also home to a variety of ethnic diasporas, with Polish, Lithuanian, Jewish, Cambodian, Ukrainian, Mexican, Guatemalan, Ecuadorean, Punjabi, and Korean groups among others all calling the street home. Lawrence Avenue forms part of the southern boundary for the Jefferson Park, Forest Glen, and Albany Park community areas, as well as being a major commercial road for all those areas in addition to Lincoln Square and Uptown.