Lake View, or
Lakeview, is one of the 77
community areas of
Chicago, Illinois, located on the city's North Side. It is bordered by
West Diversey Parkway on the south, West Irving Park Road on the north, North Ravenswood Avenue on the west, and the shore of
Lake Michigan on the east. The
Uptown community area is to Lake View's north,
Lincoln Square to its northwest,
North Center to its west and
Lincoln Park to its south. The 2010 population of Lake View was 94,368 residents, making it the second largest of the
Chicago community areas by population, following
Austin which has 98,514 residents. Lake View, though, has a higher population density than the larger-in-area Austin neighborhood.