The near west side Chicago neighborhood of Humboldt Park boasts one of Chicago's largest parks; 207 acres with a beach, an outdoor swimming pool, baseball diamonds, tennis courts, playgrounds, and bike paths. The Humboldt Park (1400 N. Sacramento Ave) also has an assembly area, ice skating in winter, 10 picnic areas and a fieldhouse with two gyms.

Named for German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt (a statue of whom stands near the park's boathouse), Humboldt Park officially became part of Chicago in 1869, and remains today much as it was then; a working-class neighborhood filled with older frame and bricks houses, flats, courtyard buildings and somewhat newer brick bungalows. Humboldt Park's residents are a fairly balanced blend of many ethnicities, and there is a strong sense of community, with ongoing beautification and improvement projects in the works.

Humboldt Park is yet another outlying Chicago neighborhood that is benefitting from the gentrification of the neighborhoods closer to the city's center. People who want to start families but are tired of the soaring prices of city real estate are taking up residence in the much more affordable homes of Humboldt Park.

The Division Street Corridor (also known as Paseo Boricua) is host to the annual Puerto Rican Peoples Parade in June and the Fiesta Boricua, a Puerto Rican Pride festival, in September. This festival attracts over 160,000 people each year.