Belmont Avenue (Chicago)

Belmont Avenue
3200 North
Location:	Chicago, River Grove, Franklin Park, Bensenville, Addison
From:	Lake Shore Drive--(approx. 300 West) in Chicago
To:	Elmwood Avenue (Addison)

Belmont Avenue (3200 N.) is a major east-west street on the North Side of Chicago. Belmont is a central commercial street in Lakeview and, west of the North Branch of the Chicago River, Avondale. Further west, it anchors the Belmont-Central shopping district straddling the Belmont Cragin and Portage Park communities.

In Lakeview, it is known for its quirky shops and vintage stores.

Belmont Ave. was the southern border of Riverview Park. The amusement park remained open from 1904 until 1967. The park's property is now home to the riverview Plaza shopping center, the Belmont District Police Station, and DeVry Institute of Technology.

The street was named in memory of the Battle of Belmont during the American Civil War that was fought on November 7, 1861, in Mississippi County, Missouri.