Lakeview East, Chicago Real Estate

Lakeview East (also called East Lakeview) is the lakefront part of Chicago's Lake View community area, on the North Side between Lincoln Park and Uptown. It is not one of the city's official community areas, and maps do not all draw it the same way. On this page, Lakeview East runs from Diversey Parkway to Irving Park Road, and from Broadway to the lake. North of Irving Park you're in Buena Park, which is part of Uptown. Addresses here use ZIP codes 60657 and 60613.

If you're thinking about buying or selling in Lakeview East, this page covers the boundaries, the housing stock, recent condo sales, transit and daily life that Daniel Ledo walks buyers and sellers through. For a closer look at how to choose a building, see his guide to buying a condo in Lakeview East.

Lakeview East homes and condos

Most homes for sale in Lakeview East are condominiums. On one walk you can pass a greystone three-flat split into condos, a vintage courtyard building and a high-rise on Lake Shore Drive or Pine Grove Avenue, and each one comes with a different price, a different monthly assessment and different association paperwork.

The buildings usually fall into three groups:

• Vintage conversions and small buildings. Greystone and brick two- and three-flats on the side streets, many divided into condos. Associations can be only a few owners, so repairs are paid for by those few owners.

• Vintage courtyard and mid-rise buildings. Many were built as apartments or apartment hotels in the 1910s and 1920s. Some are still rentals and some were converted to condos. They usually have more units, a shared courtyard and sometimes an elevator.

• High-rises on Lake Shore Drive and Pine Grove Avenue. In the last 12 months, 305 of the 750 Lakeview East condo and townhome sales in the MLS cut described below were on Lake Shore Drive. Many of these are older towers. The monthly assessment often covers more than in a small walk-up, such as staff, heat and building systems, so compare what it includes, not just the number.

The MLS does not have a "Lakeview East" area. It lumps everything from the lake to the river into Lake View, which also covers the Southport Corridor, Wrigleyville and West Lakeview. Those are different markets. When Daniel searches for a Lakeview East buyer, he searches by streets and buildings, not by the MLS label.

Three buildings Daniel has shown or closed in

These are three condo high-rises Daniel has shown or closed in, in different corners of the same pocket. They are examples, not a ranked list, and a neighborhood page is not a substitute for the association documents on a specific unit.

525 W Hawthorne Place is a 31-story condo high-rise completed in 1970. Hawthorne Place is a one-block street between Broadway and the lake, just south of Belmont Harbor.

Park Place Tower, 655 W Irving Park Road, is a 56-story, 901-unit building completed in 1971 and converted to condominiums between 2001 and 2006. It stands on Irving Park Road at the neighborhood's north edge, east of Broadway.

Lake Park Plaza, 3930 N Pine Grove Avenue, is a 30-story condo high-rise completed in 1969, just south of Irving Park Road.

In each of these buildings, as in the smaller conversions and courtyard buildings, the association budget, reserves, special assessments, leasing rules and lendability matter as much as the unit. Daniel's Lakeview East condo guide walks through what to check in that paperwork.

Lakeview East market snapshot

These are condo and townhome sales from the MRED MLS for the last 12 months. The Lakeview East column is an address-based cut of the MLS's Lake View area (area 8006), using the boundaries above: Diversey Parkway to Irving Park Road, east of Broadway to the lake. The Broadway cutoff varies by block, from about 630 W at Diversey to about 880 W at Irving Park. It is not an official MLS area.

Source: MRED via ConnectMLS, condo and townhome sales closed 11/10/2025 to 11/09/2026, pulled Nov 10, 2026. Price per square foot uses only sales that reported square footage, and assessments leave out $0 or blank entries. Days on market is MLS market time, so treat it as approximate. Active listings and months of inventory count only public listings. The Broadway cutoff varies by block, from about 630 W at Diversey to about 880 W at Irving Park; addresses on Broadway itself are left out.

How to read it: Lakeview East is where many of Lake View's lower-priced condos sold in this period. 67% of sales in the East cut closed under $400K. The trade-off is the assessment. The median here was about $330 a month higher than for Lake View as a whole, so when you compare a Lakeview East condo with one west of Broadway, compare the full monthly cost: mortgage, taxes and assessment together. A neighborhood median will not tell you what a given unit is worth; Daniel pulls the sales for the exact building before you make an offer.

Getting around and daily life

Broadway and Halsted are the main streets, with restaurants, bars, shops and services along both. Daniel's East Lakeview restaurant list is a starting point.

The lake is the east edge of the neighborhood. Belmont Harbor, the lakefront park and the Lakefront Trail run along that side, so many buildings are a short walk from the water.

Transit: the CTA Red Line stops at Belmont, Addison and Sheridan. Belmont also has Brown Line service, plus the Purple Line Express during rush hours. Lake Shore Drive buses run along the lakefront. Map a commute from the exact building, because a tower on the lake can be a 10- to 15-minute walk from the L. Routes and stops change, so confirm details on transitchicago.com.

Wrigley Field sits just west of Lakeview East. The blocks closest to the ballpark and to Clark Street get busier on game days and concert nights, with more traffic, crowds and parking limits.

If schools matter, check the exact address on Chicago Public Schools' school locator, because attendance boundaries can change from one block to the next.

For a longer walk through the neighborhood's daily routine, see Daniel's guide to living in Lakeview East.

How Daniel helps buyers and sellers in Lakeview East

Buying. In Lakeview East, the building matters as much as the unit. Daniel reviews the association budget, reserves, any special assessments, leasing and pet rules, and whether the building works for your lender, then pulls recent sales in that building. See how his buyer representation works, or start with buying a condo in Lakeview East.

Selling. Value here is priced against close matches: the same building, floor range and view line, not a neighborhood average. Daniel pulls current MLS data for your property. Read about his seller representation, or start with a free home valuation.

More Lakeview East guides from Daniel

• Buying a Condo in Lakeview East Chicago: Which Building Fits You?

• Living in Lakeview East

• Top 10 restaurants in East Lakeview

• What makes a Chicago condo lendable

• Near North Side condo costs before making an offer

• Nearby areas: Buena Park and Lincoln Park. If you're also looking south of Diversey, see buying a condo in Lincoln Park.

Looking at Lakeview East condos, or getting ready to sell one? Call or text Daniel at 312-219-5921 or send Daniel a message.

About Daniel Ledo: Daniel Ledo is a Chicago real estate broker with Ledo Real Estate | Real Broker, LLC. He helps people buy, sell and rent homes, with a focus on condos, and works with investors and commercial clients too. He works across Chicago from the South Loop to Evanston, west to Lincoln Square, Logan Square, the West Loop, West Town and Ukrainian Village. Call or text 312-219-5921 or visit ledorealestate.com.

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