Glen Park (Gary)

Glen Park
Neighborhood
Intersection of 39th and Broadway
Location within the city of Gary
Coordinates: 41°33′11″N 87°20′11″W / 41.553072°N 87.336509°W / 41.553072; -87.336509
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Lake County
City	Gary
First settled	1894
Annexed by Gary	1926
Population  (2000)[1]
• Total	25,454
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	46408, 46409
Area code	219

Glen Park, also sometimes called University Park, is the most populous neighborhood in Gary, Indiana. It is situated on the city's far south side, south of the Little Calumet River and Borman Expressway. The neighborhood is often divided into Glen Park East and Glen Park West, on the respective sides of Broadway. Within Gary, Glen Park borders on Black Oak to the west and Midtown and Pulaski to the north; beyond Gary, it adjoins Hobart, Merrillville, and unincorporated Calumet Township. As of 2000, the neighborhood had a population of 25,454, approximately a third of Gary's total population. In terms of race, as of 2000 Glen Park was 86% African-American, 9% white, and 5.5% Hispanic.^[1]