Roscoe Village North Center, Chicago

welcome roscoe village painted sign on roscoe @ train tracks in 2010

roscoe village refers neighborhood in north side of chicago, illinois. while not part of official city map, chicago residents perceive boundaries of neighborhood addison street north, belmont avenue south, ravenswood avenue east , chicago river west. primary feature of roscoe village roscoe street, bisects neighborhood s boundaries between addison street , belmont avenue. roscoe street populated businesses , residents. local historian , longtime neighborhood resident chuck betzold notes people have been living in roscoe village since 18th century, when area inhabited fox indians. today area home on 6200 residents.