page_title: Glen Park (Gary)
section_title: Glen Park today
hierarchical_section_title: Glen Park (Gary) / Glen Park today
caption_attribution_description: English: Indiana University-Northwest Campus; Gary, Indiana
context_page_description: 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.
context_section_description: Glen Park is home to Indiana University Northwest and the Gary campus of Ivy Tech Community College.  The neighborhood is served by the Borman Expressway directly to its north, which has exits at Broadway and Grant streets, and by Interstate 65 to the east, which has an exit on Ridge Road.  Public transportation is provided by the buses of the Gary Public Transportation Corporation, which run along Broadway, Grant and Ridge.  Bike trails cross the northern and southern edges of the neighborhood, and there are numerous city parks including the Gleason golf course; the Little Calumet floodplain also provides significant greenspace.  
  The housing stock is dominated by single-family homes, of which about 50% are owner-occupied.  There is little industrial development, and most commercial development is clustered along the Grant and Broadway thoroughfares.
caption: Indiana University Northwest, in Glen Park.
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