Kenwood, one of Chicago's 77 community areas, is on the shore of Lake Michigan on the South Side of the city.

A large part of the southern half of the community area is in the Hyde Park-Kenwood Historic District.

The recently reopened Hyde Park Art Center, located on Cornell Avenue just north of 51st Street and East Hyde Park Boulevard, is Chicago's oldest alternative exhibition space,[citation needed] with an on-site school and studio.

As with much of the South Side, the Kenwood community area has supported the Democratic Party in national elections by vast margins.

The infamous murderers Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, and their victim Bobby Franks, were all residents of Kenwood.