Edgewater is Community Area 77 on the city's official list. Its southern neighbor is Uptown. Rogers Park is to the north.

Edgewater's boundaries run from Foster Ave (5200 N) to Devon Ave (6400 N), and from Lake Michigan to Ravenswood Ave (1800 W). Edgewater includes the following neighborhoods: Andersonville, Edgewater Beach, Edgewater Glen, Edgewater Triangle, Highlands of Edgewater, Lakewood Balmoral, Magnolia Glen and Rosehill.