O'Hare International Airport; airplanes can be seen taking off and descending over the village. The village is served by three railroads: Canadian Pacific Railway (formerly Milwaukee Road), Canadian National Railway (formerly Wisconsin Central), and the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad. Businesses Franklin Park is home to Grand Stand Pizza, in 2005 voted Best Thin Crust in Chicago by Fox News Chicago, A.M. Castle & Co, R&M Trucking Co. Aerospace Manufacturer, Chucking Machine Products, Sax-Tiedemann Funeral Home & Crematorium, Precision Steel Warehouse, Inc., and Ex-Cell Kaiser, manufacturers of waste and recycling products. It was also home to Midway Manufacturing before the company relocated in 1991. Education Elementary school districts: Franklin Park School District 84 Hester Junior High School North Elementary School Passow Elementary School Pietrini Elementary School East Early Childhood Center Mannheim School District 83 Enger School, for disabled children, in Franklin Park Scott Elementary School Westdale Elementary School Roy Elementary School Mannheim Middle School Schiller Park School District 81 includes a portion of Franklin Park. High school districts: Leyden High School District 212 East Leyden High School West Leyden High School Private Catholic schools in nearby River Grove (of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago): St. Cyprian Catholic Elementary School Guerin College Preparatory High School - Guerin will close permanently after Spring 2020. Triton College is the area community college. Notable people Leo Bartoline, Illinois legislator and lawyer Ned Colletti, baseball executive Glen Grunwald, only four-time high school All-State basketball player in Illinois history; former GM of Toronto Raptors and New York Knicks Mike Shanahan, head coach for the NFL's Los Angeles Raiders, Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos, and Washington Redskins References External links Village of Franklin Park official website Franklin Park Public Library Populated places established in 1892 Villages in Illinois Chicago metropolitan area Villages in Cook County, Illinois 1892 establishments in Illinois