Melrose Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 23,171 at the 2000 census. Melrose Park has long been home to a large Italian-American population, though it also contains many Mexican-Americans.
It also is the home of Kiddieland Amusement Park, Maywood Park Racetrack, Shrine of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, and Stern Pinball, Inc..