Armour Square

Armour Square is community area 34, one of Chicago’s 77 official community areas as defined by the City of Chicago. It borders Bridgeport, Douglas, Fuller Park, Grand Boulevard, Lower West Side and Near South Side. It covers about 1.0 square miles.

‘L’ stations inside its boundary: Cermak-Chinatown (Red Line) and Sox-35th (Red Line).

No Metra station sits inside its boundary. The nearest is the Metra station 35th St. – Lou Jones, about 0.8 miles in a straight line from the center of the area.

CTA bus routes that run through it: 21 Cermak, 24 Wentworth, 31 31st, 35 31st/35th, 39 Pershing, 44 Wallace-Racine and 62 Archer.

Chicago Park District land inside its boundary totals about 21 acres across 5 parks. The largest are Armour Sq Park (9.1 acres), Ping Tom Mem’l Park (18 acres), Wentworth Gardens (2.5 acres) and Park No. 540 (5.0 acres).

Chicago Public Library branch inside its boundary: Chinatown. Divvy has 9 bike-share stations in service inside its boundary.

City Special Service Area commercial district covering part of it: Chinatown (SSA #73).

It falls within the 3rd and 11th Wards.

Sources: City of Chicago open data portal (community area and ward boundaries, ‘L’ stations, Chicago Park District parks, CTA bus routes, Chicago Public Library branches, Divvy stations, Special Service Areas); Metra station locations derived from Cook County Assessor parcel proximity data (2025).