Avalon Park is community area 45, one of Chicago’s 77 official community areas as defined by the City of Chicago. It borders Burnside, Calumet Heights, Chatham, Greater Grand Crossing, South Chicago and South Shore. It covers about 1.3 square miles.
No ‘L’ station sits inside its boundary. The nearest is 79th (Red Line), about 2.0 miles in a straight line from the center of the area.
The Metra station 79th St. (Chatham) sits on its boundary with Chatham.
CTA bus routes that run through it: J14 Jeffery Jump, 15 Jeffery Local, 28 Stony Island, 30 South Chicago, 79 79th and 87 87th.
Chicago Park District land inside its boundary totals about 28 acres across 2 parks. The largest is Avalon Park (28 acres).
Chicago Public Library branch inside its boundary: Avalon. Divvy has 5 bike-share stations in service inside its boundary.
City Special Service Area commercial district covering part of it: Calumet Hts/Avalon (SSA #50).
It lies within the 8th Ward.
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).
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