Burnside is community area 47, one of Chicago’s 77 official community areas as defined by the City of Chicago. It borders Avalon Park, Calumet Heights, Chatham, Pullman, Roseland and South Deering. It covers about 0.6 square miles.
No ‘L’ station sits inside its boundary. The nearest is 95th/Dan Ryan (Red Line), about 1.5 miles in a straight line from the center of the area.
Metra station inside its boundary: 91st St. The Metra station 87th St. (Woodruff) sits on its boundary with Chatham.
CTA bus routes that run through it: 4 Cottage Grove, X4 Cottage Grove Express, 95 95th, 100 Jeffery Manor Express and 115 Pullman/115th.
Chicago Park District land inside its boundary totals about 8.8 acres across 2 parks. The largest are Burnside Park (5.5 acres) and Dixon Park (6.7 acres).
No Chicago Public Library branch sits inside its boundary. Divvy has 1 bike-share station in service inside its boundary.
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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