Douglas

Douglas is community area 35, one of Chicago’s 77 official community areas as defined by the City of Chicago. It borders Armour Square, Grand Boulevard, Near South Side and Oakland. It covers about 1.7 square miles.

‘L’ station inside its boundary: 35th-Bronzeville-IIT (Green Line).

Metra stations inside its boundary: 27th St. and 35th St. – Lou Jones.

CTA bus routes that run through it: 1 Bronzeville/Union Station, 2 Hyde Park Express, 3 King Drive, 4 Cottage Grove, X4 Cottage Grove Express, 6 Jackson Park Express, 10 Obama Presidential Center/Museum of Science & Industry Express, J14 Jeffery Jump, 21 Cermak, 26 South Shore Express, 28 Stony Island, 29 State, 31 31st, 35 31st/35th and 192 U. of Chicago Hospitals Express.

Chicago Park District land inside its boundary totals about 154 acres across 7 parks. The largest are part of Burnham Park (about 110 of its 658 acres), Dunbar Park (22 acres), Lake Meadows Park (8.0 acres), Williams Park (6.8 acres) and Stateway Park (4.0 acres).

Chicago Public Library branches inside its boundary: Chicago Bee and King. Divvy has 12 bike-share stations in service inside its boundary.

It falls within the 3rd and 4th 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).