Grand Boulevard

Grand Boulevard is community area 38, one of Chicago’s 77 official community areas as defined by the City of Chicago. It borders Armour Square, Douglas, Fuller Park, Kenwood, Oakland and Washington Park. It covers about 1.7 square miles.

‘L’ stations inside its boundary: Indiana (Green Line), 43rd (Green Line) and 47th (Green Line). 51st (Green Line) sits on its boundary with Washington Park.

No Metra station sits inside its boundary. The nearest is the Metra station 47th St. (Kenwood), about 1.4 miles in a straight line from the center of the area.

CTA bus routes that run through it: 3 King Drive, 4 Cottage Grove, X4 Cottage Grove Express, 15 Jeffery Local, 29 State, 39 Pershing, 43 43rd, 47 47th and 192 U. of Chicago Hospitals Express.

Chicago Park District land inside its boundary totals about 34 acres across 14 parks. The largest are Taylor Park (9.7 acres), Armstrong Park (9.3 acres), Metcalfe Park (6.7 acres) and Mandrake Park (10 acres).

Chicago Public Library branch inside its boundary: Hall. Divvy has 10 bike-share stations in service inside its boundary.

City Special Service Area commercial districts covering part of it: Bronzeville (SSA #56), Cottage Grove – 47th St (SSA #47) and 51st Street (SSA #52).

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).