Hyde Park

Hyde Park is community area 41, one of Chicago’s 77 official community areas as defined by the City of Chicago. It borders Kenwood, Washington Park and Woodlawn. It covers about 1.6 square miles.

No ‘L’ station sits inside its boundary. The nearest is Cottage Grove (Green Line), about 1.2 miles in a straight line from the center of the area.

Metra stations inside its boundary: 51st/53rd St. (Hyde Park), 55th – 56th – 57th St. and 59th St. (U. of Chicago).

CTA bus routes that run through it: 2 Hyde Park Express, 4 Cottage Grove, X4 Cottage Grove Express, 6 Jackson Park Express, 10 Obama Presidential Center/Museum of Science & Industry Express, J14 Jeffery Jump, 15 Jeffery Local, 26 South Shore Express, 28 Stony Island, 55 Garfield, 59 59th/61st, 171 U. of Chicago/Hyde Park, 172 U. of Chicago/Kenwood and 192 U. of Chicago Hospitals Express.

Chicago Park District land inside its boundary totals about 232 acres across 12 parks. The largest are part of Jackson Park (about 123 of its 552 acres), Midway Plaisance Park (73 acres), part of Washington Park (about 18 of its 25 acres), Nichols Park (11 acres) and Stout Park (2.8 acres).

No Chicago Public Library branch sits inside its boundary. Divvy has 21 bike-share stations in service inside its boundary.

City Special Service Area commercial district covering part of it: Hyde Park (SSA #61).

It falls within the 4th, 5th, and 20th 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).