Kenwood

Kenwood is community area 39, one of Chicago’s 77 official community areas as defined by the City of Chicago. It borders Grand Boulevard, Hyde Park and Oakland. It covers about 1.0 square miles.

No ‘L’ station sits inside its boundary. The nearest is 47th (Green Line), about 1.2 miles in a straight line from the center of the area.

Metra station inside its boundary: 47th St. (Kenwood).

CTA bus routes that run through it: 2 Hyde Park 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, 43 43rd, 47 47th, 172 U. of Chicago/Kenwood and 192 U. of Chicago Hospitals Express.

Chicago Park District land inside its boundary totals about 243 acres across 7 parks. The largest are part of Burnham Park (about 219 of its 658 acres), part of Washington Park (about 7.4 of its 25 acres), Kenwood Comm. Park (7.1 acres), Houston Park (4.0 acres) and Kennicott Park (2.9 acres).

Chicago Public Library branch inside its boundary: Blackstone. Divvy has 6 bike-share stations in service inside its boundary.

City Special Service Area commercial district covering part of it: Cottage Grove – 47th St (SSA #47).

It falls within the 4th and 5th 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).