Loop

Loop is community area 32, one of Chicago’s 77 official community areas as defined by the City of Chicago. It borders Near North Side, Near South Side and Near West Side. It covers about 1.7 square miles.

‘L’ stations inside its boundary: State/Lake (Brown, Green, Orange, Pink, Purple Lines), Clark/Lake (Blue, Brown, Green, Orange, Pink, Purple Lines), Lake (Red Line), Washington/Wabash (Brown, Green, Orange, Pink, Purple Lines), Washington (Blue Line), Washington/Wells (Brown, Orange, Pink, Purple Lines), Monroe (Red Line), Monroe (Blue Line), Adams/Wabash (Brown, Green, Orange, Pink, Purple Lines), Quincy/Wells (Brown, Orange, Pink, Purple Lines), Jackson (Blue Line), Jackson (Red Line), Harold Washington Library (Brown, Orange, Pink, Purple Lines), LaSalle/Van Buren (Brown, Orange, Pink, Purple Lines), LaSalle (Blue Line) and Harrison (Red Line). Roosevelt (Red, Green, Orange Lines) sits on its boundary with Near South Side.

Metra stations inside its boundary: Millennium Station, Van Buren St., LaSalle Street and Museum Campus/11th St.

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, 7 Harrison, 10 Obama Presidential Center/Museum of Science & Industry Express, 12 Roosevelt, J14 Jeffery Jump, 18 16th/18th, 19 United Center Express, 20 Madison, 22 Clark, 24 Wentworth, 26 South Shore Express, 28 Stony Island, 29 State, 36 Broadway, 37 Sedgwick, 56 Milwaukee, 60 Blue Island/26th, 62 Archer, 120 Ogilvie/Streeterville Express, 121 Union/Streeterville Express, 124 Navy Pier, 125 Water Tower Express, 126 Jackson, 130 Museum Campus, 134 Stockton/LaSalle Express, 135 Clarendon/LaSalle Express, 136 Sheridan/LaSalle Express, 143 Stockton/Michigan Express, 146 Inner Lake Shore/Michigan Express, 147 Outer DuSable Lake Shore Express, 148 Clarendon/Michigan Express, 151 Sheridan, 156 LaSalle, 157 Streeterville/Taylor and 192 U. of Chicago Hospitals Express.

Chicago Park District land inside its boundary totals about 266 acres across 7 parks. The largest are part of Grant Park (about 255 of its 295 acres), Park No. 546 (5.8 acres), Roosevelt Park (1.8 acres), Dearborn Park (1.5 acres) and Pritzker Park (1.1 acres).

Chicago Public Library branch inside its boundary: Harold Washtington Library Center. Divvy has 53 bike-share stations in service inside its boundary.

City Special Service Area commercial district covering part of it: State Street (SSA #1).

It falls within the 4th, 34th, and 42nd 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).