Near South Side

Near South Side is community area 33, one of Chicago’s 77 official community areas as defined by the City of Chicago. It borders Armour Square, Douglas, Loop and Near West Side. It covers about 1.8 square miles.

‘L’ station inside its boundary: Cermak-McCormick Place (Green Line). Roosevelt (Red, Green, Orange Lines) sits on its boundary with Loop.

Metra stations inside its boundary: 18th St. and McCormick Place.

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, 12 Roosevelt, J14 Jeffery Jump, 18 16th/18th, 21 Cermak, 24 Wentworth, 26 South Shore Express, 28 Stony Island, 29 State, 62 Archer, 130 Museum Campus, 146 Inner Lake Shore/Michigan Express and 192 U. of Chicago Hospitals Express.

Chicago Park District land inside its boundary totals about 277 acres across 13 parks. The largest are part of Burnham Park (about 110 of its 658 acres), part of Northerly Island Park (about 103 of its 118 acres), part of Grant Park (about 40 of its 295 acres), Ping Tom Mem’l Park (18 acres) and Park No. 540 (5.0 acres).

No Chicago Public Library branch sits inside its boundary. Divvy has 15 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).