Oakland

Oakland is community area 36, one of Chicago’s 77 official community areas as defined by the City of Chicago. It borders Douglas, Grand Boulevard and Kenwood. It covers about 0.6 square miles.

No ‘L’ station sits inside its boundary. The nearest is Indiana (Green Line), about 0.9 miles in a straight line from the center of the area.

No Metra station sits inside its boundary. The nearest is the Metra station 47th St. (Kenwood), about 1.1 miles in a straight line from the center of the area.

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, 26 South Shore Express, 28 Stony Island, 39 Pershing, 43 43rd and 192 U. of Chicago Hospitals Express.

Chicago Park District land inside its boundary totals about 126 acres across 7 parks. The largest are part of Burnham Park (about 110 of its 658 acres), Ellis Park (9.9 acres), Mandrake Park (10 acres) and Williams- Davis Park (2.9 acres).

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

It lies within the 4th Ward.

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).