South Shore

South Shore is community area 43, one of Chicago’s 77 official community areas as defined by the City of Chicago. It borders Avalon Park, Greater Grand Crossing, South Chicago and Woodlawn. It covers about 2.9 square miles.

No ‘L’ station sits inside its boundary. The nearest is Cottage Grove (Green Line), about 2.1 miles in a straight line from the center of the area.

Metra stations inside its boundary: Stony Island, Bryn Mawr, South Shore, Windsor Park and Cheltenham (79th St.). The Metra station 75th St. (Grand Crossing) sits on its boundary with Greater Grand Crossing.

CTA bus routes that run through it: 6 Jackson Park Express, J14 Jeffery Jump, 15 Jeffery Local, 26 South Shore Express, 28 Stony Island, 30 South Chicago, 67 67th-69th-71st, 71 71st/South Shore, 75 74th-75th and 79 79th.

Chicago Park District land inside its boundary totals about 150 acres across 10 parks. The largest are South Shore CC Park (72 acres), part of Rainbow Beach (about 63 of its 109 acres), Rosenblum Park (11 acres), Woodhull Park (2.5 acres) and Ashe Beach (2.3 acres).

Chicago Public Library branch inside its boundary: South Shore. Divvy has 11 bike-share stations in service inside its boundary.

City Special Service Area commercial district covering part of it: 71st – Stony Island (SSA #42).

It falls within the 5th, 7th, and 8th 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).