Washington Park

Washington Park is community area 40, one of Chicago’s 77 official community areas as defined by the City of Chicago. It borders Englewood, Fuller Park, Grand Boulevard, Greater Grand Crossing, Hyde Park and Woodlawn. It covers about 1.5 square miles.

‘L’ station inside its boundary: Garfield (Green Line). 51st (Green Line) sits on its boundary with Grand Boulevard. King Drive (Green Line) sits on its boundary with Woodlawn and Greater Grand Crossing.

No Metra station sits inside its boundary. The nearest is the Metra station 59th St. (U. of Chicago), about 1.5 miles in a straight line from the center of the area.

CTA bus routes that run through it: 2 Hyde Park Express, 3 King Drive, 4 Cottage Grove, X4 Cottage Grove Express, 15 Jeffery Local, 29 State, 55 Garfield, 59 59th/61st, 63 63rd and 192 U. of Chicago Hospitals Express.

Chicago Park District land inside its boundary totals about 351 acres across 2 parks. The largest is Washington Park (350 acres).

No Chicago Public Library branch sits inside its boundary. Divvy has 5 bike-share stations in service inside its boundary.

City Special Service Area commercial district covering part of it: 51st Street (SSA #52).

It falls within the 3rd and 20th 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).