Woodlawn

Woodlawn is community area 42, one of Chicago’s 77 official community areas as defined by the City of Chicago. It borders Greater Grand Crossing, Hyde Park, South Shore and Washington Park. It covers about 2.1 square miles.

‘L’ station inside its boundary: Cottage Grove (Green Line). King Drive (Green Line) sits on its boundary with Washington Park and Greater Grand Crossing.

Metra station inside its boundary: 63rd St.

CTA bus routes that run through it: 2 Hyde Park Express, 4 Cottage Grove, X4 Cottage Grove Express, 6 Jackson Park Express, J14 Jeffery Jump, 15 Jeffery Local, 26 South Shore Express, 28 Stony Island, 30 South Chicago, 59 59th/61st, 63 63rd, 67 67th-69th-71st, 171 U. of Chicago/Hyde Park and 172 U. of Chicago/Kenwood.

Chicago Park District land inside its boundary totals about 418 acres across 10 parks. The largest are part of Jackson Park (about 414 of its 552 acres) and Harris Park (2.4 acres).

Chicago Public Library branches inside its boundary: Coleman and Obama Presidential Center Library. Divvy has 13 bike-share stations in service inside its boundary.

It falls within the 5th, 6th, 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).