Washington Park
Washington Park is a community area on the South Side of Chicago which includes the 372 acre park of the same name, stretching east-west from Cottage Grove Avenue to the Dan Ryan Expressway, and north-south from 51st Street to 63rd.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb with 12,700 residents
- Description: community area in Chicago
- Also known as: “Washington Park, Chicago”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Garfield station and Washington Park.
Garfield station
Metro station
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Garfield is an "L" station on the CTA's Green Line. It is situated at 320 E. Garfield Boulevard in the Washington Park neighborhood. It opened on October 12, 1892.
Washington Park
Washington Park is a 372-acre park between Cottage Grove Avenue and Martin Luther King Drive, located at 5531 S. Martin Luther King Dr. in the Washington Park community area on the South Side of Chicago.
Schulze Baking Company Plant
Heritage site
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Schulze Baking Company Plant is a factory building located on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is located at 40 East Garfield Boulevard in the Washington Park community area in Cook County.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hyde Park and Woodlawn.
Hyde Park
Photo: Urbanrules, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hyde Park is one of Chicago's most famous neighborhoods, most certainly so on the South Side, located along the south lakefront. Having played host to the White City, the University of Chicago, President Obama, the setting for Richard Wright's Native Son, and…
Woodlawn
Suburb
Woodlawn is a neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, near the shore of Lake Michigan 8.5 miles south of the Loop. It is one of the city's 77 municipally recognized community areas, bounded by the lake to the east, 60th Street to the north, King…
Grand Boulevard
Suburb
Photo: TonyTheTiger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grand Boulevard on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, is one of the city's Community Areas. The boulevard from which it takes its name is now Martin Luther King Jr.
Washington Park
- Categories: community area in Chicago, neighborhood, and locality
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.79253° or 41° 47′ 33″ northLongitude
-87.61811° or 87° 37′ 5″ westPopulation
12,700Elevation
600 feet (183 metres)Named after
George WashingtonOpen location code
86HJQ9VJ+2QOpenStreetMap ID
node 153773127OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Washington Park” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Washington Park (parke sa Estados Unidos, Illinois, Cook County, lat 41,79, long -87,61)”
- Cebuano: “Washington Park”
- Chinese: “华盛顿公园”
- Chinese: “華盛頓公園”
- French: “Washington Park”
- Turkish: “Washington Park”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kenwood and Park Manor.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Washington Park Arts Incubator and Lorraine Hansberry Park.
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