California station
California is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Blue Line, From California, trains run every 2–7 minutes during rush-hour periods, and take 12 minutes to reach the Loop.Photo: Nico Brussels, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Zol87, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Opening hours: 24/7
- Type: Metro station
- Description: station of the Chicago Transit Authority, Blue Line
- Also known as: “California”
- Address: 2211 North California Avenue, Chicago, IL 60647
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Fireside Bowl and Congress Theater.
The Fireside Bowl
Bowling alley
Photo: Cosmo1976, Public domain.
Fireside Bowl is a bowling alley and music venue established in the 1940s, located at 2648 West Fullerton Ave in Logan Square, Chicago, Illinois. The Fireside Bowl is situated 1,300 feet northeast of California station.
Congress Theater
Photo: ThomasIrvin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Congress Theater is a historic movie palace in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago. Fridstein and Company designed it in 1926 for the movie theater operator Lubliner and Trinz. Congress Theater is situated 1,400 feet southeast of California station.
St. John Berchman Parish Church
Church
Photo: Cosmo1976, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. John Berchman Parish Church is situated 2,600 feet northeast of California station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Logan-Bucktown and Wicker Park.
Logan-Bucktown
Photo: Jeff Hottinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Logan Square is an expansive neighborhood with sweeping boulevards on Chicago's West Side. It shares a wealth of dive bars and cheap rock venues with Bucktown, which becomes a high-fashion destination when close to Wicker Park.
Wicker Park
Photo: Victorgrigas, Public domain.
Wicker Park is the vanguard of music, nightlife, and fashion in Chicago. This article also includes the sly, enjoyable Ukrainian Village, immediately south, and pieces of the greater West Town area.
Avondale
Suburb
Photo: Thshriver, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Avondale is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. It is on the Northwest Side of the city. The northern border is Addison Street from the north branch of the Chicago River in the east to Pulaski Road in the west.
California station
- Categories: elevated station, railway station, station, and transportation
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.92202° or 41° 55′ 19″ northLongitude
-87.69691° or 87° 41′ 49″ westOperator
Chicago Transit AuthorityNetwork
Chicago Transit AuthorityOpen location code
86HJW8C3+R6OpenStreetMap ID
node 1130096180OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q2933963
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Welsh—“California station” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “加利福尼亞站”
- French: “California”
- German: “California”
- Russian: “Калифорния”
- Spanish: “California (ramal O’Hare de la línea Azul)”
- Spanish: “California”
- Ukrainian: “Каліфорнія”
- Urdu: “کیلیفورنیا اسٹیشن (سی ٹی اے بلو لائن)”
- Urdu: “کیلیفورنیا اسٹیشن”
- Welsh: “California”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include California CTA Station and Chicago Police Department 14th District.
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