Polk
Polk is a railway stop in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Polk is situated nearby to the park Healing Garden, as well as near Library of the Health Sciences.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Polk station and United Center.
Polk station
Metro station
Photo: Nico Brussels, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Polk is an 'L' station on the Pink Line of the Chicago Transit Authority. It is adjacent to Rush University Medical Center and the University of Illinois Chicago College of Dentistry within the Illinois Medical District in the Near West Side community area.
United Center
Stadium
Photo: JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5.
United Center is an indoor arena on the Near West Side of Chicago, Illinois. It is home to the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association and the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League. United Center is situated 3,400 feet north of Polk.
Illinois Medical District station
Metro station
Photo: zol87, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Illinois Medical District is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Blue Line's Forest Park branch. It is located in the median of the Eisenhower Expressway. Illinois Medical District station is situated 1,600 feet northwest of Polk.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Illinois Medical District and Near West Side.
Illinois Medical District
Neighborhood
Near West Side
Photo: pgoyette, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Near West Side of Chicago has two of the city's premiere culinary strips, Little Italy and Greektown, and basketball legend Michael Jordan's old stomping grounds with the Chicago Bulls.
Little Italy
Quarter
Little Italy, sometimes combined with University Village into one neighborhood, is on the Near West Side of Chicago, Illinois. The current boundaries of Little Italy are Ashland Avenue on the west and Interstate 90/94 on the east, the Eisenhower Expressway on the north and Roosevelt to the south.
Polk
- Type: Railway stop
- Categories: transport stop and transportation
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.87206° or 41° 52′ 19″ northLongitude
-87.66957° or 87° 40′ 11″ westOperator
Chicago Transit AuthorityNetwork
CTAOpen location code
86HJV8CJ+R5OpenStreetMap ID
node 2080150458OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_positionOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stop
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