18th station

18th is an 'L' station on the 's Pink Line located at 1710 West 18th Street in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The station is decorated with colorful murals painted by local artists from Pilsen.
  • Type: Metro station
  • Description: Chicago ‘L’ station
  • Address: 1710 West 18th Street, Chicago, IL 60608
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Saint Adalbert Church and National Museum of Mexican Art.

Church
St. Adalbert Church is a historic church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago. The church is located on 17th Street between Paulina Street and Ashland Avenue in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. is situated 560 feet northeast of 18th station.

Museum
Photo: Nutmegger, Public domain.
The is a museum featuring and Chicano art and culture. It is located in Harrison Park in the neighborhood of Chicago, . is situated 1,200 feet southwest of 18th station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pilsen and Illinois Medical District.

Only a few minutes from the center of by train, is a working-class predominantly Mexican-American neighborhood. Marked by riches in art and historic architecture and occupied by a community that's fiercely proud of where they live, this neighborhood is at once distinctly Chicagoan and something entirely unique.

Neighborhood
Photo: Hied5, CC BY 3.0.
The is a special-use zoning district two miles west of in , . The consists of 560 acres of medical research facilities, labs, a biotechnology business incubator, a raw development area, four major hospitals, two medical universities, and more than 40 health care related facilities.

Quarter
, sometimes combined with University Village into one neighborhood, is on the of , Illinois. The current boundaries of are Ashland Avenue on the west and Interstate 90/94 on the east, the Eisenhower Expressway on the north and Roosevelt to the south.

18th station

Latitude
41.85789° or 41° 51′ 28″ north
Longitude
-87.6692° or 87° 40′ 9″ west
Inception
April 28th, 1896
Operator
Chicago Transit Authority
Open location code
86HJV85J+58
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2080150506
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q2810937
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Urdu—“18th station” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: 18街站
  • Chinese: 第18站
  • Dutch: 18th
  • French: 18ème
  • French: 18th
  • Russian: 18-я улица
  • Spanish: 18th Station
  • Spanish: 18th
  • Ukrainian: 18-та станція
  • Urdu: 18واں اسٹیشن

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Saint Vitus Roman Catholic Church and Pilsen Arts Community House.

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