Western Avenue

Western Avenue is a railway stop in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Western Avenue is situated near the railway station Western CTA Sencondary Entrance, as well as near Western CTA (Pink Line) Station.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Western Avenue station and Western station.

Western Avenue station

Railway station

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Western Avenue is a station on Metra's BNSF Line located in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The station consists of one side platform and one island platform for outbound and inbound trains.

Western station

Metro station

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Western is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Pink Line. It is located in the Heart of Chicago and Heart of Italy neighborhoods in the Lower West Side community area. Western station is situated 1,200 feet south of Western Avenue.

Mount Sinai Hospital

Hospital

Mount Sinai Hospital, formerly at times known as Mount Sinai Medical Center, is a 319-bed major urban hospital in Chicago, Illinois, with its main campus located adjacent to Douglass Park at 15th Street and California Avenue on the city's West Side. Mount Sinai Hospital is situated 2,700 feet northwest of Western Avenue.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tri-Taylor Historic District and Illinois Medical District.

Tri-Taylor Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Tri-Taylor Historic District is a historic district in the Near West Side neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The district is primarily residential and includes over 400 buildings.

Illinois Medical District

Neighborhood

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The Illinois Medical District is a special-use zoning district two miles west of the Loop in Chicago, Illinois. The Illinois Medical District 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.

South Lawndale

Suburb

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South Lawndale is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States, located on the West Side of Chicago. Over 80% of the residents are of Mexican descent and the community is home to the largest foreign-born Mexican population in Chicago.

Western Avenue

Type: Railway stop
Categories: transport stop and transport
Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.85751° or 41° 51′ 27″ north

Longitude

-87.68616° or 87° 41′ 10″ west

Operator

Metra

Network

Metra

Open location code

86HJV857+2G

OpenStreetMap ID

node 706918876

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=stop_position

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=stop

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Western CTA Sencondary Entrance and Western CTA (Pink Line) Station.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Western Avenue and 18th Street & Western.

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