Kostner station

Kostner, formerly known as Kildare, is an station on the 's Pink Line. It is located in the neighborhood of the community area, often just referred to as Lawndale.
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  • Type: Metro station
  • Description: Chicago ‘L’ station
  • Also known as: “Kildare” and “Kostner”
  • Address: 2019 South Kostner Avenue, Chicago, IL 60623
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hawthorne Works and Pulaski station.

Historic building
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The was a large factory complex of the Western Electric Company in . In addition to industrial plants, several on-site community amenities were provided to workers. is situated 2,500 feet southwest of Kostner station.

Metro station
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Pulaski is an 'L' station on the 's Pink Line, located in the neighborhood. Pulaski opened on June 16, 1902, as part of the Douglas Park branch of the Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad. is situated 2,400 feet east of Kostner station.

Railway station
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Cicero is a station on 's BNSF Line, located in . The station is 7 miles away from , the eastern terminus of the line. is situated 1 mile southwest of Kostner station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include K-Town Historic District and North Lawndale.

Neighborhood
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The is a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places located in the community area in Chicago, Illinois.

Suburb
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is one of the 77 community areas of in Illinois, United States, located on the city's West Side. The community area includes the , the Homan Square interrogation facility, and the city's largest concentration of greystones.

Photo: Teemu08, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town of 81,000 people in the area, just west of the city limits. It became famous when gangster Al Capone moved here to escape from the Chicago Police in the early 1920s.

Kostner station

Latitude
41.85375° or 41° 51′ 14″ north
Longitude
-87.7332° or 87° 43′ 60″ west
Operator
Chicago Transit Authority
Network
Chicago Transit Authority
Open location code
86HJV738+FP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7758311744
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q3199118
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Satellite Map

Discover Kostner station from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“Kostner station” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “歌士德拿站”
  • Chinese: “科斯特納站”
  • Dutch: “Kostner”
  • French: “Kostner”
  • German: “Kostner”
  • Spanish: “Kostner (línea Rosa)”
  • Spanish: “Kostner”
  • Ukrainian: “Костнер”
  • Urdu: “کوسٹنر اسٹیشن (سی ٹی اے پنک لائن)”
  • Urdu: “کوسٹنر اسٹیشن”
  • Yue Chinese: “歌士德拿站 (芝加哥地鐵粉紅綫)”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kostner and Unity Park.

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