Central station
Central is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system and is located at 350 North Central Avenue in the Austin neighborhood on Chicago's West side.Photo: zol87, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Metro station
- Description: station on the Chicago Transit Authority’s ‘L’ system
- Also known as: “Central”
- Address: 350 North Central Avenue, Chicago, IL 60644
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Austin Town Hall Park and Austin Community Academy High School.
Austin Town Hall Park
Park
Photo: Steven Kevil, Public domain.
Austin Town Hall Park is a park at 5610 W. Lake Street in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The site was formerly used for the town hall of Cicero Township.
Austin Community Academy High School
School
Photo: NessieVL, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Austin College and Career Academy High School is a public four-year high school located in the Austin neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Austin Community Academy High School is situated 1,400 feet southeast of Central station.
Third Unitarian Church
Place of worship
Photo: Thshriver, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Third Unitarian Church is a Unitarian Universalist church in the West Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It was founded in November 1868. Because of its pioneering architecture for its day, it has become much of a landmark in Chicago, and is now an official landmark. Third Unitarian Church is situated 1,700 feet west of Central station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Austin and Far West Side.
Austin
Suburb
Photo: Steven Kevil, Public domain.
Austin is one of the 77 officially-designated community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. Located on the city's West Side, it is the third-largest community area by population and the second-largest geographically.
Far West Side
Photo: Teemu008, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chicago's Far West Side is best known for being impoverished and crime-ridden, but it has at least one major attraction as well as some fabulous parks, vibrant immigrant communities, and blues legends.
Oak Park
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Oak Park is a city of 52,000 people in the Chicagoland area. It's essentially an outdoor museum dedicated to architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
Central station
- Categories: elevated station, railway station, station, and transportation
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.88743° or 41° 53′ 15″ northLongitude
-87.7656° or 87° 45′ 56″ westOperator
Chicago Transit AuthorityNetwork
Chicago Transit AuthorityOpen location code
86HJV6PM+XQOpenStreetMap ID
node 7758320416OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q2944388
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Satellite Map
Discover Central station from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Central station” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “中央站”
- French: “Central”
- Russian: “Сентрал”
- Spanish: “Central (línea Verde)”
- Spanish: “Central”
- Ukrainian: “Сентрал”
- Urdu: “سینٹرل اسٹیشن (سی ٹی اے گرین لائن)”
- Urdu: “سینٹرل اسٹیشن”
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Notable Places Nearby
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