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Polk station

Polk is an 'L' station on the Pink Line of the . It is adjacent to within the in the community area.
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  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: Chicago ‘L’ station
  • Also known as: “Polk”
  • Address: 1713 West Polk Street, Chicago, IL 60612
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rush University Medical Center and United Center.

Hospital
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, abbreviated as Rush, is an academic medical center in the neighborhood of , Illinois, United States. is situated 1,100 feet northeast of Polk station.

Stadium
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is an indoor arena on the of , Illinois. It is home to the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association and the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League. is situated 3,600 feet north of Polk station.

Hospital
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The University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System is a member of the , one of the largest urban healthcare, educational, research, and technology districts in the USA. is situated 670 feet south of Polk station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Illinois Medical District and Near West Side.

Neighborhood
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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.

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The of 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.

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.

Polk station

Latitude
41.87139° or 41° 52′ 17″ north
Longitude
-87.66959° or 87° 40′ 11″ west
Operator
Chicago Transit Authority
Open location code
86HJV8CJ+H5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 197819867
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­train_station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q3395304
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Polk station” goes by many names.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Polk station”. Photo: Nico Brussels, CC BY-SA 3.0.