BNSF Western Avenue Yard

BNSF Western Avenue Yard is in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. BNSF Western Avenue Yard is situated nearby to the railway station 18th CTA (Pink Line) Station, as well as near the metro station 18th station.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Museum of Mexican Art and 18th station.

National Museum of Mexican Art

Museum

Photo: Nutmegger, Public domain.

The National Museum of Mexican Art is a museum featuring Mexican and Chicano art and culture. It is located in Harrison Park in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. National Museum of Mexican Art is situated 1,100 feet southwest of BNSF Western Avenue Yard.

18th station

Metro station

Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0.

18th is an 'L' station on the CTA'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. 18th station is situated 610 feet southeast of BNSF Western Avenue Yard.

Saint Adalbert Church

Church

Photo: Joe Jeanette Archie, CC BY 2.0.

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. Saint Adalbert Church is situated 880 feet east of BNSF Western Avenue Yard.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pilsen and Illinois Medical District.

Pilsen

Photo: Adam63, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Only a few minutes from the center of Chicago by train, Pilsen 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.

Illinois Medical District

Neighborhood

Photo: Hied5, CC BY 3.0.

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.

Little Italy

Quarter

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

BNSF Western Avenue Yard

Type: Railway
Category: transportation
Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.85882° or 41° 51′ 32″ north

Longitude

-87.67107° or 87° 40′ 16″ west

Operator

BNSF

Open location code

86HJV85H+GH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 56394661

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=railway

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include 18th CTA (Pink Line) Station and Harrison Park Culture and Recreation Center.

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