Stony Island Avenue, Chicago

#849 among attractions in Chicago

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Stony Island Avenue is a major street on South Side of the city of Chicago, designated 1600 East in Chicago's street numbering system. It runs from 56th Street south to the Calumet River. Stony Island Avenue continues sporadically south of the Calumet in the southern suburbs, running alongside the Bishop Ford Freeway, sometimes as a frontage road. It terminates at County Line Road on the border of Will and Kankakee Counties. ()

Coordinates: 41°43'42"N, 87°34'47"W

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Far Southeast Side (Calumet Heights)Chicago United States

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Stony Island Avenue – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Bronzeville Children's Museum, Bessemer Park, Dinah Washington Park, Calumet Heights.

~1620 ftSW
Museum, Children's museum
Bronzeville Children's Museum, Chicago
8 min walk • Bronzeville Children's Museum is a museum in the Calumet Heights community area of the South Side of Chicago. It is the first and only African American children's museum in the United States.
1.2 miE
Park
Bessemer Park, Chicago
31 min walk • Bessemer Park is a public park in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. Created in 1904, it was named for Henry Bessemer, the inventor of the eponymous steelmaking process. The name is appropriate, since Chicago's most productive steel mill, the U.S. Steel Southworks, was located just a mile away.
1.2 miN
Park
Dinah Washington Park, Chicago
31 min walk • Dinah Washington Park is a park located at 8215 S. Euclid Avenue in the South Chicago community area of Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was named for singer and Chicago resident Dinah Washington. It is one of four Chicago Park District parks named after persons surnamed Washington.
~1990 ftE
Neighbourhood
Calumet Heights, Chicago
10 min walk • Calumet Heights, located on the South Side of the city, is one of the 77 well defined community areas of Chicago, Illinois. Calumet Heights is bounded by 87th Street on the north, South Chicago Avenue on the east, and railroad lines on the west and south.