Harlem Avenue
Harlem Avenue is a major north–south street located in Chicago and its west, southwest, and northwest suburbs. It stretches from Glenview Road in Glenview to the intersection of East South Street and South Drecksler Road in Peotone, where it diverges into Illinois Route 50. At, it is the third-longest street in the United States, after U.S. [Route 24 in Michigan|Telegraph Road] in southeastern Michigan and O Street in Nebraska. For most of its length, it carries Illinois Route 43.
An express bus service from Pace Pulse is currently being planned for the portion of the street between 95th Street and North Avenue, serving primarily the southern and western suburbs.
Communities served
From north to south:- Glenview
- Morton Grove
- Niles
- Park Ridge
- Edison Park
- Norwood Park
- Harwood Heights
- Norridge
- Dunning
- Montclare
- Elmwood Park
- Austin
- River Forest
- Oak Park
- Forest Park
- Berwyn
- Riverside, Illinois|North Riverside]
- Riverside
- Lyons
- Stickney
- Forest View
- Garfield Ridge
- Clearing
- Summit
- Bedford Park
- Bridgeview
- Burbank
- Oak Lawn
- Chicago Ridge
- Worth
- Palos Heights
- Orland Park
- Tinley Park
- Matteson
- Frankfort
- Monee
Major intersections
Major transit connections
As one of the most important thoroughfares in Chicagoland outside of Downtown Chicago, Harlem Avenue offers a number of transit connections to the Chicago Loop and points west. Two of Amtrak's secondary Chicagoland stations are also located along Harlem Avenue, serving the two most popular Midwest passenger services as well as three long-distance routes. Listed from south to north:- Metra SouthWest Service - Worth station
- Pace - Pace Pulse 95th Street line
- Pace - Pace Pulse Harlem line
- Summit station
- * Metra Heritage Corridor
- * Amtrak Lincoln Service
- Metra BNSF Line - Harlem Avenue station
- Pace - Pace Pulse Cermak Road line
- Chicago Transit Authority - Blue Line - Blue Line Forest Park branch)|Harlem station (south)]
- CTA - Green Line - Harlem/Lake station and transfer hub
- Metra - Union Pacific West Line - Oak [Park station (Metra)|Oak Park station]
- Metra - Milwaukee District West Line - Mont Clare station
- CTA - Blue Line - Harlem station (north)
- Pace - Pace Pulse Touhy Avenue line
- Pace - Pace Pulse Milwaukee Avenue line
- Glenview station
- * Metra Milwaukee District North Line
- * Amtrak Hiawatha service
- * Amtrak Borealis service
- * Amtrak Empire Builder