The 51st station on the Green Line sits at the intersection of 51st Street and Prairie Avenue in Washington Park, giving riders direct service to the Loop in roughly 15 minutes and to the Illinois Medical District in about 12 minutes. The station anchors a grid of numbered streets and avenues that supports short walks to the DuSable Museum, Washington Park’s recreational fields, and several CTA bus routes on 51st and Garfield. Residents benefit from the elevated platform’s all-day frequency and the surrounding mix of institutional, cultural, and retail uses concentrated along the Garfield corridor.
51st currently has 27 single family homes for sale, 7 townhouses for sale, 65 condos for sale, and 41 lots for sale. There are 7 foreclosures for sale, and 4 short sales. For anyone looking for a brand new home, there are 13 new construction homes for sale that are within a mile.