Free guide

The Blue Line corridor, stop by stop.

A buyer's and seller's guide to the neighborhoods along the O'Hare branch, written by an agent who works them, not scraped from a listings site. Enter your email and it is yours.


What is inside

  • Logan Square, Bucktown, Wicker Park, Ukrainian Village, Avondale and the stops west, one at a time.
  • What each neighborhood is actually like to live in, from an agent who works these neighborhoods, not a listings site.
  • What a stop on the line does to price, and where the value sits right now.
  • Price bands from dated public sources, so you can check the numbers yourself.
CHICAGO DIVISION DAMEN WESTERN CALIFORNIA LOGAN SQUARE BELMONT ADDISON IRVING PARK MONTROSE JEFFERSON PARK HARLEM CUMBERLAND ROSEMONT O'HARE

Stop by stop

Damen Wicker Park and Bucktown The oldest station on the line, the six-corner intersection, greystones and the 606. Division Ukrainian Village and Noble Square Subway stop under Milwaukee and Ashland; church domes, two-flats and worker cottages. Western Ukrainian Village west and Bucktown west Elevated stop at Milwaukee and Western; condos beside two-flats; where I closed in June. California Logan Square, the boulevards Elevated stop at California and Milwaukee; the boulevard system, greystones, Palmer Square. Logan Square Logan Square Subway stop under the square; 14 minutes to the Loop; the 1918 column with the eagle. Belmont Avondale Where the line enters the Kennedy median; Avondale's two-flats, the basilica, the best value... Addison Avondale and Irving Park Median station shared by Avondale and Irving Park; the Villa District's Prairie and... Irving Park Irving Park Blue Line and Metra side by side; Queen Anne, Italianate and bungalow streets; +10.5% in a year. Montrose Portage Park and Irving Park Bungalows and two-flats, Six Corners, the biggest park on the line, Metra at Mayfair. Jefferson Park Jefferson Park Blue Line, Metra and buses under one roof; the bungalow belt; where I closed in June. Harlem Norwood Park The last city stop before the airport run; Norwood Park's curving streets, Taft, the North... Cumberland O'Hare community area, Cumberland The big park-and-ride; Park Ridge and Norridge buyers' Blue Line stop; Maine South, Uptown,... Rosemont Rosemont Busiest station outside the city; 798 parking spaces; Pace hub; arena, convention center,... O'Hare O'Hare Helmut Jahn's glass-block terminal under the parking garage; 17 miles from the Loop; the...