| Kedzie Avenue (Kedzie Boulevard) | |
| Alternate Name: | John H. Kedzie Memorial Avenue 3200 West (32nd Avenue) |
| Direction A: | South |
| Terminus A: | 206th Street (20600 S) in Olympia Fields |
| Direction B: | North |
| Terminus B: | Howard Street (7600 N) at the Chicago/Evanston border |
Kedzie Avenue is a major north–south street in Chicago, Illinois.
Both Kedzie streets in Chicago and suburban Evanston are named after John H. Kedzie, an early Chicago real-estate developer.[1] Kedzie Avenue extends more than from the southern suburb of Olympia Fields to Bryn Mawr Avenue (5600 North), and again from Lincoln Avenue (6100 North) to the Evanston border at Howard Street (7600 North). In Chicago's street grid, Kedzie Avenue is located at 3200 West, west of State Street (0 East/West).
Between Palmer Street (2200 North) and Logan Boulevard (2600 North), Kedzie Avenue is part of Chicago's boulevard system and, as such, is signed as Kedzie Boulevard.
On its path through the city, Kedzie passes through the neighborhoods of (from south to north) Mount Greenwood, Ashburn, Chicago Lawn, Gage Park, Brighton Park, Little Village, Lawndale, East Garfield Park, Humboldt Park, Logan Square, Avondale, Irving Park, Albany Park, North Park and West Ridge, in addition to the suburbs of Olympia Fields, Flossmoor, Homewood, Hazel Crest, Markham, Posen, Midlothian, Robbins, Blue Island, Alsip, Merrionette Park, Evergreen Park, and Evanston.
Kedzie Avenue is served by many transit routes and stations.
Several Chicago "L" lines serve Kedzie Avenue: the Brown Line (at), the Blue Line (at and), the Green Line (at), the Pink Line (at), and the Orange Line (at). In addition, a few Metra lines serve Kedzie Avenue: the Union Pacific West Line (at Kedzie), the SouthWest Service (at Wrightwood), the Rock Island District (at Robbins), and the Metra Electric District (at Olympia Fields).[2]
There are two CTA bus routes primarily serving Kedzie Avenue: 52 Kedzie and 52A South Kedzie. Bus route 52 runs from Chicago Avenue to 63rd Place; route 52A runs from Kedzie Orange Line station to 115th Street/Springfield Avenue. Bus route 11 runs along Kedzie Avenue from Devon Avenue to Howard Street in the West Ridge neighborhood. In the south suburbs, the southern half of Pace bus route 359 runs along Kedzie Avenue from 139th Street to 183rd Street.[2]