South Loop Divorce & Family Law Attorney

Getting downtown from South Loop

For this page, South Loop means the city's Printers Row and Near South Side map areas combined.

South Loop sits in the Near South Side (94%) community area.

From the middle of South Loop, in straight lines: Daley Center 1.7 mi · Domestic Violence Courthouse 1.3 mi · our office 1.8 mi.

• Red Line to Monroe station: Roosevelt (0.5 mi, accessible): 23 trains 7–9 a.m., 2 min.
• Green Line to Washington/Wabash station: Cermak-McCormick Place (0.5 mi, accessible): 14 trains 7–9 a.m., 8 min; Roosevelt (0.5 mi, accessible): 14 trains 7–9 a.m., 4 min.
• Orange Line to Washington/Wells station: Roosevelt (0.5 mi, accessible): 16 trains 7–9 a.m., 8 min.
• Metra Metra Electric from 18th St.: 5 inbound trains 6–9 a.m., 10 min to Millennium Station (0.4 mi from the courthouse).
• Metra Metra Electric from McCormick Place: 9 inbound trains 6–9 a.m., 12 min to Millennium Station (0.4 mi from the courthouse).

13 CTA bus routes stop in South Loop:

• 29 State: 15 stops in South Loop, e.g. State & 11th Street, State & 13th Street and State & 14th Place
• 3 King Drive: 14 stops in South Loop, e.g. 25th Street & Michigan, Cermak & Indiana and Cermak & Prairie
• 62 Archer: 14 stops in South Loop, e.g. Archer & Dearborn, Dearborn & Polk and Roosevelt & Clark
• 21 Cermak: 13 stops in South Loop, e.g. 25th Street & Michigan, 26th Street & Indiana and 26th Street & King Drive
• 1 Bronzeville/Union Station: 12 stops in South Loop, e.g. Michigan & 13th Street, Michigan & 14th Street and Michigan & 16th Street
• 4 Cottage Grove: 12 stops in South Loop, e.g. Michigan & 13th Street, Michigan & 14th Street and Michigan & 16th Street
• 12 Roosevelt: 12 stops in South Loop, e.g. 1440 S Indiana, Indiana & 13th Street and Indiana & 14th Street
• 24 Wentworth: 7 stops in South Loop, e.g. Clark & 15th Street, Clark & 16th/17th and Clark & 18th Street
• 146 Inner Lake Shore/Michigan Express: 5 stops in South Loop, e.g. Roosevelt & Michigan/Indiana, Roosevelt & State and State & 11th Street
• X4 Cottage Grove Express: 4 stops in South Loop, e.g. Michigan & 16th Street, Michigan & 26th Street and Michigan & Cermak
• 18 16th/18th: 3 stops in South Loop, e.g. Roosevelt & Clark, Roosevelt & Delano and Roosevelt & State
• 22 Clark: 1 stop in South Loop, e.g. Dearborn & Polk
• 192 University of Chicago Hospitals Express: 1 stop in South Loop, e.g. Roosevelt & State

Police district for South Loop

All of South Loop is in the 1st District (Central).

• 1st District station, 0.1 mi from South Loop: 1718 S State St, (312) 745-4290

Police beats covering South Loop: 0123, 0131, 0132, 0133.

Schools and attendance areas in South Loop

CPS lists 5 schools inside South Loop for 2025-26:

• National Teachers Elementary Academy — pre-K to 8; 55 W Cermak Rd; 0.5 mi
• South Loop Elementary School — pre-K to 8; 1601 S Dearborn St; 0.1 mi
• Perspectives - Rodney D. Joslin — 6 to 12, charter; 1930 S Archer Ave; 0.3 mi
• Ray Graham Training Center High School — 12; 2347 S Wabash Ave; 0.7 mi
• William Jones College Preparatory High School — 9 to 12; 700 S State St; 0.9 mi

Attendance areas covering South Loop:

• 48% of South Loop: South Loop Elementary School (elementary, 0.1 mi away)
• 28% of South Loop: National Teachers Elementary Academy (elementary, 0.5 mi away)
• 25% of South Loop: John B Drake Elementary School (elementary, 1.1 mi away)
• 100% of South Loop: Wendell Phillips Academy High School (high school, 2.5 mi away)

Help near South Loop

• Chinatown Branch, 2100 S. Wentworth Ave., (312) 747-8013 — 0.5 mi from South Loop
• Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State St., (312) 747-4300 — 1.2 mi from South Loop
• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Service Center, 4314 S. Cottage Grove Ave., (312) 747-2300 — 3.1 mi

Next to South Loop

Neighboring pages: West Loop, Bronzeville, Pilsen, Chinatown and Loop.