Blue Island, Illinois

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city suburb

Blue Island, Illinois is a historic suburban city on the south side of the Chicago metropolitan area known for its industrial heritage and diverse residential neighborhoods.

Aliases (2)

Blue Island ×1
Blue Island, Illinois, United States ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → suburb →
adjacentTo	Calumet Park, Illinois → Chicago, Illinois → Midlothian, Illinois → Posen, Illinois → Riverdale, Illinois → Robbins, Illinois →
areaCode	708 →
country	United States →
county	Cook County, Illinois →
crossedBy	Calumet River →
demographics	racially and ethnically diverse population →
governmentType	mayor–council government →
hasCulturalEvent	Blue Island Beer & Music Festival → Blue Island Light Parade →
hasEducationalInstitution	Eisenhower High School → Paul Revere Primary School → St. Benedict School →
hasHistoricBuilding	Blue Island City Hall → Blue Island Public Library building →
hasHistoricDistrict	Blue Island Historic District → Silk Stocking Row →
hasLibrary	Blue Island Public Library →
hasParkDistrict	Blue Island Park District →
hasStation	Blue Island station (Metra Electric) → Blue Island–Vermont Street station →
knownFor	brick manufacturing history → historic residential neighborhoods → industrial heritage → railroad industry connections →
locatedIn	Chicago metropolitan area → south suburbs of Chicago →
locatedOn	Blue Island Ridge →
majorRoad	119th Street → Vermont Street → Western Avenue →
namedFor	a ridge that appeared as an island in a prehistoric lake →
partOf	United States Midwest →
postalCode	60406 →
region	south side of the Chicago metropolitan area →
servedBy	Metra Rock Island District line →
servedBySchoolDistrict	Bremen High School District 228 → Cook County School District 130 →
state	Illinois →
timeZone	Central Time Zone →
timeZoneDST	Central Daylight Time →
transportHubFor	railroads →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Cook County, Illinois →	contains
Cal-Sag Channel →	flowsNear
Illinois →	hasMajorCity
Faial Island ("Blue Island") →	nickname
Gary Sinise ("Blue Island, Illinois, United States") →	placeOfBirth
Metra Electric District line →	serves