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Morse (CTA)
Encyclopedia
Morse is an 'L'
station on the CTA
's Red Line
. It is located at 1358 West Morse Avenue in Chicago
, Illinois (directional coordinates 6900N, 1400W). The station was formerly known as Rogers Park or Morse-Rogers Park. There is an automated entry/exit from the north end of the platform onto Lunt Avenue (7000N). The Rogers Park neighborhood, located in the far northeast corner of Chicago
, has four 'L' stations (N to S): Howard
, Jarvis
, Morse, and Loyola
.
The station was first constructed in 1908, and rebuilt in 1921 as the line was elevated. This mostly brick and concrete station remains today, with only minor renovations and changes made, the most recent being in 2004. A Chicago Police Department
video camera was recently installed at the station, in response to community complaints of drug dealing, prostitution, and panhandling nearby.
The Rogers Park
Metra
commuter railroad station is five blocks to the west of Morse station on Lunt Ave.
There are several businesses that are also housed in the building containing the station. Next to the attendant's booth inside the station is a newsstand. Under the Morse Avenue viaduct are Morse El Liquors and Leni Blumyin, DPM. The storefronts under the Lunt Ave exit at the north end of the station are empty. The Heartland Cafe
is across the street.
Chicago 'L'
The L is the rapid transit system serving the city of Chicago and some of its surrounding suburbs. It is operated by the Chicago Transit Authority...
station on the CTA
Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago Transit Authority, also known as CTA, is the operator of mass transit within the City of Chicago, Illinois and some of its surrounding suburbs....
's Red Line
Red Line (Chicago Transit Authority)
The northern terminus of the Red Line is Howard Street in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago , on the City Limits farthest north. The Red Line extends southeasterly on an elevated embankment structure about a half-mile west of the lakefront to Touhy Avenue then turns south along Glenwood...
. It is located at 1358 West Morse Avenue in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Illinois (directional coordinates 6900N, 1400W). The station was formerly known as Rogers Park or Morse-Rogers Park. There is an automated entry/exit from the north end of the platform onto Lunt Avenue (7000N). The Rogers Park neighborhood, located in the far northeast corner of Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, has four 'L' stations (N to S): Howard
Howard (CTA)
Howard is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system in Chicago, Illinois. It is the northern terminus of the Red Line and the southeastern terminus of the Yellow Line; it also serves the Purple Line, for which it is the southern terminus outside of weekday rush hours...
, Jarvis
Jarvis (CTA)
Jarvis is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, on the Red Line at 1523 W. Jarvis Avenue in Chicago, Illinois...
, Morse, and Loyola
Loyola (CTA)
Loyola is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, served by the Red Line. It is located at 1200 West Loyola Avenue in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The station sees heavy use by students from its nearby namesake, the Lakeshore Campus of Loyola University...
.
The station was first constructed in 1908, and rebuilt in 1921 as the line was elevated. This mostly brick and concrete station remains today, with only minor renovations and changes made, the most recent being in 2004. A Chicago Police Department
Chicago Police Department
The Chicago Police Department, also known as the CPD, is the principal law enforcement agency of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States, under the jurisdiction of the Mayor of Chicago. It is the largest police department in the Midwest and the second largest local law enforcement agency in the...
video camera was recently installed at the station, in response to community complaints of drug dealing, prostitution, and panhandling nearby.
The Rogers Park
Rogers Park (Metra)
Rogers Park is a Metra commuter railroad station in the Rogers Park neighborhood on the north side of Chicago. It is located at 7000 N. Ravenswood Avenue, between W. Greenleaf Avenue and W. Lunt Avenue. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Rogers Park is in zone B...
Metra
Metra
Metra is the commuter rail division of the Illinois Regional Transportation Authority. The system serves Chicago and its metropolitan area through 240 stations on 11 different rail lines. Throughout the 21st century, Metra has been the second busiest commuter rail system in the United States by...
commuter railroad station is five blocks to the west of Morse station on Lunt Ave.
There are several businesses that are also housed in the building containing the station. Next to the attendant's booth inside the station is a newsstand. Under the Morse Avenue viaduct are Morse El Liquors and Leni Blumyin, DPM. The storefronts under the Lunt Ave exit at the north end of the station are empty. The Heartland Cafe
Heartland Cafe
The Heartland Cafe is a restaurant in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago. Originally opened in 1976 by two activists as the "Sweet Home Chicago Heartland Café," it has become a cultural icon for the diverse neighborhood, known as much for its hippie ambience and left-leaning politics as for...
is across the street.
Stroller controversy
On November 2, 2009, an incident occurred at the Morse station involving a child in a stroller that is under some dispute. Ebere Ozonwu claims that as she was rushing to catch a southbound train, pushing her daughter ahead of her in a stroller, the train's doors closed on the stroller and dragged it, eventually flinging her daughter onto the gravel at the end of the platform and carrying the stroller away. Traces of paint found on the stroller, possibly from the guardrail at the end of the platform, seem to confirm this story, but the operator claims that the doors were carefully checked and the train could not have moved if the doors were not closed.Bus connections
CTA# 96 Lunt# 155 Devon