Directions to Skokie Public Library
5215 West Oakton Street
Skokie, Illinois 60077

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Driving to the Library by car
   ...from the north
   ...from downtown Chicago
   ...from the south via Lake Shore Drive
   ...from the northeast

Parking suggestions

Traveling to the Library by bus and train...

• #54A North Cicero/Skokie bus schedule and map (Requires Adobe Reader)
  Exit at Oakton Street and walk west for approximately three blocks to 5215 Oakton Street. The Library is on the south side of the street, just past Skokie Village Hall.
• #97 Skokie bus schedule and map (Requires Adobe Reader)
  Exit at the Oakton/Skokie stop and walk west for approximately one block to the Library.
• Metra's Schedule Center
  • Union Pacific North Line: Exit at Davis Street (Evanston) and take PACE Bus #250 to the Skokie CTA Bus Terminal. Transfer to CTA Bus #97 Skokie Eastbound to Oakton and Lincoln/Niles Center. Walk west for approximately one block to the Library.
  • Milwaukee North Line: Exit at Morton Grove and walk approximately one block Northeast to Ferris and Lincoln. Take PACE Bus #210 to Oakton and Lincoln/Niles Center. Walk west for approximately one block to the Library.
  • Union Pacific Northwest Line: Exit at Dee Road and walk North to Oakton and Dee. Take PACE Bus #226 to Oakton and Laramie and walk west to the Library.
• PACE Bus schedules and maps
  Use the Trip Planner to map a route from your location to 5215 Oakton Street in Skokie.
• RTA Travel Information Center
  Create an itinerary from your location to 5215 Oakton Street in Skokie.
• Yellow Line (Skokie Swift) schedule and map
  • Howard CTA Bus Terminal: Take CTA Bus #97 Skokie Westbound to Oakton and Lincoln/Niles Center. Walk west for approximately one block to the Library.
  • Skokie CTA Bus Terminal: Take CTA Bus #97 Skokie Eastbound to Oakton and Lincoln/Niles Center. Walk west for approximately one block to the Library.
• Or call the RTA Travel Information Center at 312.836.7000 for personal assistance in planning your trip on Pace buses, the CTA color lines, and Metra Commuter trains. Information includes schedules, fares, how to transfer, and how long your trip will take. You can also order schedules and maps.  A Spanish language translator is available.

Driving from the north

1. South on Edens Expressway (94) to Dempster Street east
2. East on Dempster Street to Gross Point Road (second light)
3. Right (southwest) on Gross Point Road to Oakton Street (third light)
4. Left (east) on Oakton Street six short blocks (last street is Park Street) to Library's parking lots on south side of Oakton

Skokie Public Library is just west of Skokie Village Hall. If you reach the light at Oakton and Lincoln/Niles Center Road, you've gone past the Library.

 Driving from downtown Chicago

1. North on Kennedy Expressway (90) to Edens Expressway (94) merge
2. North on Edens Expressway (94) to Touhy Avenue west
3. West on Touhy Avenue to Niles Center Road (Holiday Inn and Sander's Pancake House on corner)
4. Right (north) on Niles Center Road to Oakton Street (fourth light)
5. Left (west) on Oakton Street about one block to Library parking lots on south side of Oakton

Skokie Public Library is just west of Skokie Village Hall.

Driving from the south via Lake Shore Drive

1. North on Lake Shore Drive to Sheridan Road merge
2. North on Sheridan Road to Howard Street
3. Left (west) on Howard Street approximately 4.5 miles to Lincoln Avenue
   Pass through lights at Western, California, McCormick, Crawford, Kostner, and Skokie Boulevard
4. Right (northwest) on Lincoln Avenue to Lincoln/Niles Center Road (first light)
5. Right (northwest) on Lincoln/Niles Center Road to Oakton Street (first light)
6. Left (west) on Oakton Street about one block to Library parking lots on south side of Oakton

Skokie Public Library is just west of Skokie Village Hall.

Driving from the northeast

1. South on McCormick Boulevard or Skokie Boulevard to Oakton Street
2. Right (west) on Oakton Street to Library parking lots on south side of Oakton

Skokie Public Library is just west of Lincoln/Niles Center Road and Skokie Village Hall.

Parking suggestions

As part of the 2003 Library expansion project, public parking was expanded on the west side of the building and a west entrance to the Library was opened.  In addition to the parking lots on the east and west sides of the building, the following parking areas are convenient to the Library:

• After 5:00pm on weekdays and all day on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, parking is permitted in the Village of Skokie lot at Oakton and Floral Avenue, across from Village Hall.
• Public parking is available in the municipal lot on the east side of Floral, and in two municipal lots facing Lincoln Avenue.

When planning your trip to Skokie Public Library, you may want to keep in mind that peak periods at the Village Hall are Monday and Thursday evenings.  The Library's peak use times are Sunday afternoons and Wednesday evenings.