Emergency Phone Numbers

Emergency 911
University Police 773-702-8181
Police — 21st District, Prairie 312-747-8340
Mayor’s Office of Inquiry and Information 312-744-5000
Poison Control (Emergency) 800-942-5969
Poison Control (Non-emergency) 312-746-6000
University of Chicago Hospitals 773-702-1000
Doctors Hospital of Hyde Park 773-643-9200
Jackson Park Hospital 773-947-7500
La Rabida Children’s Hospital 773-791-2000
Michael Reese Hospital 773-791-2000

Important Phone Numbers

4th Ward Ald. Toni Preckwinkle 773-536-8103
4th Ward Supt. Otis Walker 312-747-0860
5th Ward Ald. Leslie Hairston 773-324-5555
5th Ward Supt. Ed Range 312-747-7900
State Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie 773-667-0550
Post Office (General Information) 312-765-4357
Social Security 800-772-1213
Traffic Ticket Information 773-536-8103
Blackstone Branch, Chicago Public Library 312-747-0511

Events

African Festival of the Arts 773-955-2787
Chicago Storytelling Guild 773-288-7217
Community Art Fair 773-363-8282
Co-op Book Sale 773-667-1444
Fall Mum and Bulb Fair 773-241-6943
57th Street Art Fair 773-493-3247
57th Street Children’s Book Fair 773-536-8103
4th on 53rd Parade and Picnic 773-955-3622
Garden Fair 773-947-8313
Neighbor’s Eve 773-684-1690
St. Nicholas Market 773-324-2626
Summer Fine Arts Festival 773-702-7300
Tellabration, Worldwide Storytelling Event 773-363-8282
United Church of Hyde Park Quilt Show 773-363-1620
University of Chicago Folk Festival 773-702-9793

Cultural Organizations

Africa International House 773-955-2787
Chicago Children’s Choir 312-849-8300
Chicago Storytelling Guild 773-288-7217
Harper Court Foundation and Arts Council 773-363-8282
Hyde Park Historical Society 773-493-1893
Hyde Park School of Ballet 773-438-8498
Hyde Park Youth Symphony 773-373-7805
Joan’s Studio for the Performing Arts 773-493-9288
Little Black Pearl Workshop 773-285-1211
Mostly Music, Inc. 773-667-1618
South Shore Cultural Center 312-747-2536
University of Chicago 773-702-1234

Museums & Galleries

Hyde Park Art Center 773-324-5520
Art Work Gallery 773-684-5300
Artisans 21 773-288-7450
DuSable Museum of African American History 773-947-0600
Hyde Park Historical Society 773-493-1893
Museum of Science and Industry 773-684-1414
Oriental Institute Museum 773-702-9521
Renaissance Society 773-702-8670
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House 773-834-1361
David and Alfred Smart Museum Art 773-702-0200
South Side Community Art Center 773-373-1026

Performing Venues

Court Theatre 773-753-4472
Goodspeed Recital Hall 773-702-8069
Mandel Hall 773-702-8069
Promontory Point Theater and
63rd St. Beach Series and Concerts 312-747-6620
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel 773-702-8069
University Theater 773-702-3414

Schools

Akiba-Schecter Jewish Day School 773-493-8880
Ancona Montessori School 773-924-2356
Children’s House at Harper Square 773-373-3000
Bret Harte School 773-535-0870
Harvard School 773-624-0394
Hyde Park Union Church Nursery School 773-363-6063
Kenwood Academy 773-535-1350
Charles Kozminski Community Academy 773-535-0585
Evelyn C. Nelson School for Retarded Citizens 773-241-5700
Nursery School at K.A.M.-Isaiah Israel 773-924-1234
Parent Cooperative for Early Learning 773-684-6363
William H. Ray School 773-535-0970
William Claude Reavis School 773-535-1060
St. Thomas the Apostle Grade School 773-667-1142
Beulah Shoesmith School 773-535-1765
University of Chicago Lab Schools 773-702-9450
Louis Wirth School 773-535-1410
Hyde Park Career Academy 773-535-0880

Community Organizations

Chamber of Commerce 773-288-0124
Blue Gargoyle 773-955-4108
Hyde Park Neighborhood Club 773-643-4062
Hyde Park Jewish Community Center 773-268-4600
South East Chicago Commission 773-324-6926
South Side YMCA 773-947-0700
Board of Education 773-535-8000
Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference 773-288-8343

Transportation Information

CTA 312-836-7000
RTA 312-836-7000

Utilities

ComEd 800-Edison
Peoples Gas 312-240-7000
SBC (new services) 800-244-4444

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