Traffic light wait times & comments
East Lake Street
& Chicago AvenueTraffic Light Wait Times, Complaints, & Comments
Minneapolis, Minnesota
The intersection of East Lake Street and Chicago Avenue is in Minneapolis, Minnesota, within Hennepin County.
Los Ocampo is about 75 feet southeast of the crossing, and Lake & Chicago Station is roughly 100 feet west. SoPHI Apartments is about 50 feet southeast, giving the intersection close housing, dining, and transit references.
Chicago-Lake Coin Laundry is about 175 feet south, Chicago Lake Liquors about 225 feet east, and Hamdi Restaurant about 225 feet northeast. Mama Safia's Kitchen lies about 300 feet west, while Chicago & Lake Station is about 275 feet north. The combination of stations, restaurants, housing, laundry, and retail makes East Lake Street at Chicago Avenue a practical wayfinding point for everyday destinations on the surrounding Minneapolis blocks. Los Ocampo and Lake & Chicago Station offer especially direct cues for food and transit trips near the intersection.
Intersection details
- Average wait time
- 1.8 minutes estimated baseline
- Primary street
- East Lake Street
- Cross street
- Chicago Avenue
- Municipality
- Minneapolis · City
- County
- Hennepin County
- State
- Minnesota
- Coordinates
- 44.9484, -93.2627
- Data verified
- July 2026
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