Another Garfield station, in the median of the Dan Ryan Expressway, serves the Red Line.

During the closure of the Dan Ryan branch of the Red Line from May through October 2013, Garfield station served as the terminus of several temporary bus routes in order to mitigate the effects of the closure.

Each of the bus routes transferred passengers from the sites of closed Red Line stations south of 69th street to Garfield station, where fares were waived while the Red Line remained closed.

In June 2017, the University of Chicago announced plans to renovate the interior and reopen the former station entrance as a part of their Arts Block complex.

[6] The site is now home to the L1 Retail Store, which is a "a creative business accelerator program (launched August 2020) and retail store (opened October 2021)" managed by UChicago Arts + Public Life.