This is a list of notable districts and neighborhoods within the city of Los Angeles in the U.S. state of California, present and past. It includes residential and commercial industrial areas, historic preservation zones, and business-improvement districts, but does not include sales subdivisions, tract names, homeowners associations, and informal names for areas.
Current districts and neighborhoods
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Angelino HeightsThe Thomas Guide: Los Angeles County, Rand McNally (2004), pages N and O Angeles Mesa Angelus Vista Annandale (partially in Pasadena) Arleta"Neighborhoods", Mapping L.A., Los Angeles Times Arlington Heights Arts District2012-2013 Official Visitors Map, Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board, 2012 Atwater Village Baldwin Hills Baldwin Village Baldwin VistaCaitlin Liu, "Neighbors Rally to Holden's Side on Charges of Non-Residency", Los Angeles Times, May 30, 1989, Page B-8 ("a quiet residential neighborhood") Beachwood Canyon Bel Air Benedict Canyon"Matea Gold, "Resident of Quiet Enclave Picket Parties at Mansion", Los Angeles Times, Metro Section, Page 1, October 5, 1996 "neighborhood high above the Beverly Hills Hotel" Beverly Crest Beverly Glen Beverly Grove Beverly Hills Post OfficeSpitz, H. May. Canyon homes and that famous ZIP code." Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2004. Beverly Park Beverlywood Boyle Heights Brentwood Brentwood CircleMary Moore, "Part of Brentwood Allowed to Become Gated Community", Los Angeles Times, June 4, 1995, Los Angeles Times, image 181 ("the first established neighborhood in Los Angeles to be enclosed with security fences") Brentwood Glen Broadway-Manchester Brookside Bunker Hill Byzantine-Latino Quarter Canoga Park Canterbury KnollsMichael Krikorian, "Los Angeles: Asphalt Jungle or Green Meadow", Los Angeles Times, January 5, 2004, page B-3 Carthay Carthay Circle Castle Heights Central-Alameda Central City Century City Chatsworth Chesterfield Square Cheviot Hills Chinatown Civic Center Country Club Park Crenshaw Crenshaw Manor Crestview Crestwood Hills Cypress Park Del Rey Downtown Eagle Rock East Gate Bel Air East Hollywood Echo Park El Sereno Elysian HeightsSam Byker, "The Sticks or the City? Well, Both", Los Angeles Times, July 15, 2007, image 84 ("The neighborhood, named Elysian Heights") Elysian Park Elysian Valley Encino Exposition Park
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Faircrest Heights Fairfax Fashion District Filipinotown, Historic Financial District Florence Flower District Franklin HillsLeslie Ann Wiggins, "Charming, With A Fabled Past", Los Angeles Times, March 23, 2008, image 82 ("L.A.'s Los Feliz neighborhood of Franklin Hills") Gallery Row Garvanza Glassell Park Granada Hills Green Meadows Hancock Park Hansen Heights Harbor City Harbor Gateway Harvard Heights Harvard Park Hermon Highland Park Historic Filipinotown Historic Core Hollywood Hollywood DellRuth Ryon, "Mediterranean-Style Villa Is Fit for a Diva", Los Angeles Times,June 16, 2002, image 84 ("Hollywood Dell Hillside Neighborhood") Hollywood Hills Hollywood Hills West Holmby Hills Hyde Park L.A. Downtown Industrial District Jefferson Park Jewelry District Kinney HeightsThe Los Angeles Times 01 Oct 1995, page Page 209 "Homes: Neighborhoods' Craftsman-Style Houses", "Los Angeles Times", October 1, 1995, image 209] ("one of several neighborhoods") Koreatown La Cienega Heights Ladera Lafayette Square Lake Balboa Lake View Terrace Larchmont Laurel Canyon"Keeping a Bit of L.A. Wild", Los Angeles Times, October 16, 2015, page A-14 Leimert Park Lincoln Heights Little Armenia Little Bangladesh Little Ethiopia Little Italy"L.A.'s Little Italy, Uncovered", CultureTrip Little Tokyo Los Feliz
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Manchester Square Mandeville CanyonRichard C, Paddock, "Mandeville Canyon Going All-Out Against Developers", Los Angeles Times, January 5, 1978, page WS-1 Marina PeninsulaJohn L. Mitchell, "Beach Walk OKd Despite Traffic Fears", Los Angeles Times, August 12, 1979, page CS-5 Mar Vista Melrose Hill Mid-City Mid-City Heights Mid-City West Mid-Wilshire Miracle Mile Mission Hills Montecito Heights Monterey Hills Mount Olympus Mount Washington Naud Junction Nichols Canyon NoHo Arts District"Lankershim Boulevard", LATimes.com (video) North Hills North Hollywood Northridge North University Park Oakwood Old Bank District Old Chinatown Outpost Estates Pacific Palisades Pacoima Palms Panorama City Park La Brea Picfair Village Pico-Robertson Pico-Union Playa del Rey Playa Vista Porter Ranch Rancho Park Reseda Reynier VillageSpanish style still defines central pocket" by Martha Groves (Los Angeles Times, 26 February 2006) Rose Hills Rustic CanyonRobert Pierson, "Rustic Canyon — a Picturesque Stroll Amid Homes of the Artsy", Los Angeles Times, November 21, 1987, page D-1 San Pedro Sawtelle Shadow Hills Sherman Oaks Sherman Village Silver Lake Skid Row Solano CanyonMonte Morin, "Community Tries to Gain Back Respect", Los Angeles Times, September 26, 1999, image 64 ("screen the neighborhood from the highway") Sonoratown South Central, Historic South Carthay South Park South Robertson Spaulding Square "Spaulding Square", Los Angeles City Office of Historic Resources Studio City Sunland-Tujunga, Los Angeles Sunset Junction Sun Valley Sylmar
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Tarzana Terminal Island Thai Town Toluca Lake Toy District University Hills University Park University Park, North Valley Glen Valley Village Van Nuys Venice Vermont Knolls Vermont-Slauson Vermont Square Vermont Vista Victor Heights Victoria Park Village GreenSam Hall Kaplan: LA Lost & Found, New York 1987, p. 109. Virgil Village Warehouse DistrictDavid Ferrell, "Life in the Underbelly of L.A.", Los Angeles Times, November 9, 1992, page 1 Warner Center Watts Wellington Square West Adams West Adams Heights West Park Terrace Westchester WestdalePhilipp Gollner, Tiny Community of Westdale Marks 40 Years as Oasis of Small-Town Life, The Los Angeles Times, November 22, 1987 Western HeightsDiane Wedner, "Neighborly Advice: Western Heights: Taking Over From Titans", Los Angeles Times, September 16, 2007, page K-4 West Hills Westlake West Los Angeles Westside Village Westwood Westwood VillageMartha Groves, Seeking shoppers in Westwood Village, Los Angeles Times, May 6, 2008. Whitley Heights Wholesale District Wilmington Wilshire Center Wilshire Park "Wilshire Park", Los Angeles City Office of Historic Resources Wilshire Vista Windsor Square Winnetka Woodland Hills Yucca CorridorMonte Morin, "A Look Ahead: Activists Are Stepping Up Efforts on Their New Cause and Meeting Strong Business Opposition", Los Angeles Times, August 23, 1999, page 1
Historic Preservation Overlay Zones
52nd Place Adams-Normandie Angelino Heights Balboa Highlands Banning Park Carthay Circle Carthay Square Country Club Park El Sereno - Berkshire Gregory Ain Mar Vista Tract Hancock Park Harvard Heights Highland Park Garvanza Hollywood Grove Jefferson Park Lafayette Square Lincoln Heights Melrose Hill Miracle Mile Miracle Mile North Oxford Square North University Park Pico - Union South Carthay Spaulding Square Stonehurst Sunset Square University Park Van Nuys Vinegar Hill West Adams Terrace Western Heights Whitley Heights Wilshire Park Windsor Square Windsor Village
Previous neighborhoods EdendaleNita Lelyveld, "A Key Part of Film History", Los Angeles Times, March 1, 2015, image 64 ("when the neighborhood was called Edendale") Central Business District, Los Angeles (1880–1899)
Other Cahuenga Pass Griffith Park
See also
Los Angeles Neighborhood Signs Mapping L.A.
References
External links
Bob Pool, "L.A. Neighborhoods, You're on the Map", Los Angeles Times, February 9, 2009 (article about Mapping L.A.) Southern California Association of Governments analysis of 2006 census data Los Angeles neighborhood signs—Flickr