Western Avenue (Los Angeles)

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Western Avenue is a major four lane street slightly west of Downtown Los Angeles and the center portion of Los Angeles County. Besides Sepulveda Boulevard, it is the longest north/south street in Los Angeles.

Western Avenue passes an incredible diversity of neighborhoods, ranging from the wealthiest and most economically depressed in Los Angeles. It begins near the Pacific Ocean in the exclusive community of Palos Verdes Estates. It swerves to the east and passes north through Lomita, Torrance, Gardena, Inglewood, Baldwin Hills, and South Los Angeles.

Around Pico Boulevard, Olympic Boulevard, and Wilshire Boulevard, Western Avenue passes through the neighborhood of Koreatown. Further north, Western Avenue passes through the eastern portions of Hollywood. Around Santa Monica Boulevard, Sunset Boulevard and Hollywood Boulevard it passes through the neighborhood of Little Armenia.

Western Avenue eventually ends north of Franklin Avenue in the Hollywood Hills. It swerves to become an east/west street, Los Feliz Boulevard, a major thoroughfare for Los Feliz.

The portion from Interstate 405 to 25th Street in San Pedro is California State Route 213