Lafayette Park, Los Angeles, California

Lafayette Park is a public park within the Westlake district of Los Angeles.

Lafayette Park is fenced off and closed at night avoiding much of the negative reputation that affect its immediate neighbor MacArthur Park. Slight but noticeable change towards gentrification centered on condominiums and apartments near the park is in part due to the expansion of Koreatown.

Emergency services

Police service

Los Angeles Police Department operates the Rampart Community Police Station, which was located at 2710 West Temple Street, 90026, serving the area around the park [1]. It has since moved east into a newly constructed facility at 1401 West 6th Street, the site of the former emergency receiving hospital. Beginning January 4, 2009, the Park will become the responsibility of the newly created Olympic Division, LAPD.

Parks in Los Angeles, California

Downtown	Central Library Park • Los Angeles State Historic Park • Pershing Square • Pueblo de Los Angeles State Historic Park

Northeast	Ernest E. Debs Regional Park • Heritage Square • Hollenbeck Park • Lincoln Park • Mariachi Plaza • Rio de Los Angeles State Park • Sycamore Grove

Northwest Los Angeles	Echo Park • Elysian Park • Lafayette Park • Macarthur Park

Hollywood	Barnsdall Art Park • Campo de Cahuenga • Griffith Park • Runyon Canyon Park

Wilshire	Hancock Park • La Cienega Park • Pan-Pacific Park

South Los Angeles	Exposition Park • Gilbert Lindsay Park • Jesse Owens Memorial Park • Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area • Mary Bethune Park • Vermont Square Park

Westside	Cheviot Hills Park • Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden • Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area • Topanga State Park • Will Rogers State Historic Park

Harbor	Angels Gate • Cabrillo Beach • Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park • Peck Park

San Fernando Valley	Bell Canyon Park • El Escorpión Park • Hansen Dam • Lake Balboa • Limekiln Canyon • Los Encinos State Historic Park • Marvin Braude Mulholland Gateway Park • O'Melveny Park • Orcutt Ranch Horticulture Center • Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park • The Japanese Garden • Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve • Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Park • Woodley Park

Areas north and west of downtown Los Angeles

Districts and neighborhoods	Angelino Heights · Echo Park · Elysian Park · Elysian Heights · Elysian Valley· Franklin Hills · Historic Filipinotown · Los Feliz · Mission Junction · Pico-Union · Silver Lake · Solano Canyon · Sunset Junction · Westlake

Points of interest	Dodger Stadium · Griffith Observatory · Griffith Park · MacArthur Park

See also	Glendale

Downtown · Eastside/Northeast · Harbor Area · Greater Hollywood · Westlake & Silver Lake/Los Feliz · San Fernando and Crescenta Valleys · South Los Angeles · Westside · Wilshire