San Vicente Boulevard (Santa Monica)

San Vicente Boulevard (see San Vicente Boulevard of Los Angeles) is an east-west street in Santa Monica and Brentwood . It is the northernmost major street in Santa Monica and runs through the heart of downtown Brentwood. It stretches from Ocean Avenue by the beach in Santa Monica, and turns into Federal Avenue at its intersection with Wilshire Boulevard near the Veteran Administration and at the entrance of Westwood.

San Vicente Blvd is four lanes wide with a large coral tree and grass divider in its middle. This divider is hugely popular among local residents for jogging and exercise. The neighborhoods north of San Vicente in Santa Monica and Brentwood are considered among the most prestigious and expensive in Los Angeles County.

Intersections with 7th and 26th street in Santa Monica lead down to Pacific Coast Highway and Sunset Boulevard, respectively. For most of its length, it runs parallel south to Sunset Boulevard and north of Montana Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard. San Vicente is useful as a thoroughfare due to its lack of traffic lights. Until downtown Brentwood at the intersection with Bundy Drive, the only lights are at 7th and 26th streets in Santa Monica.

Popular spots include the Brentwood Country Mart at 26th and San Vicente and the Brentwood Country Club. The portion of San Vicente in Brentwood is often known as a Little Italy, due to a recent large influx of upscale Italian restaurants. The speed limit is 35 miles per hour, however, the lack of traffic lights makes it easy to speed. Therefore, many policemen spend time waiting to catch speeders.

On June 12 1994 the date of his murder Ronald Goldman was working as a waiter at Mezzaluna Trattoria, a restaurant located at 11750 San Vicente Boulevard in Los Angeles. See O._J._Simpson_murder_case