Western Avenue (Los Angeles)

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 to the most economically depressed in Los Angeles. It begins near the Pacific Ocean and passes north through Lomita, Torrance, Gardena, Inglewood, Baldwin Hills, and South Los Angeles. The 1979 film Hardcore was partially filmed here as one of the LosAngeles sequences, with its then-present sex shops and adult theaters.

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 and Thai Town.

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 State Route 213

Western is served by two subway stations, Hollywood/Western and Wilshire/Western (LACMTA station)
Wilshire/Western. Bus service on Western Avenue between Hollywood Boulevard and Imperial Highway is served by Metro Local 207 and Metro Rapid 757. Service between Imperial Highway and Pacific Coast Highway is served by Gardena Municipal Bus Lines line 2.