Boyle Heights, Los Angeles

Name: Boyle Heights
Address: Los Angeles, United States

#698 among attractions in Los Angeles

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Boyle Heights, historically known as Paredón Blanco, is a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, located east of the Los Angeles River. It is one of the city's most notable and historic Chicano/Mexican-American communities and is known as a bastion of Chicano culture, hosting cultural landmarks like Mariachi Plaza and events like the annual Día de los Muertos celebrations. ()

Alternative names: Area: 6.5 mi²Coordinates: 34°1'60"N, 118°12'18"W

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Eastside Los Angeles (Boyle Heights)Los Angeles United States

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Boyle Heights – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hollenbeck Park, El Mercado de Los Ángeles, Salazar Park, Evergreen Cemetery.

0.9 miNW
Park, Lake
Hollenbeck Park, Los Angeles
23 min walk • Hollenbeck Park is a city park in the Boyle Heights district of Los Angeles, California. It is located on the corner of Saint Louis and Fourth Streets, near Boyle Avenue.
0.7 miNE
Shopping, Shopping centre
El Mercado de Los Ángeles, Los Angeles
18 min walk • El Mercado de Los Ángeles, sometimes referred to as El Mercadito, is a market located in Boyle Heights on the corner of 1st Street and Lorena Street. El Mercado is a three-floor indoor shopping center that offers dining and restaurant services, entertainment with live mariachi bands and shopping from various vendors.
1.1 miSE
Park
Salazar Park, Los Angeles
29 min walk • Ruben F. Salazar Park is a park in East Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. It is administrated by the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation.
0.6 miNE
Cemetery
Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles
17 min walk • Evergreen Memorial Park & Crematory is a cemetery in the East Side neighborhood of Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California. Evergreen has several prominent individuals of historical Southern California on its grounds.
1 miN
Synagogue
Breed Street Shul, Los Angeles
25 min walk • Breed Street Shul, also known as Congregation Talmud Torah of Los Angeles or Breed Street Synagogue, is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue in the Boyle Heights section of Los Angeles, California. It was the largest Orthodox synagogue west of Chicago from 1915 to 1951, and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
1 miNE
Tree
El Pino, Los Angeles
26 min walk • El Pino is a large bunya pine located on the southeastern corner of Folsom Street and N. Indiana Street in East Los Angeles, California.
0.6 miSE
Library, Spanish colonial revival architecture
Robert Louis Stevenson Branch Library, Los Angeles
15 min walk • Robert Louis Stevenson Branch Library is a branch library of the Los Angeles Public Library located in the Boyle Heights section of Los Angeles, California. It was built in 1927 based on a Spanish Colonial Revival design by architect George L. Lindsay.
0.9 miSE
Cemetery
Odd Fellows Cemetery, Los Angeles
22 min walk • Odd Fellows Cemetery is a cemetery in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It is notable for specializing in cremation of obese individuals, especially those over 400 pounds.
1.2 miW
Bridge, Street
Sixth Street Bridge, Los Angeles
32 min walk • The Sixth Street Viaduct, also known as the Sixth Street Bridge, was a viaduct bridge that connected the Arts District in Downtown Los Angeles with the Boyle Heights neighborhood.
1.3 miN
Library, Spanish colonial revival architecture
Malabar Branch Library, Los Angeles
33 min walk • Malabar Branch Library is a branch library of the Los Angeles Public Library located in the Boyle Heights section of Los Angeles, California.
1.3 miNW
Library
Libros Schmibros, Los Angeles
34 min walk • Libros Schmibros is a lending library located in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, a predominantly Latinx neighborhood. The diversity among the residents means there is great "language diversity within Boyle Heights" as there are many bilingual individuals.

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Which popular attractions are close to Boyle Heights?

Nearby attractions include Robert Louis Stevenson Branch Library, Los Angeles (15 min walk), Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles (17 min walk), Odd Fellows Cemetery, Los Angeles (22 min walk), Hollenbeck Park, Los Angeles (23 min walk).

How to get to Boyle Heights by public transport?

The nearest stations to Boyle Heights:

Bus

Metro 605 • Lines: 605 (12 min walk)

Light rail

Indiana • Lines: L (19 min walk)
Soto • Lines: L (21 min walk)