North Long Beach (also referred to as North Town or Northside ) is a predominantly working-class area of Long Beach, California . The neighborhood is bounded to the west, north and east by the Long Beach city limits (the Rancho Dominguez unincorporated county area and the cities of Compton , Paramount , Bellflower and Lakewood ), and to the south by a Union Pacific railroad track and the Bixby Knolls neighborhood. The north boundary with Paramount is only a few blocks north of the Artesia Freeway (California State Route 91) .
12-491: North Long Beach is mostly residential. It is home to the Uptown Business Improvement District, which represents commercial property owners on Atlantic Avenue between Artesia Blvd and Market Street and a portion of Artesia Blvd to Orange Avenue. The organization is run by its President Pasha Darvishian. Long Beach Boulevard , and Cherry Avenue. There are some industrial businesses, mostly along
24-578: A station at Interstate 105 . The Metro A Line falls in the middle of the boulevard between Willow and 1st Streets in Long Beach, serving the: Willow , PCH , Anaheim , 5th Street , and 1st Street stations. This California road–related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Los Angeles Metro Bus Los Angeles Metro Bus is the transit bus service in Los Angeles County, California operated by
36-667: Is a north–south thoroughfare in Los Angeles County . Long Beach Boulevard starts off as a continuation of Pacific Boulevard south of Cudahy Street in Walnut Park . Long Beach Boulevard passes through South Gate , Lynwood , Compton and Long Beach where it ends at Ocean Boulevard. It crosses intersection with Firestone Boulevard (formerly State Route 42 ), Interstate 105 (Century Freeway) , State Route 91 (Gardena Freeway) , Interstate 710 (Long Beach Freeway) , Interstate 405 (San Diego Freeway) , and State Route 1 (Pacific Coast Highway) . A segment of this street in Long Beach
48-405: Is the site of the original Long Beach civic center dating back to the city's rancho days. The Long Beach Police Department 's North Division operates a substation on the corner of Atlantic and Del Amo , at Scherer Park. According to 2021 U.S. Census estimates, the neighborhood was home to over 93,000 people (roughly one-fifth of the total population of the city). Roughly 69% of the population
60-721: The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro). In 2023, the system had a ridership of 222,919,700, or about 754,700 per weekday as of the third quarter of 2024. As of June 2023 , there are 117 routes in the system (excluding Metro Busway routes). The Los Angeles Metro bus has the third largest fleet in North America, with 2,320 buses as of 2019 . The majority of Metro Bus lines are operated by Metro directly, with select services operated by private contractors. The Metro Bus brand dates back to
72-679: The 1993 founding of Metro, but many of the routes in the system are little changed from the bus routes of the prior Southern California Rapid Transit District (RTD) or the streetcar routes operated by the Pacific Electric Red Cars or the Los Angeles Railway Yellow Cars. Starting in 2003, Metro operated its bus network under three different brands: orange Metro Local buses for traditional routes, red Metro Rapid buses for limited stop routes, and blue Metro Express buses for minimal stop services along
84-558: The bar activity. Sailors had to be careful of military police "Witch Hunts," where Shore Patrol (SP) would venture into the bars and pull sailors from the bar and into paddy wagons. Bus service north of Artesia Boulevard is served by Metro Bus line 60. Service between Artesia Boulevard and the Long Beach Transit Mall is served by Long Beach Transit line 51. Metro line 60 replaces Long Beach line 51 during early mornings and late evenings. The Metro C Line serves
96-675: The eastern edge of North Long Beach between Cherry Avenue and Paramount Boulevard, serviced by the Union Pacific Railroad . The northern end of the district is home to Houghton Park , the Michelle Obama Neighborhood Library, Fire Station 12, and Jordan High School , while the southern end includes the Carmelitos housing project and its adjacent small shopping center. On its west side, at approximately Market Street and Long Beach Boulevard,
108-461: The region's extensive freeway network. The separate brands were retired in 2020 as part of Metro's NextGen Bus Plan, a major restructuring of the agencies routes, with most of the Metro Rapid routes retired in favor of more frequent service on the former Metro Local routes, which will now make fewer stops. Metro buses are given line numbers that indicate the type of service offered. This method
120-903: Was Hispanic, roughly 28% were black, roughly 0.9% were non-Hispanic whites, and roughly 1% were Asian. The most common ancestry is Mexican. North Long Beach is in the Long Beach Unified School District . 33°51′52″N 118°10′37″W / 33.864386°N 118.176896°W / 33.864386; -118.176896 Long Beach Boulevard (California) [REDACTED] I-405 in Long Beach [REDACTED] SR 91 in Compton [REDACTED] I-5 in Commerce [REDACTED] I-105 in Lynwood Long Beach Boulevard
132-849: Was devised originally by the Southern California Rapid Transit District, Metro's predecessor. Local bus service to/from Downtown Los Angeles and other areas . The line numbering begins at line 2 ( Sunset Bl , a line leading west from USC) and proceeds counterclockwise around Downtown Los Angeles, ending at line 96 ( Riverside Dr .) East/west service, not necessarily serving Downtown Los Angeles. North/south service, not serving in Downtown Los Angeles. Expo/Sepulveda station (late night) Shuttles, special routes and local service within one or two adjacent neighborhoods. As of September 2019 , Metro operates 2,320 buses in revenue service,
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#1732787373825144-508: Was originally named American Avenue , a name provided by local developer William Willmore . In 1958, Gerald Desmond and other members of the Long Beach City Council decided to begin the process of renaming this stretch of road to Long Beach Boulevard. In the 1970s, Long Beach Boulevard was lined with gay, lesbian, and transgender bars. Sailors from the local Long Beach Naval Shipyard and Naval Station would enjoy all
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