Wilshire / Western Metro Station

Address: 3785 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles CA 90010

Purple Line metro station at intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Western Avenue (the subway is on the northeast corner)

Koreatown LA Map

Address: Koreatown LA

The Los Angeles City Council in 2010 formally declared Koreatown’s borders as Western, Olympic, Vermont, and 3rd… with a business corridor on Western from 3rd to Rosewood.

Young Oak Kim Academy

Address: 615 South Shatto Place, Los Angeles, California 90005
Phone: (213) 739-6500

A middle school within the Los Angeles Unified School District, Local District 4. It was established in 2009 as the only middle school in the LAUSD to practice single-sex education (different curricula and learning environments for girls and boys).

YOKA is named in honor of Colonel Young-Oak Kim, the first Asian-American colonel to lead a US battalion in war. It is LA’s first middle school, and the third school overall, named for a Korean.

Located near the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Vermont Avenue

Indonesian Consulate: Wilshire Boulevard, Koreatown LA

Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia

Address: 3457 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90010
Phone: (213) 383-5126

Visas… Passports now on the first floor.

Wilshire Branch Library

Address: 149 N. Saint Andrews Place, Los Angeles, 90004
Phone: (323) 957-4550

In addition to the Pio Pico Library, another LAPL branch that serves what is still considered the Koreatown area of Los Angeles is the Wilshire Library. It doesn’t have as extensive a collection of Korean books or resources, but it’s the next best branch.

(The Central Library in downtown LA also has a substantial amount of Korean-language materials.)

Public Transportation in Koreatown

Address: Koreatown LA

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: http://www.metro.net/

Also, there are two DASH routes serving the Koreatown area. The fare is just 50 cents and most DASH buses offer free WiFi.

Little Bangladesh

Address: West 3rd Street between Alexandria Avenue and New Hampshire Avenue

Four-block stretch of 3rd Street between Alexandria Avenue and New Hampshire Avenue in what is popularly considered the northern part of Koreatown

Koreatown Gateway Sign: Olympic & Vermont

Address: Olympic Boulevard, just west of Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90006

Two pairs of Koreatown gateway structures can be seen on either side of Olympic Boulevard, along the stretch that the city has formally designated as Koreatown.

Post Office on 6th & Harvard

Address: 3751 W 6th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90020
Phone: (213) 382-6939

Dosan Ahn Chang Ho station is the official name of the post office on the northwest corner of 6th and Harvard.

This branch had been known as the Sanford station.