GENERAL INFO

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT KOREATOWN LA

 

Alfred Hoyun Song / Wilshire·Western Station

Address: 3775 Wilshire Blvd
Phone Number: (800) 366-6883

This Purple Line metro station is named after the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Western Avenue (the subway is on the northeast corner) and in 2013, after Alfred Hoyun Song, the first Asian-American politician to be elected as state senator to the California State Assembly.

Wilshire Branch Library

Address: 149 N St Andrews Pl
Phone Number: 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 Korean materials.)

Friendship Motor Inn

Address: 1148 Crenshaw Blvd
Phone Number: (323) 937-1600

Modest hotel / motel in what is considered the western edge of Koreatown.

Post Office on 6th & Harvard

Address: 3751 W 6th St
Phone Number: 213-382-1046

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.

Vermont-Beverly Metro Station

Address: 301 N Vermont Ave
Phone Number: (800) 366-6883

Subway station just north of Koreatown proper. Technically already in the East Hollywood area also known as New Filipinotown or North Koreatown. Located on the northwest corner of Vermont Avenue and Beverly Boulevard. It’s a Red Line station.

Avana on Wilshire

Address: 635 S Hobart Blvd
Phone Number: (213) 386-2100

Avana on Wilshire Apartments   Apartment building in Los Angeles, California

LA Builders Hardware

L.A. Builders Hardware

Address: 3525 W 3rd St
Phone Number: (213) 427-0717

L.A. Builders Hardware between the Metro PCS and Dumpling House on Third Street, just a few steps west of Vermont Avenue. Does copy keys. Paint and Plumbing Supplies. Lighting, PVC & ABS, Water Heaters, Wall Heaters, Bath Fixtures, Keys, Locks, Light Bulbs…

Little Bangladesh on 3rd Street

Little Bangladesh

Address:
Phone Number:

Little Bangladesh is a four-block stretch of 3rd Street between Alexandria Avenue and New Hampshire Avenue in what is popularly considered the northern parts of Koreatown. The ethnic enclave was formally designated in 2010 by the Los Angeles City Council.

Los Angeles Mongolian Association

Address: 4556 Council St
Phone Number: (323) 325-8383

The Los Angeles Mongolian Association holds meetings at the office of Koko Group Logistics in North Koreatown.

In 2010, the Los Angeles City Council formally declared Koreatown's borders as Western Avenue, Olympic Boulevard, Vermont Avenue, and 3rd Street, with a business corridor on Western from 3rd to Rosewood Avenue.