Wilshire / Western Station
Address: 3775 Wilshire Blvd
Phone Number: (800) 366-6883
Phone Number: (800) 366-6883
Purple Line metro station at intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Western Avenue (the subway is on the northeast corner)
GENERAL INFO
GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT KOREATOWN LA
Nearest Recycling Center: Venus Recycling
Address: 2517 W 8th Street
Los Angeles, California 90057
Phone number: (213) 365-2681
Koreatown LA Map
Address: Olympic Boulevard
Phone Number: NA
Phone Number: NA
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.
Public Transportation in Koreatown
Address: Koreatown LA
Phone Number: (323) 466-3876
Phone Number: (323) 466-3876
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.
Korean Air LA Office
Address: 1813 Wilshire Blvd
Phone Number: (213) 484-1900
Phone Number: (213) 484-1900
“SkyTeam”
February 2020 News:
Korean Air Flight Attendant Who Worked L.A. Route Tests Positive for Novel Coronavirus
March 2020 News:
A 2nd Korean Air Cabin Crewmember Tests Positive for COVID-10
Mariposa-Nabi School
Address: 987 S Mariposa Ave
Phone Number: 213-385-0241
Phone Number: 213-385-0241
Opened in the fall of 2005, the Mariposa-Nabi Primary Center is housed in a strikingly colorful building for students in kindergarten to second grade. Mariposa is the name of the street on which the school entrance is; it means “butterfly” in Spanish, while “Nabi” (나비) is the Korean word for “butterfly.”
Young Oak Kim Academy
Address: 615 Shatto Pl
Phone Number: 213-739-6500
Phone Number: 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
Post Office on 6th & Harvard
Address: 3751 W 6th St
Phone Number: 213-382-1046
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.
Wilshire Branch Library – Temporarily Closed
Address: 149 N St Andrews Pl
Phone Number: 323-957-4550
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 a significant amount of Korean-language materials.)
Koreatown Gateway Sign: Olympic & Vermont
Address: Olympic & Vermont
Phone Number: NA
Phone Number: NA
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. One pair is on the western end, just a few steps east of Western Avenue. Another pair is on the eastern end near Olympic Boulevard & Vermont Avenue. (The photo above is one of the gateway structures near Vermont, on the north side of Olympic.) Aside from the prominent white stencil announcing the area’s designation as Koreatown, each structure is topped with a Bong Huang (봉황), a mythical bird recognized in East Asian culture as a symbol of prosperity and happiness. Wilshire / Vermont Metro StationChoice Music @ Koreatown GalleriaGalleria Market on OlympicKoreatown Galleria […]