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)

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

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.)

Berendo Middle School

Address: 1157 South Berendo Street, Los Angeles, CA 90006
Phone: (213) 739-5600

Public school now known as Berendo Junior High

Philippine Consulate in LA – Moved

Address: 3435 Wilshire Blvd, Ste 550, Los Angeles, CA 90010
Phone: (213) 639-0980

Consulate General of the Republic of the Philippines in Los Angeles. Suite #500

There is $6 all-day parking at the church across the street. Price is subject to change.

Camp out early before the offices open at 9:00 AM. Bring a beach chair or a folding chair.

Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in LA

Address: 3731 Wilshire Blvd #700, Los Angeles, CA 90010, USA
Phone: (213) 389-1215

A government agency of Taiwan (the Republic of China) that mainly handles various issues of Taiwanese immigrants in LA.

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.

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.

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