Baldwin Hills/Crenshaw, Los Angeles

Summary

Baldwin Hills/Crenshaw is a neighborhood in the south region of the city of Los Angeles defined by the Mapping L.A. project of the Los Angeles Times in 2009.[1] It combines the upscale, principally home-owning Baldwin Hills residential district to the south and the more concentrated apartment area of the Crenshaw district to the north.

Baldwin Hills/Crenshaw
Map of the Baldwin Hills/Crenshaw neighborhood of Los Angeles, as delineated by the Los Angeles Times
Map of the Baldwin Hills/Crenshaw neighborhood of Los Angeles,
as delineated by the Los Angeles Times
Baldwin Hills/Crenshaw is located in Western Los Angeles
Baldwin Hills/Crenshaw
Baldwin Hills/Crenshaw
Location within Central Los Angeles
Coordinates: 34°1′12.15″N 118°21′23.81″W / 34.0200417°N 118.3566139°W / 34.0200417; -118.3566139
Country United States
State California
CityLos Angeles
Area code323

History edit

19th century edit

Geography edit

Description edit

According to the 2009 Mapping L.A. project of the Los Angeles Times, Baldwin Hills/Crenshaw is bounded by Culver City, Jefferson Park, Ladera Heights, View Park-Windsor Hills and West Adams. Areas within it are Baldwin Village, Baldwin Vista, The Dons and Village Green.[1][5] The neighborhood limits, according to Mapping L.A, are Jefferson Boulevard on the north, Ballona Creek, Jefferson Boulevard and La Brea Avenue on the west, the Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area and Stocker Street on the south and Crenshaw Boulevard on the east.[1]

A commercial corridor along Crenshaw Boulevard includes Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza, Marlton Square and Crenshaw Boulevard.[1]

Neighborhoods edit

Baldwin Hills/Crenshaw contains several neighborhoods:[5]

Population edit

The 2000 U.S census counted 30,123 residents in Baldwin Hills/Crenshaw and its area of 2.88 square miles gave it a population density of 10,446 people per square mile, about average for Los Angeles and the county as a whole. In 2008 the city estimated that 32,234 people lived there. The median age was 36, older than the city as a whole. The percentage of residents aged 65 and older was among the county's highest.[1]

The neighborhood was considered "moderately diverse"[7] in 2000, with 71.3% of residents being of black or African-American ancestry, 17.3% Latino, 4.7% Asian, 3.3% white and 3.4% of other backgrounds. The neighborhood had the fifth-highest concentration of black residents in the city.[1][8]

The average household size was 2.3 people, low compared to the city as a whole. Almost 32% of the 2,400 families living in Baldwin Hills-Crenshaw were headed by single parents,[1] the third-highest rate in the city, after Watts and Vermont Knolls.[9]

The median household income at $37,948 in 2008 dollars was low compared with both city and county populations. The percentage of households earning $20,000 or less a year was high for the county. The percentage of residents 25 and older with a high school education and some college was high for the county, Those with a college degree were about the same as the rest of the city and county.[1]

The large number of veterans, 2,272 or 10.2% of the population, was high for both the city and the county. The percentage of veterans who served during World War II or the Korean War was among the county's highest.[1]

Only 16.6% of the residents were foreign born, a low figure for both the city and the county. Mexico (31%) and El Salvador (16.8%) were the most common foreign places of birth.[1]

Parks and recreation edit

 
View of Hollywood Hills (lower eastern Santa Monica Mountains) and tall San Gabriel Mountains from Baldwin Hills from the Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook Park.
  • Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook:[10][11] The 8.5-acre (3.4 ha) park is open daily from 8 a.m. to sunset. The Visitor Center is open Thursday–Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The park includes an amphitheater, drinking water, the Evan Frankel Discovery Center, gardening boxes, picnic tables, a permeable parking lot ($6), toilets, and walking paths with a central feature known as the Culver City Stairs. The Visitor Center has a guide to the native plants of the area and history of Culver City.[12]
  • Kenneth Hahn State Regional Park: recreation and sports areas, and preservation of the open-space lands and native habitats: entrance on South La Cienega Boulevard.[13]
  • Norman O. Houston Park[14]
  • Jim Gilliam Recreation Center[15]

Demographics edit

According to Mapping L.A., Mexican (5.4%) and Unspecified African (4.1%) were the most common ancestries in 2000. Mexico (31.0%) and El Salvador (16.8%) were the most common foreign places of birth.[16]

Government edit

The Los Angeles Fire Department Station 94 serves the neighborhood.

Education edit

 
Baldwin Hills Elementary School

Los Angeles Unified School District operates Baldwin Hills Elementary School.[17] New LA Elementary School, a charter school, is on the grounds of Baldwin Hills Elementary. A California law called Proposition 39 allows New LA to occupy space on the grounds of Baldwin Hills Elementary. In 2022 there were area community members that advocated for the charter school to move to another location since they believed that it meant there would not be enough space for the public elementary to operate efficiently.[18]

Notable people edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j [1] "Baldwin Hills/Crenshaw," Mapping LA, Los Angeles Times
  2. ^ a b "Rancho La Cienega O'Paso de La Tijera". Laokay.com. Retrieved August 22, 2010.
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rancho La Cienega o Paso de la Tijera
  4. ^ "1932 Los Angeles Olympic Athlete's Village in the Baldwin Hills". Baldwinhillspark.info. Retrieved November 12, 2007.
  5. ^ a b [2] "South L.A.," Mapping L.A., Los Angeles Times
  6. ^ "Crenshaw Manor, Los Angeles, CA neighborhood | Nextdoor".
  7. ^ [3] Diversity "measures the probability that any two residents, chosen at random, would be of different ethnicities. If all residents are of the same ethnic group it's zero. If half are from one group and half from another it's .50." —Los Angeles Times
  8. ^ [4] "Black," Mapping L.A., Los Angeles Times
  9. ^ "Single Parents," Mapping L.A., Los Angeles Times
  10. ^ Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook. accessed 8/22/2010
  11. ^ "trail map" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-09-13.
  12. ^ "Baldwin Hills Recreation Center Archived 2010-02-28 at the Wayback Machine". City of Los Angeles. Retrieved on March 23, 2010.
  13. ^ "Kenneth Hahn State Park". Parks.ca.gov. Retrieved August 22, 2010.
  14. ^ "Norman O. Houston Park website". Laparks.org. Retrieved 2012-09-13.
  15. ^ "Jim Gilliam Recreation Center website". Laparks.org. Retrieved 2012-09-13.
  16. ^ https://maps.latimes.com/neighborhoods/neighborhood/baldwin-hillscrenshaw/
  17. ^ "Home". Baldwin Hills Elementary School. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  18. ^ Mackey, Ashley (2022-10-20). "Community members protest charter school on Baldwin Hills Elementary School campus". ABC 7. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  19. ^ "Elfman in L.A." Elfman.filmmusic.com. Archived from the original on 2011-10-01. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
  20. ^ Marrow, Tracy; Century, Douglas (2011). "Cold as Ice". Ice: A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption—from South Central to Hollywood. Random House. pp. 5–13. ISBN 978-0-345-52328-0.
  21. ^ "Darryl Strawberry Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
  22. ^ Glicksman, Ben (December 21, 2010). "Crenshaw football star De'Anthony Thomas has Hollywood flair". Sports Illustrated.

External links edit

  • Los Angeles Times: Baldwin Hills/Crenshaw area crime map and statistics