About This Project
The Boyle Heights Community Plan is one of 35 Community Plans in the City of Los Angeles. The Plan includes goals and policies for the future of Boyle Heights. To view the Draft Plan, please click here.
Boyle Heights is currently one of the more urban and dense neighborhoods in the City, as well as one of the most transit accessible ones. As such, the update to the Plan aims to encourage specific growth around transit hubs and commercial corridors, while conserving existing varied densities of the residential neighborhoods as well as historic character.
The Boyle Heights Community Plan Update is an effort to update the existing Plan (last updated in 1998) to:
(1) reflect preferred future growth patterns in the area,
(2) encourage wise growth,
(3) identify appropriate locations for new development,
(4) address prevailing neighborhood and community issues,
(5) protect residential neighborhoods from development that is out of character and scale.
Boyle Heights is currently one of the more urban and dense neighborhoods in the City, as well as one of the most transit accessible ones. As such, the update to the Plan aims to encourage specific growth around transit hubs and commercial corridors, while conserving existing varied densities of the residential neighborhoods as well as historic character.
The Boyle Heights Community Plan Update is an effort to update the existing Plan (last updated in 1998) to:
(1) reflect preferred future growth patterns in the area,
(2) encourage wise growth,
(3) identify appropriate locations for new development,
(4) address prevailing neighborhood and community issues,
(5) protect residential neighborhoods from development that is out of character and scale.
About Boyle HeightsBoyle Heights is situated at the eastern boundary of the City of Los Angeles and is surrounded by the City of Vernon to the south, the unincorporated community of East Los Angeles to the east, the communities of Lincoln Heights and El Sereno to the north and the Los Angeles River and downtown to the west.
The Community Plan Area is one of three located within the City’s East Los Angeles Planning Region. The Boyle Heights Community Plan Area includes Council District 14 and the Boyle Heights Neighborhood Council. |
Size, Population, Topography
Boyle Heights is historically known for its cultural diversity - having been a center for Mexican, Jewish, Japanese, and Russian immigration. The 2010 Census estimates a population of approximately 85,000 people. Boyle Heights is approximately six square miles and it contains a mix of residential, commercial, industrial, open space and public facility land.
The topography of Boyle Heights is generally flat and the street grid system is oriented for east/west travel. The major east/west arterials are Marengo Avenue, Avenida Cesar Chavez, First Street, Fourth Street, Whittier, Olympic and Washington Boulevards. These streets provide through regional access from downtown to the outlying communities beyond East Los Angeles such as Monterey Park, Whittier, Montebello, Commerce, and Vernon. The major north/south arterials are Soto Street, Lorena Street and Indiana Street. Evergreen Avenue also provides north/south access but is narrow at the southern portion of Boyle Heights and ends at the northern border of Boyle Heights.
Boyle Heights is historically known for its cultural diversity - having been a center for Mexican, Jewish, Japanese, and Russian immigration. The 2010 Census estimates a population of approximately 85,000 people. Boyle Heights is approximately six square miles and it contains a mix of residential, commercial, industrial, open space and public facility land.
The topography of Boyle Heights is generally flat and the street grid system is oriented for east/west travel. The major east/west arterials are Marengo Avenue, Avenida Cesar Chavez, First Street, Fourth Street, Whittier, Olympic and Washington Boulevards. These streets provide through regional access from downtown to the outlying communities beyond East Los Angeles such as Monterey Park, Whittier, Montebello, Commerce, and Vernon. The major north/south arterials are Soto Street, Lorena Street and Indiana Street. Evergreen Avenue also provides north/south access but is narrow at the southern portion of Boyle Heights and ends at the northern border of Boyle Heights.
