1st Street (Los Angeles)

Street in Los Angeles County, California, United States May 2025 August 2013 April 2025 1st Street no Los Angeles County, California, United States West LACPDW Croft Avenue in Beverly Grove Fairfax Avenue at the Beverly Grove–Fairfax neighborhood line Dead end in Fairfax Dead end in Hancock Park Arden Boulevard at the Fairfax–Windsor Square neighborhood line CA US 101 in Boyle Heights CA SR 60 in Monterey Park East 1st Street is an east–west thoroughfare in Los Angeles, East Los Angeles, and Monterey Park in California, United States. It serves as a postal divider between north and south and is one of a few streets to run across the Los Angeles River.Kines Mark Tapio 2020-07-10 1st Street https://lastreetnames.com/street/0001st-street/ 2025-07-03 en-US Though it serves as a major road east of downtown Los Angeles, it is a mostly residential street to the west.Exact location of First Street For over a mile between Hoover Street and Glendale Boulevard, 1st Street is synonymous with Beverly Boulevard. Transportation The E Line runs on east 1st Street between Alameda and Indiana Streets; it operates the Little Tokyo/Arts District, Pico/Aliso, Mariachi Plaza, Soto and Indiana stations. Metro Local line 14 runs through west 1st Street and Metro Local line 106 through East 1st Street. There's also another Metro Rail station at Hill Street which is Civic Center/Grand Park, served by Metro's B and D lines. Film history First Street was a location background filmed during the movie Blood In Blood Out (originally: Bound by Honor).https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106469/ Blood In Blood Out: Filming & Production IMDb December 2021 The First Street bridge was used as the backdrop for Welsh rock band Lostprophets’ second album Start Something in 2004.https://www.straight.com/article/lostprophets-find-inspiration-in-the-80s Lostprophets Find Inspiration in the '80s Newton Steve 29 April 2004 The Georgia Straight 2022-09-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20220908091319/https://www.straight.com/article/lostprophets-find-inspiration-in-the-80s 8 September 2022 Downtown bridges In the book Down by the Los Angeles River, written by Joe Linton, the author narrates a walking path starting from First Street Bridge.Down By The Los Angeles River : Friends Of The Los Angeles Rivers Official Guide Joe. Linton 2010 Wilderness Press Recorded Books, Inc. 9780899975986 Berkeley 948035663 LA voters in 1924 passed the Viaduct Bond Act, which would allocate $2 million through a tax, and the funds allocated would go toward revitalizing the Downtown Los Angeles bridges. The friends of the Los Angeles River mobilized the La Gran Limpieza to clean up the Los Angeles River with an educational feature where they invited elementary, middle, and high school students.Down by the Los Angeles River Linton Joe Wilderness Press 2005 Berkeley A collaboration the friends of the Los Angeles had was with the Los Angeles Conservation Corps’ Clean & Green program that monitored the water quality at the rivers monthly. Under their collaborated event efforts, activities included cleaning up trash, science experiments, educational workshop, and familiarizing participants with the Los Angeles River bridges themselves since events would be facilitated there to create community identity. Notable landmarks Monterey Park Village (eastern terminus) Beverly Center (western terminus) CBS West Coast Headquarters Disney Concert Hall Grand Park Los Angeles City Hall Caltrans District 7 Headquarters Little Tokyo Mariachi Plaza Los Angeles Hompa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple The intersection of East 1st and Chicago streets in Boyle Heights is named Dolores Huerta Square.https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-dolores-huerta-name-enshrined-in-boyle-heights-20190622-story.html Civil rights activist Dolores Huerta gets an intersection named for her in Boyle Heights today City News Service June 22, 2019 Los Angeles Times 2019-06-23 mdy-all Gallery References External links Category:Streets in Los Angeles Category:Downtown Los Angeles Category:Central Los Angeles Category:Civic Center, Los Angeles Category:Eastside Los Angeles