3rd Street in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

 is a major east-west thoroughfare. It begins in downtown Beverly Hills

Beverly Hills, California

Beverly Hills is an affluent city located in Los Angeles County, California, United States. With a population of 34,109 at the 2010 census, up from 33,784 as of the 2000 census, it is home to numerous Hollywood celebrities. Beverly Hills and the neighboring city of West Hollywood are together...

 by Santa Monica Boulevard and ends at Alameda Street in Downtown Los Angeles

Downtown Los Angeles

Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, United States, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area...

, and in Downtown Los Angeles, 3rd Street shares a one-way couplet with 4th Street. East of Alameda it becomes 4th Street, where it heads to East Los Angeles

East Los Angeles, California

East Los Angeles is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California, United States...

, where it turns back into 3rd Street upon crossing Indiana Street. 3rd Street eventually becomes Pomona Boulevard in Monterey Park

Monterey Park, California

Monterey Park is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, east of downtown Los Angeles. The city's motto is "Pride in the past, Faith in the future"...

, where it finally ends at the Pomona Freeway (SR 60

California State Route 60

State Route 60 is a state highway in the U.S. state of California. It runs from Interstate 10 near the Los Angeles River in Los Angeles east to I-10 in Riverside County, with overlaps at State Route 57 and Interstate 215.-Route description:...

).

3rd Street passes along the south side of The Grove and "The Original" Farmers Market at Fairfax Avenue

Fairfax Avenue

Fairfax Avenue is a street on north central Los Angeles, California. It runs from La Cienega Boulevard with Culver City at its southern end to Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood on its northern end.Fairfax Avenue forms the western boundary of Hancock Park as well as Park La Brea, an 160 acre ,...

, near the headquarters of The Writers Guild of America

Writers Guild of America, west

Writers Guild of America, West is a labor union representing film, television, radio, and new media writers. The Guild was formed in 1954 from five organizations representing writers, which include the Screen Writers Guild...

, West. There are also many other restaurants, boutiques, and antique stores on this specific strip of 3rd Street, which is less upscale and more relaxed than nearby Robertson Boulevard

Robertson Boulevard

Robertson Boulevard is a street in Los Angeles that also passes through the incorporated cities of West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, and Culver City....

 and Melrose Avenue

Melrose Avenue

Melrose Avenue is an internationally renowned shopping, dining and entertainment destination in Los Angeles that starts from Santa Monica Boulevard at the border between Beverly Hills and West Hollywood and ends at Lucille Avenue in Silver Lake...

.

3rd Street is parallel to two other major thoroughfares, Wilshire Boulevard

Wilshire Boulevard

Wilshire Boulevard is one of the principal east-west arterial roads in Los Angeles, California, United States. It was named for Henry Gaylord Wilshire , an Ohio native who made and lost fortunes in real estate, farming, and gold mining. Henry Wilshire initiated what was to become Wilshire...

 to the south and Beverly Boulevard

Beverly Boulevard

Beverly Boulevard is one of the main east-west thoroughfares in Los Angeles, California. It begins off Santa Monica Boulevard in Beverly Hills and ends on the Lucas Avenue overpass near Downtown Los Angeles to become 1st Street...

 to the north. It is four lanes wide east of Doheny Drive

Doheny Drive

Doheny Drive is a major north–south thoroughfare for Beverly Hills and West Hollywood, in the U.S. state of California. It starts a few blocks south of Pico Boulevard and travels north past Sunset Boulevard. Doheny encounters few traffic lights, making it a relatively quick north–south trip...

, and passes through the same communities as Wilshire Boulevard.

Located on 3rd Street

• Beverly Center
• The Farmer's Market at the Grove
• Joan's on Third
  Joan's on Third
  Joan's on Third is a specialty food marketplace and restaurant located on Third Street in Los Angeles, California. Joan's is situated in an area popular with Angelinos for its eating and shopping establishments, located between the Beverly Center on La Cienega Boulevard and Farmer's Market at the...
  
  
• Cedars Sinai Medical Center
• St. Vincent Medical Center
  St. Vincent Medical Center (Los Angeles)
  St. Vincent Medical Center is a hospital in Los Angeles, California.-History:Originally founded in 1856 as the Los Angeles Infirmary by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, St. Vincent Medical Center was the first hospital in Los Angeles. The name was changed in 1918 to St. Vincent's...
  
  
• Pyrrha Jewelry
  Pyrrha Jewelry
  Pyrrha JewelryPyrrha is a Jewelry design and manufacturing company based in Vancouver, Canada. Founded in response to mass-manufactured jewelry, Pyrrha produces jewelry based on antique wax seals and heraldic talismans...
  
  
• Alexis Bittar
  Alexis Bittar
  Alexis Bittar is an American jewelry designer and recipient of the 2010 CFDA Accessory Designer of the Year award.-Personal life:...
  
  

Education and transportation

• Los Angeles Board of Education Headquarters
  Los Angeles Unified School District
  Los Angeles Unified School District is the largest public school system in California. It is the 2nd largest public school district in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population...
  
  
• Evelyn Thurman Gratts Elementary School, 3rd Street and Lucas Avenue
• Miguel Contreras Learning Complex
  Miguel Contreras Learning Complex
  Miguel Contreras Learning Complex is a high school in Downtown Los Angeles, California, United States.The school, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District. The school is located at 322 South Lucas Avenue, just down Third Street from the LAUSD Board of...
  
  , 3rd Street and Lucas Avenue
• Metro Local
  Metro Local
  Metro Local is a bus system in Los Angeles County operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority . This retronym designation was placed to differentiate it from the Metro Rapid service...
  
   bus lines 16 and 316 serve west 3rd Street. Line 316 is proposed to be replaced by Metro Rapid
  Metro Rapid
  Metro Rapid is a bus rapid transit service in Los Angeles County, California that operates in mixed traffic environments and has fewer stops than the Metro Local service. The system is mainly operated by LACMTA. Two routes are operated by Santa Monica Transit and one by Culver City Transit...
  
   line 716. Montebello Transit line 40 serves east 3rd Street.

The Metro Gold Line runs on 3rd Street between Indiana Street

Indiana (Los Angeles Metro station)

Indiana Station is an at-grade light rail station in the Los Angeles County Metro Rail system. It is located on Indiana Street between Gleason Street and 3rd Street in Los Angeles' Eastside. The station is served by the Gold Line....

 and Atlantic Boulevard

Atlantic (Los Angeles Metro station)

Atlantic Station is an at-grade light rail station in the Los Angeles County Metro Rail system. It is located at the intersection of Atlantic and Pomona Boulevards in East Los Angeles. The station is served by the Gold Line. It is the southeastern terminus of the Gold Line.This station opened in...

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