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Florence Avenue is a major east–west street in centralLos Angeles County andSouth Los Angeles, inSouthern California.
| Length | 20.4 mi (32.8 km) |
|---|---|
| Location | Los Angeles County, California |
| West end | Manchester Boulevard inInglewood |
| Major junctions |  I-405 inInglewood I-110 inLos Angeles I-710 inBell SR 19 inDowney I-605 inSanta Fe Springs I-5 inSanta Fe Springs |
| East end | Telegraph Road inSouth Whittier |
It is bounded in the east by Mills Avenue at Telegraph Road inWhittier.. AtTelegraph Road, it changes to Mills Avenue. West ofLa Cienega Boulevard, it swerves intoAviation Boulevard, which is a north–south street, in theCity of Inglewood.
Florence Avenue runs through the cities ofInglewood,Los Angeles,Huntington Park (where it intersectsPacific Boulevard),Bell,Bell Gardens,Downey,Santa Fe Springs, and unincorporated Los Angeles County bordering the City of Whittier.
Florence Avenue also crosses theSan Diego Freeway (Interstate 405),Harbor Freeway (Interstate 110),Long Beach Freeway (Interstate 710),San Gabriel River Freeway (Interstate 605), andSanta Ana Freeway (Interstate 5).
An unconnected portion of Florence Avenue is located inLa Habra and has similar west–east coordinates to the main Florence Avenue.
Metro Local Lines 111 and 120 run through Florence Avenue; the former runs through most of Florence starting at Studebaker Road and the latter east of Studebaker Road.
TheMetro A Linelight rail serves theFlorence station, at the intersection of Graham Avenue and Florence Avenue in the unincorporated community ofFlorence.
TheMetro K Line serves three light rail stations on Florence Avenue, with theFairview Heights station inInglewood at West Boulevard near the border adjacent to the Hyde Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, theDowntown Inglewood station atLa Brea Avenue in Downtown Inglewood and theWestchester/Veterans station at Hindry Avenue near the border adjacent to the Westchester neighborhood of Los Angeles.
The roadway was formerly known as Redondo Boulevard westward from West Boulevard at the Inglewood-Los Angeles city boundary.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Land developer George E. Longan in 1927 established a newbusiness center on Redondo Boulevard near Hillcrest Avenue, Inglewood, a Spanish stucco structure "in harmony with the nearby Inglewood Woman's Club."[8]
In 1931 West Boulevard was extended south to Florence Avenue and intersected Redondo Boulevard at the latter's easterly end.[9]
In 1934, theLos Angeles Times noted that "Florence Avenue runs into Redondo Boulevard."[6] East–west Redondo Boulevard turned north–south to traverse between Inglewood andRedondo Beach.[10]
The intersection of Florence andNormandie is noted for an attack during the1992 riots in Los Angeles when several black men pulled white driverReginald Denny from his truck and beat him in the intersection. The attack was televised.[11][12]