Baldwin Hills

Baldwin Hills
Neighborhood of Los Angeles
The Baldwin Hills Village Office Building, which is part of Village Green, a National Historic Landmark
Baldwin Hills Location within Western Los Angeles
Coordinates: 34°00′28″N 118°20′49″W / 34.007778°N 118.346944°W / 34.007778; -118.346944
Country	United States
State	California
County	Los Angeles
City	Los Angeles
Time zone	PST (UTC−8)
• Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC−7)
ZIP Code	90008
Area code(s)	323

Baldwin Hills is a residential community and affluent neighborhood in the South region of Los Angeles, California. It is located in the namesake Baldwin Hills range overlooking the Los Angeles Basin and the lower plain immediately to the north.

Baldwin Hills is bounded by La Cienega Boulevard to the west, Crenshaw Boulevard to the east, Stocker Avenue to the south and Rodeo Road to the north with Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard forming the northeast dividing line between Baldwin Hills and Crenshaw Manor. It is bordered on the west by Culver City and it shares the eastern border of Crenshaw Boulevard with Leimert Park.

The Baldwin Hills ZIP Code is 90008 and the telephone area code is 323. Baldwin Hills starts at Martin Luther King Boulevard going up to the base of the hills of Baldwin Hills Estates (an area nicknamed "The Dons" for the twenty nine streets beginning with the Spanish honorific). Baldwin Hills from Martin Luther King Blvd on the North, Marlton Avenue on the East, La Brea Avenue of the West and Baldwin Hills Estates on the South.

The landform Baldwin Hills have long been drilled for petroleum with active oil wells in the mid-hills along La Cienega Boulevard. As the oil fields close, some of the otherwise undeveloped land is being acquired by agencies for the public's benefit. The Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area is a major jewel enhancing the community with park activities and recreation. The headwaters of Ballona Creek are in the hills and park which then flows west into the Santa Monica Bay.