Wilshire Park, Los Angeles

Wilshire Park is a residential district in the Central Los Angeles region of the city of Los Angeles, California. Subdistricts within this region include Longwood Highlands, Hancock Park, Los Angeles, Miracle Mile, Los Angeles, and Windsor Square, Los Angeles.

The boundaries of Wilshire Park are Wilshire Boulevard on the north, Olympic Boulevard on the south, Wilton Place on the east and Crenshaw Boulevard on the west.

Attempts to rename Wilshire Park as part of the Koreatown district were rebuffed in August 2010, with passage of Los Angeles City Council File 09-0606, officially establishing the western boundary of Koreatown as Western Avenue, nearly 0.5 miles (0.80 km) from the western boundary of Wilshire Park. Wilshire Park is identified in the Thomas Guide on page 633:G:3.

Windsor Square and Hancock Park are to the north, Country Club Park is to the south, Country Club Heights is to the east, Windsor Village is to the west. Major thoroughfares include Olympic Boulevard and Crenshaw Boulevard. Most of Wilshire Park is in ZIP code 90005, but also includes a small area of 90019.

Relation of Wilshire Park to nearby places.

Wilshire Park, with the exception of the block bounded by Wilshire/Crenshaw/8th and Bronson, is covered by Olympic Division, at 1130 South Vermont Avenue.

Wilshire Park has three elementary schools educating approximately 1500 children: Wilshire Park Elementary, Wilton Place Elementary, and St. Gregory Nazianzen Catholic School.

Wilshire Park School opened in September 2006. Currently there are 550 students enrolled

Wilton Place School was constructed in 1918 to accommodate the new residents following the post-World War I boom. It has an reported enrollment of 780 students.

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