Crenshaw neighborhood South Los Angeles (Inglewood, Redondo Beach: gangs, beach, activity)

[katenik]

Originally Posted by vivabigpapi

So is Crenshaw/Imperial a slum? Also, is Crenshaw/Stocker St. a slum? I'm wondering because Stocker's my last name.

no, "slum" would be overstating it quite a bit. it's inglewood. do you know anything about inglewood?

[Love Cobb]

Is West Angeles COGIC near these areas? I plan on going to church there when we get to LA.

[wclac]

Originally Posted by Love Cobb

Is West Angeles COGIC near these areas? I plan on going to church there when we get to LA.

Yes it is, its right on Crenshaw boulevard, a few miles south of the 10 freeway.

[CESpeed]

West Angeles is on Crenwshaw and Exposition. The school is one block norht of Jefferson and the original church still sits across the street. Crenshaw and Stocker is Leimert Park and is a decent neighborhood.

[calipoppy]

Originally Posted by CESpeed

Since I am most familiar with Crenshaw into Inglewood, I'll limit my response to that stretch: First of all, the Jungle does not now nor has it EVER been on Crenshaw. From Wilshire to Country Club, Crenshaw on the east in Koreatown and Hancock Park on the west; from Country Club to the 10, Crenshaw does a wonderful job of hiding very affluent homes (Windsor Square, Victoria Square and Wellington Square); on Crenshaw itself through that stretch and on through Jefferson it can be very rough and dirty. After Jefferson it cleans up as it goes into the retail district and the most influencial black neighborhoods in Los Angeles: Leimert Park. Unfortunately, just before Slauson all the way to Florence is the exact opposite: roughest, dirtiest parts of Crenshaw-Hyde Park. After Florence you're in Inglewood and it becomes a clean nice neighborhood again.

+1 (you always hit the mark CESpeed!)

[CESpeed]

Thank you calipoppy and katenik

[JesusisLord]

You need to be careful in certain parts of South Los Angeles, I take photos for realtors on foreclosed homes in the area. What is considered Crenshaw by some is more West L.A., but the street runs from Torrance to Los Angeles.

[vivabigpapi]

Originally Posted by CESpeed

West Angeles is on Crenwshaw and Exposition. The school is one block norht of Jefferson and the original church still sits across the street. Crenshaw and Stocker is Leimert Park and is a decent neighborhood.

So do Leimert Park and Crenshaw (besides the Jungle) have gang problems?

[streetscenes]

Worst neighborhoods along Crenshaw are at Crenshaw and Hyde Park and Crenshaw just south of Century Boulevard. First is the Hyde Park area, I think this is the home turf of the Rollin 60s gang. The next is an area of apartments actually off of 104th street known as Darby Downs, it's actually kind of crummy all the way down to Imperial. City of Inglewood has been trying hard to redevelop this area. I think they were going to tear down some of the apartments and turn some of the 1br and 2br units into larger units to reduce the density.

[CESpeed]

There are no gang problems in Leimert Park. The gangs pretty much confine themselves to the Jungle and south of Slauson.