Westwood Boulevard is a street in Los Angeles that runs through the heart of Westwood Village and further south in West Los Angeles.

Westwood Blvd begins south of Sunset Boulevard

Sunset Boulevard

Sunset Boulevard is a street in the western part of Los Angeles County, California, that stretches from Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles to the Pacific Coast Highway at the Pacific Ocean in the Pacific Palisades...

 in the campus of UCLA as Westwood Plaza. After exiting UCLA, it is one of two major thoroughfares in the Village. Its intersection with 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...

 is one of the busiest in Los Angeles, with seven through lanes and four left turn lanes (going east/west). Most of the large office buildings in Westwood are based on Westwood Blvd.

South of Wilshire, Westwood Blvd continues as a four lane boulevard passing through many small businesses. Many of these businesses are Persian, reflecting the neighborhood demographics. At Pico Boulevard

Pico Boulevard

Pico Boulevard is a major Los Angeles street that runs from the Pacific Ocean at Appian Way in Santa Monica to Central Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles, California, USA...

 is the Westside Pavilion Mall

Westside Pavilion

The Westside Pavilion is a shopping mall located in West Los Angeles. It is owned and operated by The Macerich Company. It is a three story urban-style shopping mall with 150 shops and is anchored by a Macy's and a Nordstrom...

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Westwood Blvd is most notable for the large number of Persian restaurants, as the road traverses and area commonly referred to as Tehrangeles

Tehrangeles

Tehrangeles is a portmanteau deriving from the combination of Tehran, the capital of Iran, and Los Angeles. It is used when referring to the large number of former Iranian nationals and their descendants residing in the Los Angeles metropolitan area; it is the largest such population outside of...

.

Westwood Blvd ends at National Boulevard in the Palms

Palms, Los Angeles, California

Palms is a community founded in 1886 in West Los Angeles, California, and was the oldest neighborhood annexed to the city of Los Angeles, in 1915. The 1886 tract was marketed as an agricultural and vacation community...

 neighborhood of Los Angeles, where it turns into National Place. Later, National Place becomes National Boulevard when it crosses Motor Avenue. At this point, Westwood Blvd is a primarily residential street.

Education and transportation

• UCLA
  University of California, Los Angeles
  The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
  
  
• Santa Monica Freeway (US Route 66) crosses over Westwood Boulevard
• Santa Monica Transit lines 8 and 12 run through Westwood Boulevard
• The Metro Expo Line is proposed to operate a rail station
  Westwood/Expo (Los Angeles Metro station)
  Westwood/Expo Station is a future at-grade light rail station in the Los Angeles County Metro Rail system. It will be located at the intersection of Westwood Boulevard and Exposition Boulevard, in the Rancho Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. When it opens, this station will be served by the...
  
   at Exposition Boulevard in 2015

Notable landmarks

• Holmby Hall
  Holmby Hall
  Holmby Hall is an historic landmark building in Westwood Village, Los Angeles, California. Built in 1929 Holmby Hall is a streetscape of six Spanish Colonial Revival storefronts and features a prominent white clock tower, capped by a green pinnacle....
  
  
• Janss Dome
  Janss Investment Company Building
  The Janss Investment Company Building, also known as the Janss Dome, is an historic building in Westwood Village, Los Angeles, California. The building is located at the five way intersection of Westwood Boulevard, Kinross and Broxton Avenues....
  
  
• Ralphs Grocery Store building (Bratskeller - Egyptian Theater)
• Crest Theatre
• Hammer Museum
  Hammer Museum
  The Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Culture Center, or the Hammer Museum as it is more commonly known, is an art museum in the Westwood district of Los Angeles, California...
  
  
• Ronald Reagan
  Ronald Reagan
  Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....
  
   UCLA Medical Center
  Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
  The Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is a hospital located on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California....
  
  
• Westside Pavilion
  Westside Pavilion
  The Westside Pavilion is a shopping mall located in West Los Angeles. It is owned and operated by The Macerich Company. It is a three story urban-style shopping mall with 150 shops and is anchored by a Macy's and a Nordstrom...