Santa Monica Boulevard

Road in Los Angeles County, California

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Not to be confused with Santa Monica Freeway.

Santa Monica Boulevard

Length| 14.3 mi (23.0 km)[1]
Location| Los Angeles County, California, United States
Nearest metro station|  Vermont/Santa Monica
West end| Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica
Major
junctions|

* SR 2 in Santa Monica
* I-405 in Sawtelle
* US 101 / SR 2 in East Hollywood

East end| Mantanita Street / Sanborn Avenue / Sunset Boulevard at Sunset Junction in Silver Lake

Santa Monica Boulevard is a major west–east thoroughfare in Los Angeles County, California, United States. It runs from Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica near the Pacific Ocean to Sunset Boulevard at Sunset Junction in Los Angeles. It passes through Beverly Hills and West Hollywood. A portion of it is designated as State Route 2 (SR 2), while the full avenue was Historic Route 66.

## Route description

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The western terminus of Santa Monica Boulevard is at Ocean Avenue near the Pacific Ocean. From there until Interstate 405 (I-405), Santa Monica Boulevard is a densely urban commercial street. From Centinela Avenue, Santa Monica Boulevard heads northeast through the wealthy areas of West Los Angeles, Westwood, Century City, and Beverly Hills before entering the decidedly urban West Hollywood. Santa Monica Boulevard, being a major street, is for most of its length at least four lanes wide.[2] Most of the Westside car dealerships are located on Santa Monica Boulevard.

After Sepulveda Boulevard, Santa Monica Boulevard passes by Century City and its shopping center and intersects with Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. After intersecting with Wilshire in Beverly Hills, Santa Monica Boulevard continues northeast towards West Hollywood, spanning Beverly Boulevard and Melrose Avenue. At Holloway Drive, in the middle of West Hollywood, Santa Monica, now north of Melrose Avenue turns to run east. In West Hollywood, between Doheny Drive and Fairfax Avenue along Santa Monica Boulevard, bronze name plaques are embedded in the sidewalks as part of the West Hollywood Memorial Walk. The original southern end of SR 170 was at the intersection with Highland Avenue. Santa Monica Boulevard merges on its eastern end with Sunset Boulevard in the Sunset Junction neighborhood of Silver Lake.

The south roadway of Santa Monica Boulevard, often called Little Santa Monica Boulevard in Beverly Hills, runs parallel to the state highway (north) roadway of Santa Monica Boulevard from the city's west limit to Rexford Drive. After Rexford Drive, Little Santa Monica turns east, becoming Burton Way. Burton Way merges into San Vicente Boulevard at its intersection with La Cienega Boulevard. It is noted that the south roadway of Santa Monica Boulevard in Beverly Hills is a city street while the north roadway of Santa Monica Boulevard is a California state highway, each roadway handling bi-directional traffic.[1]

Santa Monica Boulevard in Century City

West Hollywood City Hall at 8300 Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood

## 2020 protests

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On May 31, 2020, local protests following the murder of George Floyd turned into riots which saw numerous buildings vandalized, looted and burned along Santa Monica Boulevard, with the most visible destruction being at the site of the popular Japanese-themed restaurant Sake House.[3] Wexler's Deli co-owner Mike Kassar stated to Eater that "Basically every food and beverage establishment for ten blocks got trashed".[3]

## Transport

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Metro Local line 4 and Santa Monica Transit Line 1 serve Santa Monica Boulevard, with the latter serving the boulevard in West Los Angeles and Santa Monica. A portion of West Hollywood-operated The PickUp operates on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood. The Metro B Line serves an underground station on Santa Monica Boulevard at its intersection with Vermont Avenue.[citation needed]

The Pacific Electric operated Red Car interurban trains and streetcars over Santa Monica Boulevard until 1953. The street hosted the company's South Hollywood–Sherman Line and Sawtelle Line as well as the Owensmouth Line and San Fernando Line which served the San Fernando Valley.[4]

## Major intersections

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Location| mi[1]| km| Destinations| Notes

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Santa Monica| 0.0| 0.0| Ocean Avenue| Western terminus of Santa Monica Boulevard
0.5| 0.80|

Lincoln Boulevard (Historic US 66) to I-10 / SR 1Module:Jct error: Invalid "to" argument| Former US 66 and SR 2 west
Santa Monica–Los Angeles line| 2.4| 3.9| Western terminus of SR 2
Centinela Avenue| Western end of SR 2 concurrency
See SR 2 (LA 2.31–12.74)
Los Angeles| 12.7–
12.8| 20.4–
20.6|

Western Avenue to US 101 north (Hollywood Freeway) – Ventura

US 101 south / SR 2 east (Hollywood Freeway) – Los Angeles| Eastern end of SR 2 concurrency; US 101 exit 7
13.7| 22.0| Vermont Avenue|
14.2| 22.9| Mantanita Street| Sunset Junction; eastern terminus of Santa Monica Boulevard
14.4| 23.2| Sanborn Avenue / Sunset Boulevard
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

* Concurrency terminus

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Overview map of Santa Monica Boulevard" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved July 5, 2025.
2. ^ "Santa Monica Blvd. Transition map". Lacity.org. April 12, 2005. Archived from the original on August 5, 2011. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
3. ^ a b Elliot, Farley (June 1, 2020). "Santa Monica Restaurants React in Aftermath of Police Brutality Protests". Eater. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
4. ^ "1981 Inventory of Pacific Electric Routes" (PDF). Caltrans. February 1982. Retrieved June 3, 2020.

## External links

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Streets in Los Angeles County

* List of streets in Los Angeles
* List of streets in the San Gabriel Valley

City of
Los Angeles
(including
enclaves and
semi-enclaves)|

| Downtown|

* 1–10
* 1st
* 3rd
* 6th
* 7th
* 10th
* 11–40
* Broadway
* Central Av.
* Cesar Chavez Av.
* Figueroa St.
* Grand Av.
* Hill St.
* Los Angeles St.
* Main St.
* Mission Rd.
* Olympic Bl.
* Pico Bl.
* San Pedro St.
* Temple St.
* Washington Bl.
* Wilshire Bl.

|

Central|

* 1–10
* 3rd
* 6th
* 10th
* Av. of the Stars
* Beverly Bl.
* Beverly Dr.
* Beverly Glen Bl.
* Cahuenga Bl.
* Doheny Dr.
* Fairfax Av.
* Franklin Av.
* Gower St.
* Highland Av.
* Hollywood Bl.
* La Brea Av.
* La Cienega Bl.
* Los Feliz Bl.
* Melrose Av.
* Normandie Av.
* Olympic Bl.
* Pico Bl.
* Robertson Bl.
* Rodeo Dr.
* San Vicente Bl.
* Santa Monica Bl.
* Sunset Bl.
* Sunset Strip
* Venice Bl.
* Vermont Av.
* Vine St.
* Washington Bl.
* Western Av.
* Wilcox Av.
* Wilshire Bl.

Westside|

* Abbot Kinney Bl.
* Aviation Bl.
* California Incline
* Centinela Av.
* Century Bl.
* Culver Bl.
* Jefferson Bl.
* Lincoln Bl.
* Main St. (Santa Monica)
* Manchester Av.
* Montana Av.
* Ocean Av.
* Olympic Bl.
* Pacific Coast Hwy.
* Pico Bl.
* Santa Monica Bl.
* Sawtelle Bl.
* Sepulveda Bl.
* Sunset Bl.
* Venice Bl.
* Washington Bl.
* Westwood Bl.
* Wilshire Bl.

Eastside|

* 1–10
* 1st
* 6th
* 10th
* Avenues
* Cesar Chavez Av.
* Huntington Dr.
* Olympic Bl.
* Soto St.
* Washington Bl.
* Whittier Bl.

North LA|

* Avenues
* Alvarado St.
* Carroll Av.
* Colorado Bl.
* Figueroa St.
* Glendale Bl.
* Riverside Dr.
* San Fernando Rd.

South LA|

* 11–40
* 41–250
* Avalon Bl.
* Broadway
* Central Av.
* Century Bl.
* Crenshaw Bl.
* Figueroa St.
* Florence Av.
* Grand Av.
* Imperial Hwy.
* Jefferson Bl.
* La Brea Av.
* La Cienega Bl.
* Manchester Av.
* Main St.
* Martin Luther King Jr. Bl.
* Normandie Av.
* Obama Bl.
* San Pedro St.
* Slauson Av.
* Vermont Av.
* Washington Bl.
* Western Av.

San
Fernando
Valley|

* Balboa Bl.
* Buena Vista St.
* Burbank Bl.
* Cahuenga Bl.
* Coldwater Canyon Av.
* De Soto Av.
* Devonshire St.
* Foothill Bl.
* Brand Bl.
* Glenoaks Bl.
* Lankershim Bl.
* Laurel Canyon Bl.
* Magnolia Bl.
* Mulholland Dr.
* Nordhoff St.
* Reseda Bl.
* Riverside Dr.
* Roscoe Bl.
* San Fernando Rd.
* Sepulveda Bl.
* Sherman Way
* Sunland Bl.
* Topanga Canyon Bl.
* Van Nuys Bl.
* Ventura Bl.
* Victory Bl.
* Vineland Av.

San Pedro|

* Western Av.

Other valleys|

| Antelope|

* Sierra Hwy.

|

Conejo|

* Kanan Rd.
* Thousand Oaks Bl.

Crescenta|

* Foothill Bl.

San Gabriel|

* Arrow Hwy.
* Atlantic Bl.
* Azusa Av.
* Colima Rd.
* Colorado Bl.
* Fair Oaks Av.
* Foothill Bl.
* Garfield Av.
* Garvey Av.
* Huntington Dr.
* Lake Av.
* Mission Rd.
* Orange Grove Bl.
* Rosemead Bl.
* Sierra Madre Bl.
* Valley Bl.

Santa Clarita|

* Sierra Hwy.
* The Old Road

South Bay /
Gateway Cities|

* 41–250
* Alameda St.
* Alondra Bl.
* Artesia Bl.
* Avalon Bl.
* Crenshaw Bl.
* El Segundo Bl.
* Firestone Bl.
* Garfield Av./Cherry Av.
* Hawthorne Bl.
* Long Beach Bl.
* Main St.
* Manhattan Beach Bl.
* Normandie Av.
* Olympic Bl.
* Pacific Bl.
* Pacific Coast Hwy.
* Palos Verdes Dr.
* Rosemead Bl./Lakewood Bl.
* Sepulveda Bl.
* Telegraph Rd.
* Vermont Av.
* Whittier Bl.

Canyon and
mountain roads|

* Angeles Crest Hwy.
* Angeles Forest Hwy.
* Benedict Canyon Dr.
* Beverly Glen Bl.
* Coldwater Canyon Av.
* Decker Canyon Rd.
* Kanan Rd./Kanan Dume Rd.
* Las Virgenes Rd./Malibu Canyon Rd.
* Laurel Canyon Bl.
* Mulholland Dr.
* Mulholland Hwy.
* San Francisquito Canyon Rd.
* San Gabriel Canyon Rd.
* Sierra Hwy.
* Topanga Canyon Bl.

Promenades
and alleyways|

* Calle de los Negros
* The Esplanade
* Indian Alley
* Ocean Front Walk
* Olvera St.
* Santee Alley
* St. Vincent's Place
* Third Street Promenade

Intersections and
traffic circles|

* Gower Gulch
* Hollywood and Vine
* Los Alamitos Circle
* Naud Junction
* SM Entertainment Square
* Sunset Junction

Historic roads|

* Arrowhead Trail
* Calle de los Negros
* Coast Bl.
* El Camino Real
* El Camino Sierra
* El Camino Viejo
* Mount Wilson Toll Road
* National Old Trails Rd.
* The Old Road
* Olvera St.
* Pikes Peak Ocean to Ocean Hwy.
* Ridge Rte.
* Route 66
* Stockton–Los Angeles Rd.

In popular culture|

| Film and
television|

* 77 Sunset Strip
* Caleb Dume
* Hollywood Boulevard
* 1936
* 1976
* The Kid from Gower Gulch
* King of the Mountain
* Melrose Place
* 1990s
* 2009
* Mulholland Drive
* Mulholland Falls
* Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
* Sunset Boulevard
* Sunset Strip
* 2000
* 2012
* Van Nuys Blvd.
* Vine Street

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Music|

* "All I Wanna Do"
* "Blue Jay Way"
* "California Love"
* "Dead Man's Curve"
* "Desperados Under the Eaves"
* "Down Rodeo"
* "The Flower of Gower Gulch"
* Drip-Along Daffy
* Nelly's Folly
* "Free Fallin'"
* "I Love L.A."
* "LA Devotee"
* "Let Me Ride"
* "The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)"
* Los Feliz Blvd
* Mulholland Drive
* "The New Workout Plan"
* "Pico and Sepulveda"
* "Sunset Blvd"
* Gomez and Blanco
* Grimes
* Sunset Blvd.
* "Sunset Strip"
* composition
* song
* "Unholy"
* "Whatever She Wants"

Other|

* Buena Vista Street (California Adventures)
* Hollywood Boulevard (Disneyland Paris)
* Sunset Boulevard (musical)
* How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You're Not Anywhere at All

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