The Avalon Gardens is a public housing project located in the Green Meadows neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.

[1] Avalon Gardens was constructed in 1941 during World War II for military families and veterans at a cost of $638,000.

[2] In the early 1970s it became the turf of the Avalon Garden Crips gang led by Jimel Barnes, who lived in the project.

[5][6] In 1996 the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles implemented a $1.7-million project in which a decorative wrought-iron fence and 11-foot-high wall were built around the complex to decrease crime and gang activity.

After its completion, Avalon Gardens became a gated community, and crime and gang violence decreased.