Hyde Park, Los Angeles

Hyde Park is a neighborhood in the South region of Los Angeles, California.

The commercial corridor along Crenshaw Boulevard is known as "the heart of African American commerce in Los Angeles".

It was "laid out as a town" in 1887[3] as a stop on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway's Harbor Subdivision, which ran from Downtown Los Angeles to the port at Wilmington in a westward loop.

However, on May 17, 1923, its 1.2 square miles (3.1 km2) was consolidated with the larger city of Los Angeles after a favorable vote by Hyde Park residents.

[6] Hyde Park residents aged 25 and older holding a four-year degree amounted to 12.2% of the population in 2000, considered low when compared with the city and the county as a whole, but the percentages of residents aged 25 and older with a high school diploma and college bachelor's degree was considered high for the county.

The Hyde Park neighborhood of the city of Los Angeles, as mapped by the Los Angeles Times
Hyde Park on a map of Los Angeles County published October 1893 for the World's Columbian Exposition
North is at the top of this map from the Los Angeles Times, August 20, 1916. A Santa Fe Railroad track runs northeast-southwest through Hyde Park. Southwest from Mesa Drive (now Crenshaw Boulevard ) lies a paved boulevard (now Florence Avenue) to Redondo Beach . Manchester Avenue (now Boulevard) is at the bottom. The “Proposed Road” at the top (signaled by an arrow) and Mesa Drive are now part of Crenshaw Boulevard. The Baldwin Hills (mountain range) are at top left.
Three annexations of Angeles Mesa areas to Los Angeles are noted, at top, as is the small annexation of the View Park residential tract . The city of Hyde Park, which was consolidated with Los Angeles, is at the bottom of the map.
Hyde Park branch (2023)