After passing through downtown near Bunker Hill and South Park, the southern portion of Figueroa Street ends near the overcrossing of Sunset Boulevard over the Arroyo Seco Parkway (SR 110) in Chinatown.

After resuming at San Fernando Road, Figueroa continues to run roughly parallel to the Arroyo Seco Parkway until it reaches York Boulevard in Highland Park.

Afterwards, it heads north to its terminus near the Scholl Canyon Landfill just past its junction with the Ventura Freeway (State Route 134) in Eagle Rock.

[4] Prior to construction of the Harbor Freeway, Figueroa St. carried U.S. Route 6 to Pacific Coast Highway south from the Four-Level Interchange.

[5] On April 2, 2011, a portion of Figueroa Street at Jefferson Boulevard was blocked off for the "Orange Carpet" and the grandstand for the broadcasting of the 2011 Kids' Choice Awards.

[11][12][13][14] In October 21, 2020, the vote to consider the proposal was delayed by the council, Wesson is now retired and Price is being investigated by the FBI for corruption.

[15] The Figueroa Corridor Streetscape project was a city led effort to beautify and improve the boulevard by adding pedestrian friendly amenities.

The beautification project began on 7th street in Downtown Los Angeles, by Crypto.com Arena and extended into Exposition Park by USC.

[16] It aimed to improve transit and pedestrian access, it added protected bike lanes with physical barriers, a more organized and efficient street by adding better signalization and safety signage, high-visibility crosswalks, transit platforms, more trees, public art and wider sidewalks.

[17] After delays, work commence in the summer of 2016[18] and was expected to be completed by March 2017, when the prop 1C grant expired.