Nickerson Gardens
Nickerson Gardens is a 1,066-unit public housing apartment complex at 1590 East 114th Street in Watts, Los Angeles, California. Nickerson Gardens is the largest public housing development in Los Angeles.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Verbum Dei Jesuit High School and Willowbrook/Rosa Parks station.
Verbum Dei Jesuit High School
School
Verbum Dei Jesuit High School, nicknamed the Verb, is a private Catholic all-boys college preparatory school sponsored by the Society of Jesus in Los Angeles, California. Verbum Dei Jesuit High School is situated 1,100 feet northwest of Nickerson Gardens.
Willowbrook/Rosa Parks station
Railway station
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Willowbrook/Rosa Parks station is a major transport hub and Los Angeles Metro Rail station that serves the A and C lines. The station, located at the intersection of Imperial Highway and Wilmington Avenue in the Willowbrook community of Los Angeles County, is a major transfer point for commuters. Willowbrook/Rosa Parks station is situated 3,800 feet east of Nickerson Gardens.
Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital
Hospital
Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital, also known as MLK-LA, is a 131-bed public community hospital in the unincorporated Willowbrook neighborhood of southern Los Angeles County, California, just outside of the Los Angeles city limits. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital is situated 3,900 feet southeast of Nickerson Gardens.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Watts and Willowbrook.
Watts
Neighborhood
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Watts is a neighborhood in southern Los Angeles, California. It is located within the South Los Angeles region, bordering the cities of Lynwood, Huntington Park and South Gate to the east and southeast, respectively, and the unincorporated community of Willowbrook to the south.
Willowbrook
Suburb
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Willowbrook, alternatively named Willow Brook, is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
South Los Angeles
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South Los Angeles is a large region of Los Angeles made up of the neighborhoods south of Downtown L.A. This is a relatively impoverished area of the city, infamous for gang violence and for being the epicenter of major race riots in the 1960s and 1990s.
Nickerson Gardens
- Type: Residential area
- Description: public housing project in Los Angeles
- Category: public housing
- Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
33.93216° or 33° 55′ 56″ northLongitude
-118.25003° or 118° 15′ 0″ westElevation
98 feet (30 metres)Open location code
8553WPJX+VXOpenStreetMap ID
way 249158024OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residential
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In Other Languages
From Igbo to Spanish—“Nickerson Gardens” goes by many names.
- Igbo: “Ogige Nickerson”
- Spanish: “Nickerson Gardens”
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