Watts
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Neighborhood with 34,800 residents
- Description: neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States
- Also known as: “Watts, California” and “Watts, Los Angeles”
Places of Interest
Highlights include 103rd Street/Watts Towers station and Willowbrook/Rosa Parks station.
103rd Street/Watts Towers station
Railway station
Photo: GTD Aquitaine, Public domain.
103rd Street/Watts Towers station is an at-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located alongside the Union Pacific freight railroad's Wilmington Subdivision, at its intersection with 103rd Street, after which the station is named, along with the nearby landmark Watts Towers in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.
Willowbrook/Rosa Parks station
Railway station
Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY 3.0.
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.
Gonzaque Village
Residential area
Gonzaque Village is public housing project located in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It is operated by the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Willowbrook and Firestone Park.
Willowbrook
Suburb
Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY 3.0.
Willowbrook, alternatively named Willow Brook, is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
Firestone Park
Village
Florence-Graham is a census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 61,983 at the 2020 census, down from 63,387 at the 2010 census. Firestone Park is situated 1½ miles north of Watts.
Florence-Graham
Suburb
Florence-Graham is a census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 61,983 at the 2020 census, down from 63,387 at the 2010 census. Florence-Graham is situated 2 miles north of Watts.
Watts
- Category: locality
- Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.94059° or 33° 56′ 26″ northLongitude
-118.2429° or 118° 14′ 34″ westPopulation
34,800Elevation
108 feet (33 metres)United Nations Location Code
US WJZOpen location code
8553WQR4+6ROpenStreetMap ID
node 150935958OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Watts” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Watts”
- Cebuano: “Watts”
- Chinese: “沃茲”
- Chinese: “瓦特區”
- Danish: “Watts”
- Dutch: “Watts”
- Finnish: “Watts”
- French: “Watts”
- German: “Watts”
- Hebrew: “וואטס”
- Irish: “Watts”
- Italian: “Watts”
- Japanese: “ワッツ (ロサンゼルス)”
- Japanese: “ワッツ”
- Japanese: “ワッツ地区 (ロサンゼルス)”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Watts”
- Portuguese: “Watts”
- Russian: “Уотс”
- Russian: “Уоттс”
- Slovenian: “Watts, Los Angeles”
- South Azerbaijani: “واتس، لوس آنجلس”
- Spanish: “Watts (Los Ángeles)”
- Spanish: “Watts”
- Swedish: “Watts”
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Notable Places Nearby
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