Van Nuys

Van Nuys is a prominent neighborhood in the middle of the , a part of the city of in . Although there are few tourist attractions here, Van Nuys serves as a civic and commercial center for the Valley.
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  • Type: Suburb with 136,000 residents
  • Description: neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, California, United States
  • Also known as: Van Nuys, CA”, “Van Nuys, California”, and “Van Nuys, Los Angeles
  • Postal codes: 91401, 91404-91411, 91470, 91482, 91496, and 91499

Places of Interest

Highlights include Van Nuys station and Valley Presbyterian Hospital.

Bus station
is a temporarily closed bus rapid transit station on the G Line of the Los Angeles Metro Busway system. It has been closed since February 21, 2025, for the G Line Improvements Project, with G Line buses detoured to a temporary stop on Oxnard Street, one block south of the busway.

Hospital
is a 350-bed hospital in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1958, architect William Pereira designed the original building.

Library
covers two branch library buildings of the Los Angeles Public Library, both located in Van Nuys, central , Los Angeles, California.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sherman Oaks and Valley Glen.

a neighborhood in the in the metropolitan area in . It is known more for its shopping malls than for its places to see.

Suburb
is a neighborhood in the southeastern section of the in Los Angeles, California. Once part of Van Nuys and North Hollywood, it became a separate neighborhood in 1998.

Suburb
Photo: Entertainment Buff, Public domain.
is a neighborhood in the city of , California, in the . It has a generally young age range as well as the highest population density in the Valley. is situated 2½ miles north of Van Nuys.

Van Nuys

Latitude
34.1866° or 34° 11′ 12″ north
Longitude
-118.4487° or 118° 26′ 55″ west
Population
136,000
Elevation
712 feet (217 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US VNY
Open location code
85635HP2+JG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150956150
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
5405693
Wiki­data ID
Q769446
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Van Nuys” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: فان نويس
  • Armenian: Վան Նայս
  • Belarusian: Ван Найз
  • Belarusian: Ван Нуйс
  • Belarusian: Ван-Найс
  • Catalan: Van Nuys
  • Cebuano: Van Nuys
  • Chinese: 范奈兹
  • Chinese: 范奈茲
  • Czech: Van Nuys
  • Danish: Van Nuys
  • Dutch: Van Nuys
  • Egyptian Arabic: ڤان نايس
  • Estonian: Van Nuys
  • French: Van Nuys
  • Galician: Van Nuys
  • German: Van Nuys
  • Hebrew: ון נויס
  • Hungarian: Van Nuys
  • Indonesian: Van Nuys
  • Interlingua: Van Nuys
  • Irish: Van Nuys
  • Italian: Van Nuys
  • Japanese: ヴァン・ナイス (ロサンゼルス郡)
  • Japanese: ヴァン・ナイズ
  • Japanese: ヴァンナイス
  • Japanese: ヴァンナイズ
  • Japanese: ヴァンナイズ地区
  • Japanese: カリフォルニア州
  • Japanese: バンナイス (ロサンゼルス)
  • Japanese: バンナイズ
  • Japanese: バンノイス
  • Korean: 밴 나이스
  • Korean: 밴나이스
  • Korean: 밴나이즈
  • Lithuanian: Van Naisas
  • Luxembourgish: Van Nuys
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Van Nuys
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Van Nuys
  • Norwegian: Van Nuys
  • Persian: ون نایز، لس‌آنجلس
  • Persian: ون نایز
  • Persian: ون نویس، لس آنجلس
  • Polish: Van Nuys
  • Portuguese: Van Nuys
  • Russian: Ван-Найс (Калифорния)
  • Russian: Ван-Найс
  • Scots: Van Nuys, Californie
  • Scots: Van Nuys, Los Angeles
  • Scots: Van Nuys
  • Slovenian: Van Nuys
  • South Azerbaijani: وان نویس
  • Spanish: Van Nuys (California)
  • Spanish: Van Nuys (Los Ángeles)
  • Spanish: Van Nuys
  • Swahili: Van Nuys
  • Swedish: Van Nuys
  • Turkish: Van Nuys
  • Ukrainian: Ван-Найс (Каліфорнія)
  • Ukrainian: Ван-Найс
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