Lincoln Heights Jail

Lincoln Heights Jail is a former jail building complex in the Lincoln Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, located adjacent to the Los Angeles River and situated about 0.7 miles southwest of the Lincoln/Cypress station.

Photo: Laurie Avocado, CC BY 2.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Arroyo Seco and Lincoln/Cypress station.

Arroyo Seco

Stream

Photo: Bobak, CC BY 3.0.

The Arroyo Seco, meaning "dry stream" in Spanish, is a 24.9-mile-long seasonal river, canyon, watershed, and cultural area in Los Angeles County, California.

Lincoln/Cypress station

Railway station

Photo: GTD Aquitaine, Public domain.

Lincoln/Cypress station is an elevated light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located above Avenue 26 between Artesian Street and Lacy Street in the Lincoln Heights and Cypress Park neighborhoods of Los Angeles, and next… Lincoln/Cypress station is situated 1,800 feet northeast of Lincoln Heights Jail.

Chavez Ravine

Stadium

Photo: Frederick Dennstedt, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Baseball has been considered America's pastime for over a century and today remains one of the biggest sports in the country. Baseball is played at a number of amateur levels, from Little League to High School to College, and professional leagues range from the lowest Minor Leagues to Major League Baseball. Chavez Ravine is situated 1 mile west of Lincoln Heights Jail.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lincoln Heights and Cypress Park.

Lincoln Heights

Suburb

Photo: Patstewmart, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lincoln Heights is a neighborhood in the Eastside of Los Angeles, California, United States, located east of the Los Angeles River. It is one of the city's oldest neighborhoods and was called "East Los Angeles" from 1873 to 1917.

Cypress Park

Quarter

Photo: GTD Aquitaine, Public domain.

Cypress Park is a densely populated neighborhood of 10,000+ residents in Northeast Los Angeles, California. Surrounded by hills on three sides, it sits in the valley created by the Los Angeles River and the Arroyo Seco.

Chinatown

Suburb

Photo: J3ff, Public domain.

Chinatown is a neighborhood north of downtown Los Angeles, California, that became a commercial center for Chinese and other Asian businesses in Central Los Angeles in 1938.

Lincoln Heights Jail

Type: Ruins
Description: former jail in Los Angeles, California, US
Categories: fixed construction and building
Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

34.07744° or 34° 4′ 39″ north

Longitude

-118.22494° or 118° 13′ 30″ west

Elevation

430 feet (131 metres)

Height

104 feet (32 metres)

Open location code

85633QGG+X2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 429176507

OpenStreetMap feature

building=ruins

Wikidata ID

Q12858813

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“Lincoln Heights Jail” goes by many names.

Catalan: “presó Lincoln Heights”
Spanish: “Carcel Lincoln Heights”
Spanish: “Cárcel Lincoln Heights”

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