South Robertson, Los Angeles, California
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South Robertson is a Los Angeles
neighborhood south of Beverly Hills
. The commercial district along Robertson is sometimes called SoRo Village. It is served by zip codes 90034 and 90035, and a local neighborhood council. It is bordered to the North by the Beverly Hills border/Whitworth Drive, when west of Robertson Blvd.; Beverly Hills border/Gregory Way when east of Robertson Blvd. To the South the 10 Freeway, Robertson Blvd. off-ramp, and Exposition Blvd. along the Culver City border. To the West Roxbury Drive (Hillcrest Country Club east lot edge), Beverwil Drive (including attached cul-de-sacs), Shelby Drive, and National Blvd. To the East the west side of La Cienega Blvd.
s "Mapping L.A." project supplied these "Pico-Robertson" neighborhood statistics: population: 18,019; median household income: $63,356.
, the neighborhood is served by Canfield, Crescent Heights, Shenandoah, and Castle Heights elementary schools and Emerson Middle School. The high school for the South Robertson neighborhood is Hamilton High School. The magnet school
Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies
(LACES) is in the nearby Faircrest Heights neighborhood.
s, Chinese
, Italian
and Mexican
restaurants, a donut shop, a frozen yogurt shop, bakeries, and butchers. The community features four men's mikvahs and one woman's mikvah, the largest known as the Los Angeles Mikvah
. There are several Jewish day schools located in the Pico Robertson area. The Chabad community operates four schools, Bais Chaya Mushka and Bais Chana, both of which are on Pico Boulevard, as well as the newly relocated Cheder Menachem on La Cienega. Yeshiva University High School has campuses on both South Robertson Boulevard and West Pico Boulevard, in the heart of the Pico-Robertson Jewish community.
The community overall has a wide variety of Jewish denominational groups. Over the past two decades, the Orthodox community has grown to become the most largest Jewish denomination in the area. This is evident in the growth of the Hasidic community. According to Chabad http://www.chabad.org, the Hasidic movement
has eleven centers in the immediate Pico-Robertson area, including the two high schools, boys cheder, day school, six synagogues, and a community center. Minyan Finder reports over twenty synagogues operating in the area . http://www.godaven.com/
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
neighborhood south of Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills, California
Beverly Hills is an affluent city located in Los Angeles County, California, United States. With a population of 34,109 at the 2010 census, up from 33,784 as of the 2000 census, it is home to numerous Hollywood celebrities. Beverly Hills and the neighboring city of West Hollywood are together...
. The commercial district along Robertson is sometimes called SoRo Village. It is served by zip codes 90034 and 90035, and a local neighborhood council. It is bordered to the North by the Beverly Hills border/Whitworth Drive, when west of Robertson Blvd.; Beverly Hills border/Gregory Way when east of Robertson Blvd. To the South the 10 Freeway, Robertson Blvd. off-ramp, and Exposition Blvd. along the Culver City border. To the West Roxbury Drive (Hillcrest Country Club east lot edge), Beverwil Drive (including attached cul-de-sacs), Shelby Drive, and National Blvd. To the East the west side of La Cienega Blvd.
Demographics
In 2009, the Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times
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s "Mapping L.A." project supplied these "Pico-Robertson" neighborhood statistics: population: 18,019; median household income: $63,356.
Education
Part of the Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified School District
Los Angeles Unified School District is the largest public school system in California. It is the 2nd largest public school district in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population...
, the neighborhood is served by Canfield, Crescent Heights, Shenandoah, and Castle Heights elementary schools and Emerson Middle School. The high school for the South Robertson neighborhood is Hamilton High School. The magnet school
Magnet school
In education in the United States, magnet schools are public schools with specialized courses or curricula. "Magnet" refers to how the schools draw students from across the normal boundaries defined by authorities as school zones that feed into certain schools.There are magnet schools at the...
Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies
Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies
The Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies is a university preparatory secondary school located in Los Angeles, California, United States.LACES, which serves grades 6 through 12, is a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District....
(LACES) is in the nearby Faircrest Heights neighborhood.
Jewish community
The neighborhood features more than thirty Certified Kosher restaurants http://kosherla.info, including deliDelicatessen
Delicatessen is a term meaning "delicacies" or "fine foods". The word entered English via German,with the old German spelling , plural of Delikatesse "delicacy", ultimately from Latin delicatus....
s, Chinese
Chinese cuisine
Chinese cuisine is any of several styles originating in the regions of China, some of which have become highly popular in other parts of the world – from Asia to the Americas, Australia, Western Europe and Southern Africa...
, Italian
Italian cuisine
Italian cuisine has developed through centuries of social and political changes, with roots as far back as the 4th century BCE. Italian cuisine in itself takes heavy influences, including Etruscan, ancient Greek, ancient Roman, Byzantine, Jewish and Arab cuisines...
and Mexican
Mexican cuisine
Mexican cuisine, a style of food that originates in Mexico, is known for its varied flavors, colourful decoration and variety of spices and ingredients, most of which are native to the country. The cuisine of Mexico has evolved through thousands of years of blending indigenous cultures, with later...
restaurants, a donut shop, a frozen yogurt shop, bakeries, and butchers. The community features four men's mikvahs and one woman's mikvah, the largest known as the Los Angeles Mikvah
Mikvah
Mikveh is a bath used for the purpose of ritual immersion in Judaism...
. There are several Jewish day schools located in the Pico Robertson area. The Chabad community operates four schools, Bais Chaya Mushka and Bais Chana, both of which are on Pico Boulevard, as well as the newly relocated Cheder Menachem on La Cienega. Yeshiva University High School has campuses on both South Robertson Boulevard and West Pico Boulevard, in the heart of the Pico-Robertson Jewish community.
The community overall has a wide variety of Jewish denominational groups. Over the past two decades, the Orthodox community has grown to become the most largest Jewish denomination in the area. This is evident in the growth of the Hasidic community. According to Chabad http://www.chabad.org, the Hasidic movement
Hasidic Judaism
Hasidic Judaism or Hasidism, from the Hebrew —Ḥasidut in Sephardi, Chasidus in Ashkenazi, meaning "piety" , is a branch of Orthodox Judaism that promotes spirituality and joy through the popularisation and internalisation of Jewish mysticism as the fundamental aspects of the Jewish faith...
has eleven centers in the immediate Pico-Robertson area, including the two high schools, boys cheder, day school, six synagogues, and a community center. Minyan Finder reports over twenty synagogues operating in the area . http://www.godaven.com/