Van Nuys () is a neighborhood in the central

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region of

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. Home to Van Nuys Airport and the

Valley Municipal Building Van Nuys City Hall, built in 1932 originally as the Valley Municipal Building, serves various municipal services for the San Fernando Valley residents of the City of Los Angeles such as meeting chambers and public service offices and was dedicated ...

, it is the most populous neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley.

History

In 1909, the Suburban Homes Company – a syndicate led by Hobart Johnstone Whitley, general manager of the board of control, along with

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, H. G. Otis, M. H. Sherman and O. F. Brandt – purchased 48,000 acres of the Farming and Milling Company for $2.5 million.

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extended his

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(Red Cars) through the Valley to

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(now Canoga Park). The Suburban Home Company laid out plans for roads and the towns of Van Nuys, Reseda (Marian) and Canoga Park (Owensmouth). The rural areas were annexed into the city of Los Angeles in 1915. The town was founded in 1911 and named for

Isaac Newton Van Nuys Isaac Newton Van Nuys (; November 20, 1836 – February 12, 1912) was an American businessman, farmer and rancher who owned the entire southern portion of the San Fernando Valley—an area 15 miles long and 6 miles wide. With the approach of ...

, a rancher, entrepreneur and one of its developers. It was annexed by

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on May 22, 1915, after completion of the

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, providing it with the water required for further growth. Van Nuys was the first new stop on the San Fernando Line of the

red cars system, which boosted its early land sales and commercial success. From as far as Alhambra, in 1917, day trips were organized for potential buyers of five-acre farms. Van Nuys became the Valley's satellite Los Angeles municipal civic center with the 1932

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Valley Municipal Building (Van Nuys City Hall), a visual landmark and Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument, starting the present-day Government Center complex of government services buildings. In 1991, Marvin Braude, a member of the

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, redesignated a 45-block area of Van Nuys as a part of Sherman Oaks. This redesignated area included the community of Magnolia Woods. Some area residents had presented a petition and several original deeds that stated "Sherman Oaks" to Braude. They argued that the area was a part of Sherman Oaks until the 1960s, when ZIP Codes labeling the area as Van Nuys were established. Orange Line Bike Path, Van Nuys

In October 2005, the Metro Orange Line opened with two stations,

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and

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. In 2014, a "Great Streets" project was introduced by Mayor

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with Van Nuys Blvd. to be redesigned between Victory Blvd. and Oxnard Street. Also, Sepulveda Blvd. was resurfaced between Victory Blvd and Oxnard Street in May 2014. A new Los Angeles County family services building was built on the southwest corner of Van Nuys Blvd. and Saticoy Street in 2016.

Geography and climate

Van Nuys is bordered on the north by North Hills, on the northeast by Panorama City, on the east by

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, on the south by Sherman Oaks, on the southwest by the

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, on the west by Lake Balboa, and on the northwest by Northridge.Colored map, Mapping L.A.
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'' Its street and other boundaries are Roscoe Boulevard on the north, Sepulveda Boulevard, the Tujunga Wash, Woodman Avenue and Hazeltine Avenue on the east, Oxnard Street on the south, the

on the southwest and Odessa and Hayvenhurst avenues and Balboa Boulevard on the west.

Boundary changes

Some former Van Nuys neighborhoods won approval in 2009 by the Los Angeles City Council to break off from Van Nuys and join the neighboring communities of Lake Balboa,

, and Sherman Oaks in an effort to raise their property values. City Council member

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"suggested the change was motivated by racism."

Climate

Population

The 2000 U.S. census counted 136,443 residents in the 8.99-square-mile Van Nuys neighborhood—or 11,542 people per square mile. In 2000, the median age for residents was 28, considered young for city and county neighborhoods, and the percentages of residents aged 10 or younger and 19 to 34 were among the highest in Los Angeles County."Van Nuys," Mapping L.A.
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'' The neighborhood was considered "moderately diverse" ethnically within Los Angeles. The breakdown was

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s, 60.5%;

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s, 23.1%; Asians, 6.4%;

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s, 6%; and others, 4%. Mexico (41.5%) and El Salvador (17.3%) were the most common places of birth for the 49.8% of the residents who were born abroad—a high percentage for Los Angeles. There were 4,917 families headed by single parents or 21.3%, considered high for both the city and the county. The median yearly household income in 2008 dollars was $41,134, considered average for the city, but low for the county. The percentages of households that earned $40,000 or less were high for the county. Renters occupied 73.9% of the housing stock, and house- or apartment-owners held 26.1%.

Economy

Van Nuys Boulevard has a long and diverse commercial district along it, as do other major streets crossing through Van Nuys. There are two Target stores in Van Nuys, one on Sepulveda and Hatteras and another on Raymer and Kester. Van Nuys has two Asian supermarkets, one on Sherman Way and White Oak, and one on Sepulveda and Victory. From December 1947 until August 1992,

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operated an automobile factory called

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at Van Nuys Boulevard and Arminta Street to augment production efforts at their South Gate Assembly factory, which opened in 1936. The Van Nuys plant manufactured 6.3 million vehicles, including the

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, Corvair, and later was the primary location for the

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, Camaro, and

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. Other models built were the Chevrolet Monte Carlo, Chevelle, the

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, and the Pontiac Ventura. Badge engineered versions of the Impala, Nova and Camaro were also manufactured at this location. In October 1989, GM announced that Camaro and Firebird production would be moved to a facility in Sainte-Thérèse. Due to air quality remediation efforts and decreasing market share of GM products, the factory was closed. In 1999, The Plant shopping center opened on the former factory site, anchored by a

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, OfficeMax & 16-screen

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movie theater multiplex. Through the following years there were additions to The Plant shopping center the following additions were: In-N-Out Burger,

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, Gap Outlet, Ono Hawaiian BBQ,

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, and

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. Sound City Studios is a well-respected recording studio in Van Nuys. Van Nuys, along with Chatsworth, is home to numerous pornographic film studios, distributors, and manufacturers.

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operates a Van Nuys-area TACA Center at 6710 Van Nuys Boulevard. Various parts of the 1984 film ''

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'' were filmed in Van Nuys.

Government services

The Los Angeles Fire Department operates Station 39 (Van Nuys), Station 90 Van Nuys Airport Area, Station 100 West Van Nuys, and Station 102 East Van Nuys, serving the community. The

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operates the nearby Van Nuys Community Police Station at 6420 Sylmar Avenue, 91401, serving the neighborhood. The

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operates the Civic Center Van Nuys Post Office at 6200 Van Nuys Boulevard in Van Nuys (closed and moved outside the Van Nuys civic center to 6531 Van Nuys Blvd, Van Nuys, CA 91401) and the Van Nuys Post Office at 15701 Sherman Way in the Lake Balboa neighborhood in Los Angeles, west of Van Nuys.Map
. ''Lake Balboa Neighborhood Council''. Retrieved on December 6, 2008. The

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operates the Los Angeles Regional Office in Van Nuys. The

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operates the

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on Sherman Way west of Sepulveda Boulevard, but they closed that location and moved to a new location on Oakhurst and Plummer in Chatsworth in 2016. The agency serves a large population of developmentally disabled people living in the San Fernando Valley. The

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once operated a branch office on Van Nuys Boulevard north of Victory Boulevard in Van Nuys. This location was closed in 2011, and moved to Panorama City on Roscoe Blvd and Van Nuys Blvd.

Parks

The Van Nuys Recreation Area is in Van Nuys. The area has an auditorium and gymnasium with a capacity of 420 people, and a multipurpose/community room with a capacity of 20–25 people. The area has barbecue pits, lighted baseball diamonds, lighted outdoor basketball courts, a children's play area, a community room, lighted handball courts, an indoor gymnasium with no weights, picnic tables, a lighted soccer field, and lighted tennis courts. Delano Park in Van Nuys has an auditorium, barbecue pits, a lighted baseball diamond, a children's play area, a lighted football field, an indoor gymnasium with no weights, picnic tables, and a lighted soccer field. Woodley park picnic area

The Van Nuys adjacent Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area to the west is a large open space park behind

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. The

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connects Van Nuys to it and other valley destinations. It has numerous recreation facilities and natural areas, including a wildlife preserve, cricket complex, and archery range at Woodley Park. The Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Park is in Sherman Oaks, near Van Nuys. The park has an auditorium, two lighted baseball diamonds, six unlighted baseball diamonds, lighted indoor basketball courts, lighted outdoor basketball courts, a children's play area, a 60-person community room, a lighted football field, an indoor gymnasium without weights, picnic tables, a lighted soccer field, and lighted tennis courts. Located in the same place as the park, the Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Pool is a seasonal outdoor heated swimming pool. The Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Senior Citizen Center (a.k.a. Bernardi Center), also on the park grounds, has an auditorium and multi-purpose room. The senior community hall also has two community/meeting rooms, two kitchens, a play area, a shuffle board area, a stage, and two storage rooms. The Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Tennis Courts facility in the Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Park has eight courts.

Education

Fifteen percent of Van Nuys residents aged 25 and older had earned a four-year degree by 2000, an average figure for both the city and the county, but the percentage of the same-age residents who had less than a

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(43.1%) was high for Los Angeles. Schools within the Van Nuys boundaries are:

Public

The

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operates neighborhood public schools: * Kittridge Street Elementary School, 13619 Kittridge Street * Van Nuys Senior High School, 6535 Cedros Avenue * Cohasset Street Elementary School, 15810 Saticoy Street * Robert Fulton College Preparatory School, 7477 Kester Avenue * Valerio Street Elementary School, 15035 Valerio Street * Hazeltine Avenue Elementary School, 7150 Hazeltine Avenue * Columbus Avenue Elementary School, 6700 Columbus Avenue * Van Nuys Elementary School, 6464 Sylmar Avenue *

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Continuation School, 14711 Gilmore Street * Sylvan Park Elementary School, 6238 Noble Avenue * Van Nuys Adult School, 6535 Cedros Avenue * NVOC- Aviation Center, 16550 Saticoy Street Charter schools include: * Charter High School of Arts — Multimedia and Performing, 6952 Van Nuys Boulevard Van Nuys Middle School was in the Van Nuys community until 1991 when its area was moved into Sherman Oaks. The school continued to use the name "Van Nuys" despite the move.

Private

* Pacific Ridge School, 15339 Saticoy Street * Crossroads School, 6843 Lennox Avenue * St. Elisabeth School, elementary, 6635 Tobias Avenue * Grace Christian Academy, 6510 Peach Avenue * The Crawford Academy, 14530 Sylvan Street * Children's Community School, 14702 Sylvan Street *

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, 8071 Sepulveda Boulevard, has closed. *

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previously operated a campus in Van Nuys.

Public libraries

The Van Nuys Branch Library of the

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serves the community.

Transportation

Air

Van Nuys Airport, the 25th busiest airport in the

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, and among the 20 busiest airports in the world by aircraft movements, is located in Van Nuys. The closest airport with commercial airline service is Hollywood Burbank Airport in Burbank. The community includes a terminal for the Van Nuys FlyAway Bus service, which travels from Van Nuys to

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(LAX).

Public transit

Van Nuys has two Metro G Line stations: the

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and the Sepulveda (Los Angeles Metro station) which will be rebuilt on elevated bridges by 2024. The G Line connects to the Metro B Line subway at the North Hollywood (Los Angeles Metro station), for access to

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, and other Los Angeles Metro lines. The Metro Busway also uses the

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. All stations, and the neighborhood's major streets, are served by

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, Metro Rapid, and/or other bus lines and systems. The Metro G Line bicycle path and pedestrian walkway runs in a landscaped zone alongside the entire route, to Pierce College,

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, and the

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on the west, and North Hollywood on the east. The area also has

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and Metrolink service at

. It is served by the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner and Coast Starlight, and the Metrolink Ventura County Line. Van Nuys Boulevard is planned to host the East San Fernando Light Rail line by 2027 with construction starting in 2021.

Freeways

Van Nuys is served by the 405 (San Diego Freeway) passing through it. Other nearby freeways include the Route 101 (Ventura Freeway), the Route 170 (Hollywood Freeway), the Route 118 (Simi Valley Freeway), and the Golden State Freeway section of Interstate 5.

Healthcare

Valley Presbyterian Hospital is a 350-bed hospital at 15107 Vanowen St, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, CA 91405. It was founded in 1958 and initially designed by architect William Pereira. It has 350 beds, as well as an emergency room which can handle pediatric patients. Also in Van Nuys is the Southern California Hospital, at 14433 Emelita St, which is a psychiatric facility that provides no emergency services. The nearest

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hospital to Van Nuys is Kaiser Panorama City Medical Center.

Notable people

* George O. Abell (1927-1983), astronomer, professor *

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posted January 7, 2006, at Political-Graveyard * Brandon Boyd, vocalist of the multi-platinum rock band Incubus * Bishop Joseph V. Brennan, Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles * Steve Daines, U.S. senator from Montana *

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, actress and comedienne * Andy Devine, actor, honorary mayor from 1938 to 1957 *

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, Hall of Fame baseball player *

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, murderer * Michael Erush (born 1984), soccer player and coach *

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, baseball pitcher and coach * Laurence D. Fink, financierSuzanna Andrews
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''Vanity Fair'', April 2010 * Brian Austin Green, actor * Robert Harland, actor *

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, UFC fighter * Michael Hunter, Professional boxer *

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, musician * Jon Locke, western television actor * Gary Lockwood, actor *

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, songwriter * Delamere Francis McCloskey, Los Angeles City Council member, 1941–43 *

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, voice actor *

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, actor * Matt Moore, professional football player * Neal Morse, musician * Tony Muser, Major League Baseball player and manager * Chris O'Loughlin (born 1967), Olympic fencerVittorio Tafur (July 26, 1990)
">"Acting Career Foiled by Love of Swordplay: Fencing: Van Nuys native cuts wide swath in U.S. circles with an epee, but international success proves elusive,"
''Los Angeles Times''. *

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, Indy 500 Qualifier * Miss Coco Peru, actor and drag performer * Chris Pinnick, musician * Sherri Rasmussen, murder victim *

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, actor, director, producerStated on '' Inside the Actors Studio'', 2005 *

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, actor * Shorty Rogers, jazz musician and arranger * Jane Russell, actress * Herbert Ryman, artist and Disney imagineer * Nikki Sixx, musician * Brody King, professional wrestler and musician * Camryn Grimes, actress * Bob Walk, baseball player and broadcaster * Bob Waterfield, professional football player *

Brooke White Brooke Elizabeth White (born June 2, 1983) is an American folk-pop singer-songwriter and actress from Mesa, Arizona who was the fifth place finalist on the seventh season of ''American Idol''. In 2005, White released her first studio album, cal ...

, singer, ''American Idol'' Season 7 finalist * Hobart Johnstone Whitley, real-estate developer * Cindy Williams, actress * Natalie Wood, actress * Todd Zeile, professional baseball player

Notable places

* Van Nuys Boulevard *

Van Nuys City Hall Van Nuys City Hall, built in 1932 originally as the Valley Municipal Building, serves various municipal services for the San Fernando Valley residents of the City of Los Angeles such as meeting chambers and public service offices and was dedicate ...

Galpin Auto Sports Galpin Auto Sports (or GAS) is an American custom car and automobile repair shop located in Van Nuys which specializes in customizing and remodeling vehicles specifically for their drivers. They also provide specialty parts and accessories. The ...

— ''"Pimp My Ride" (seasons 5 and 6)''. *

Busch Gardens Busch Gardens is the name of two amusement parks in the United States, owned and operated by SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment. The original park is in Tampa, Florida, and the second park is in Williamsburg, Virginia. There were also previously B ...

theme park (1964–1979), demolished. * Sound City Studios File:Van Nuys Post Office 05.16.10 pic.JPG, Van Nuys Post Office File:Erwin St. Mall, Van Nuys.JPG, Erwin Street Pedestrian Mall in Government Center File:Govt Center, Van Nuys Blvd. and Erwin.JPG, Government Center, Van Nuys Boulevard and Erwin Street File:Marvin Braude SFV Constituent Svc Ctr.JPG, Marvin Braude San Fernando Valley Constituent Service Center, at Government Center File:Van Nuys State Office Building.JPG, Van Nuys State Office Building at Government Center File:LA Muni Court, Van Nuys Div.JPG, Los Angeles Superior Court, Van Nuys Division, at Government Center File:Van Nuys Library (new).JPG, New Van Nuys Branch,

, Sylmar Avenue Mall. File:Van Nuys Community Police Station, 6240 Sylmar Ave Mall.JPG, Van Nuys Community Police Station, 6240 Sylmar Avenue Mall File:Van Nuys Civic Child Development Ctr.JPG, Van Nuys Civic Child Development Center File:Van Nuys Blvd and Delano.JPG, Van Nuys Boulevard and Delano St. File:Valley Presbyterian Hospital, Van Nuys, CA.JPG, Valley Presbyterian Hospital

References

External links

Van Nuys Profile - Mapping L.A.
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Getty.edu: Van Nuys (neighborhood)
* {{Authority control Communities in the San Fernando Valley Neighborhoods in Los Angeles 1911 establishments in California Populated places established in 1911