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Nordhoff Street is a major east–west
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that runs for in the northwest
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Name

Nordhoff Street was named after
Charles Nordhoff Charles Bernard Nordhoff (February 1, 1887 – April 10, 1947) was an American novelist and traveler, born in England. Nordhoff is perhaps best known for '' The Bounty Trilogy'', three historical novels he wrote with James Norman Hall: '' Mutin ...
, a 19th-century a journalist whose writings about California attracted many transplants.


Route

Nordhoff Street travels east–west across the northern
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. From west to east, it travels through Chatsworth, Northridge, North Hills, and
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, and into Arleta. Nordhoff also marks the northern boundary separating Northridge from
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. The street is four lanes or more for almost its entire length, and it contains a gap at Corbin Avenue, although the gap is bridged by Nordhoff Way.


Transit

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Line 166 runs along Nordhoff Street and the G Line's Nordhoff station is located at Nordhoff and Canoga Avenue in Chatsworth. The East San Fernando Valley Light Rail Transit Project plans to have a stop at Nordhoff and
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in
Panorama City Panorama City is a neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles, California, in the San Fernando Valley. It has a generally young age range as well as the highest population density in the Valley. More than half of the neighborhood's population was b ...
. Nordhoff is a major contributor to the North San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor. In 2019, Bus Rapid Transit was proposed on Nordhoff as part of this corridor, but it was blocked by local residents.


Notable landmarks

Notable landmarks on Nordhoff include (from west to east): Chatsworth Nature Preserve, Northridge Fashion Center,
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, and Dearborn Park.
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and
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are also located on Nordhoff. Schools on Nordhoff include (from west to east):
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, Dearborn Elementary Charter Academy, James Monroe High School, Valor Academy Middle School, and Primary Academy-Success School.


References

{{Streets in Los Angeles Streets in the San Fernando Valley Streets in Los Angeles Streets in Los Angeles County, California Chatsworth, Los Angeles Northridge, Los Angeles Panorama City, Los Angeles Arleta, Los Angeles