Rosecrans Avenue


Rosecrans Avenue is a major west-east thoroughfare in Los Angeles and Orange Counties, California, USA. It has a total length of 27.5 miles. The street is named after U.S. Union General William S. Rosecrans, who purchased of Rancho Sausal Redondo southwest of Los Angeles in 1869. Rosecrans Avenue was originally named Drexel Avenue, and ran through the Rosecrans Rancho which is part of modern-day Gardena.

Route description

Rosecrans Avenue begins at the beach near El Porto in Manhattan Beach. On its route, it crosses through Manhattan Beach, El Segundo, Hawthorne, Lawndale, Alondra Park, Gardena, Harbor Gateway, Los Angeles, Willowbrook, Compton, East Rancho Dominguez, Paramount, Downey, Bellflower, Norwalk, Santa Fe Springs, La Mirada, Buena Park, and Fullerton. It intersects the 405, 110, 710, 605, and 5 freeways. Rosecrans is mostly a straight road until the intersection with Clark Avenue in Bellflower and again at Valley View Avenue in La Mirada when it starts to curve through the West Coyote Hills. Rosecrans enters the cities of Fullerton and Buena Park and crosses into Orange County after the intersection with Beach Boulevard. Rosecrans Avenue enters Buena Park at Ralph B. Clark Regional Park before entering Fullerton. The eastern terminus of Rosecrans Avenue is at the intersection with Euclid Street in Fullerton.
From Lakewood Boulevard in Downey/Bellflower to Valley View Avenue in Santa Fe Springs/La Mirada, Rosecrans is about one mile south of, and runs parallel to Imperial Highway.

Termini

line 109, Metro Local line 125 and Norwalk Transit line 5 operate on Rosecrans Avenue. The Metro Silver Line Rosecrans/I-110 station on the Harbor Transitway is located above Interstate 110. At Douglas Street, the Metro Green Line serves a station.

In popular culture

Rosecrans Avenue is well-known among hip hop culture for its reputation for violence and crime. The thoroughfare is commonly associated with Compton native Kendrick Lamar, as he often mentions it in numerous songs from his second studio album good kid, m.A.A.d city, most notably "m.A.A.d city" and "Compton".
The street is mentioned by Tupac Shakur in "California Love", as well as "Genocide" by Dr. Dre.
Rosecrans is an album by DJ Quik and Problem named after Rosecrans Avenue.