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Location | 4330 South
Crenshaw Boulevard Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 34°00′14″N 118°19′56″W / 34.003951°N 118.332171°W | ||||||||||||
Owned by | Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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Opened | October 7, 2022[1] | ||||||||||||
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Leimert Park station is an underground light rail station on the K Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located underneath Crenshaw Boulevard at its intersection with Vernon Avenue in the Leimert Park neighborhood of Los Angeles.
The Leimert Park station was funded and fully incorporated into the project in May 2013 after massive community support for a tunnel under Park Mesa Heights. [2] [3]
The station opened on October 7, 2022. [1] Metro held a ceremonial ribbon cutting ceremony for the station on June 25, 2022. [4] [5]
The station incorporates artwork by three artists: Ingrid Calame, Mickalene Thomas, and Deanna Erdmann. [6]
G | Street level | Entrance/Exit |
B1 | Mezzanine | Faregates, ticket machines, to Entrance/Exit |
B2 | Northbound | ← K Line toward Expo/Crenshaw ( Martin Luther King Jr.) |
Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
Southbound | K Line toward Westchester/Veterans ( Hyde Park) → |
K Line service hours are approximately from 4:30 a.m. until 12:00 a.m. daily. Trains operate every 10 minutes throughout the day on weekdays. Night service is every 20 minutes. Due to the ongoing construction of the new LAX/Metro Transit Center station, trains temporarily run 20-minute headways on weekends. [7]
As of spring 2024, the following connections are available: [8]
The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:
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