Alamitos Heights is a neighborhood in the south-east portion of the city of
Long Beach
Long Beach is a city in Los Angeles County, California. It is the 42nd-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 466,742 as of 2020. A charter city, Long Beach is the seventh-most populous city in California.
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California
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United States
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The neighborhood is bounded by the
Pacific Coast Highway on the north, Colorado Street on the south, Park Avenue on the west, and Bellflower Boulevard on the east.
Surrounding neighborhoods include University Park Estates to the east,
Park Estates to the north, and
Belmont Heights to the west.
Alamitos Bay
Alamitos Bay is an inlet on the Pacific Ocean coast of southern California, United States, between the cities of Long Beach and Seal Beach, at the outlet of the San Gabriel River. It is near Los Angeles.
The bay is named for the Spanish word f ...
is located on the south of this neighborhood, and
Recreation Park is found to the west.
Alamitos Beach, several miles southwest near
downtown
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, is not contiguous; the Alamitos Heights neighborhood gained its name from Alamitos Bay, not the beach.
From 1904 to 1950, the neighborhood was served by the
Pacific Electric
The Pacific Electric Railway Company, nicknamed the Red Cars, was a privately owned mass transit system in Southern California consisting of electrically powered streetcars, interurban cars, and buses and was the largest electric railway system ...
Balboa Line
The Balboa Line was the southernmost route of the Pacific Electric Railway. It ran between Downtown Los Angeles and the Balboa Peninsula in Orange County by way of North Long Beach, though the route was later cut back to the Newport Dock. It was ...
.
See also
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Neighborhoods of Long Beach, California
Long Beach, California, is composed of many different neighborhoods. Some neighborhoods are named after thoroughfares, while others are named for nearby parks, schools, or city features.
Officially recognized neighborhoods
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References
External links
Official Alamitos Heights Improvement Association Website
Neighborhoods in Long Beach, California
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