Hawthorne Boulevard, once known as "Hawthorne Avenue", is the name of a major Southern California thoroughfare also signed as State Route 107 (and as Los Angeles County Route N7 through the Palos Verdes Peninsula). State Route 107 runs from State Route 1 to Redondo Beach Boulevard at Lawndale via Hawthorne Boulevard in Torrance. Palos Verdes is a name often used to refer to a group of rich people on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in southwestern Los Angeles County in California.
It extends from the Palos Verdes Peninsula northward through Torrance, Lawndale, Lennox, and Inglewood, a distance of more than twenty miles. Torrance is a city located in the " South Bay " (southwestern region of Los Angeles County California. Lawndale is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Lennox is a Census-designated place (CDP in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Inglewood is a city in southwestern Los Angeles County California, southwest of downtown Los Angeles. Hawthorne Boulevard ends at Century Boulevard where it continues north to Hollywood as La Brea Avenue. Century Boulevard is a street in South Los Angeles, extending from Wilmington Avenue in the east to the passenger terminals at Los Angeles International Airport La Brea Avenue is a prominent north/south thoroughfare in Los Angeles.
Hawthorne Bouleward is very distinctive through Lawndale and part of Hawthorne because it is very wide with business parking in the center between the north and southbound lanes.
Landmarks along Hawthorne Bouleward include Point Vicente Park, Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, South Coast Park Del Amo Fashion Center, South Bay Galleria, Hawthorne Plaza, and the Hawthorne Station for the LACMTA Green Line. Palos Verdes Peninsula High School (also known as Peninsula High Pen High or PVPHS) is one of three public High schools on the Palos Verdes Del Amo Fashion Center is a two-level regional Shopping mall in Torrance California USA. South Bay Galleria, formerly named Galleria at South Bay, is a mall in Redondo Beach outside of Los Angeles California. Hawthorne Plaza is a partially abandoned shopping center along Hawthorne Boulevard between 120th and 128th Streets in Hawthorne California. Hawthorne is a LACMTA Green Line station of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The Metro Green Line is a Light rail line in Los Angeles County that connects the cities of Manhattan Beach, El Segundo Hawthorne Lynwood South Gate Los Angeles
Bus service between Century Boulevard and Artesia Boulevard is served by Metro Local 40 and Metro Rapid 740. Metro Local is a Bus service in Los Angeles County, operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Metro Rapid is a Bus rapid transit system in Los Angeles County California, mainly operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Service south of Artesia Boulevard is served by Metro Express 444 and Torrance Transit 8. Metro Express is a form of Express bus service in Los Angeles County California, operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Torrance Transit is a transit agency serving mainly Torrance California.