Palms Real Estate

Palms Real Estate

This guide to Palms real estate covers a neighborhood inside the City of Los Angeles that Wikipedia describes as a community in the Westside region of Los Angeles, founded in 1886 and annexed to the city in 1915. Wikipedia lists ZIP Code 90034, gives the area as 1.5 square miles and says Palms has no official boundaries. Wikipedia’s Culver City article names the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Mar Vista and Palms to that city’s north.

Read on for the neighborhood’s history, the Moreton Bay Fig Tree, getting around, parks, shopping, the library and schools, and the zoning and assessment tools. Current prices, rents, schools and weather follow, each with its source and date. Palms is one of the communities in the Westside section of this site.

Palms Real Estate By The Numbers

A Short History Of Palms

Wikipedia says the area that later became Palms was part of the Rancho La Ballona, and that the Southern Pacific completed its Los Angeles route in 1883. It says the first tract map was dated December 26, 1886, “which is now considered the birth date of Palms,” and that the place was named The Palms even though palm trees had to be brought in and planted near the train station.

City Planning’s Historic Resources Survey Report for the Palms – Mar Vista – Del Rey Community Plan Area says that Palms “was annexed to the City of Los Angeles” in 1915. Wikipedia adds that “Both Palms and the Valley entered Los Angeles on May 22, 1915.” It says the land west of Overland Avenue was not annexed until 1927, and that the portion of Palms girded by Overland, Sepulveda, National and Charnock Road was developed just before World War II as Westside Village.

Wikipedia says the Palms-Southern Pacific Railroad Depot was one of only two depots between Los Angeles and Santa Monica, and its article on the depot says the two-story wood building was originally at the corner of National Boulevard and Vinton Avenue. The Palms article says the depot was moved to the Heritage Square Museum, which Wikipedia’s article on the museum places in the Montecito Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles.

The Moreton Bay Fig Tree

City Planning’s Historical Cultural Monuments List shows Historic-Cultural Monument 19, the Moreton Bay Fig Tree, at 11000 National Boulevard, 3010 Tilden Avenue and 11015 Clover Avenue. It gives the community plan area as Palms – Mar Vista – Del Rey and the date adopted as 05/10/1963. Wikipedia’s list of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments on the Westside gives Palms as its neighborhood and describes it as a fig tree planted in 1875.

Getting Around Palms

Wikipedia’s Palms article says Palms is served by the San Diego Freeway (405) and the Santa Monica Freeway (10). Wikipedia describes the Palms station as a light rail station on the E Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system, located over the intersection of National Boulevard and Palms Boulevard in the Palms neighborhood, and gives its address as 10001 National Boulevard. The Palms article says the Expo Bike Path allows for bicycle access to the Palms station.

Metro’s Line Schedules and Maps page lists the E Line as running between East Los Angeles and Santa Monica and Line 33 as Santa Monica – Downtown LA via Venice Bl. The E Line timetable it links, effective December 14, 2025, lists a Palms station, and the Line 33 timetable, effective June 7, 2026, lists Palms among the place names on its cover. Wikipedia’s Venice Boulevard article says the boulevard briefly forms the boundary between the Palms neighborhood and Culver City. The numbers section shows the closest rail station and its distance.

Parks And Open Space

The City’s recreation and parks website lists the Palms Recreation Center, titled “Palms Recreation Center AKA Rosalind Wyman,” at 2950 Overland Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90064. The listed features include an auditorium, barbecue pits, lighted outdoor basketball courts, a play area, a community room and picnic tables. The page also names Roz Wyman-Palms Park and says it “is located at the intersection of Overland Avenue and the 10 West freeway.” Wikipedia says Palms Park and Recreation Center are in Palms.

The City’s page for Woodbine Park lists 3409 S. Vinton Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90034, with barbecue pits, lighted outdoor basketball courts, a play area and picnic tables. Wikipedia says Woodbine Park is also located in Palms. The numbers section also counts the parks, grocery stores, restaurants and coffee shops within one mile, using OpenStreetMap.

Shopping And Dining

Wikipedia calls Venice Boulevard and Motor Avenue “the two primary commercial corridors in the neighborhood” and says both feature dedicated bicycle lanes.

Library, Schools And Colleges

The Los Angeles Public Library’s Palms – Rancho Park Branch Library page lists the branch at 2920 Overland Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90064, with a parking lot, a bike rack, public computers, Wi-Fi and wireless printing. The Los Angeles Unified School District says its area includes most of the city of Los Angeles, and its website links to school search, school directory and enrollment pages.

Wikipedia’s Palms article mentions two UCLA housing complexes among the neighborhood’s apartment buildings. The numbers section lists nearby K-12 and adult schools, colleges and trade schools by distance, with links to their official pages. School attendance areas are set by the school district, so confirm them with the district for any address you are considering.

Look Up A Palms Address

Free public tools let anyone check an address’s zoning and assessment details. City Planning’s Palms – Mar Vista – Del Rey Community Plan page says the plan area includes the neighborhoods of Palms, Mar Vista, Del Rey and Playa Vista. ZIMAS is a web-based mapping tool from City Planning that provides zoning information for properties located in Los Angeles. The County Office of the Assessor also has a public portal for property assessment information.

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