Melrose Avenue

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Melrose Avenue is a shopping, dining and entertainment destination in Los Angeles, California, United States that starts at Santa Monica Boulevard, at the border between Beverly Hills and West Hollywood. It ends at Lucile Avenue in Silver Lake. Melrose runs north of Beverly Boulevard and south of Santa Monica Boulevard.

Paved in 1909, Melrose Avenue's namesake comes from the Massachusetts town of the same name.^[1]

Its most famous section, known as the Melrose District, is the West End through West Hollywood and the Fairfax District.

At the corner of Fairfax and Melrose is Fairfax High School, home of the Melrose Trading Post swap meet.

One of the most famous landmarks located on Melrose Avenue is Paramount Pictures.

Metro Local line 10 operates on Melrose Avenue. Cosmo Lombino, known as the Queen of Melrose, has three boutiques located on Melrose Avenue.