Valley Village, Los Angeles

"Valley Village" redirects here. For the neighborhood in Louisville, Kentucky, see Valley Village, Louisville.

Valley Village
—  Neighborhood of Los Angeles  —
Valley Village Location within Los Angeles/San Fernando Valley
Coordinates: 34.16488°N 118.39650°W / 34.16488; -118.39650
Country	United States
State	California
County	Los Angeles
City	Los Angeles
Time zone	PST (UTC-8)
• Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP code	91607

Valley Village Park

Valley Village is a district located in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California, north of Studio City, west and south of North Hollywood, and east of Sherman Oaks. Approximately 22,000 residents live within the boundaries of Valley Village, which consists mostly of single family homes and small shops and businesses. Valley Village has a significant Jewish population. The Valley Village Post Office encompasses the 91607 ZIP code.

The community of Valley Village was first formed in 1939. It was originally considered part of North Hollywood, although it is more upscale than most of North Hollywood. In the 1990s, Valley Village was officially recognized as a separate community by the Los Angeles City Council.

Valley Village is bordered by the Ventura Freeway to the south, the Hollywood Freeway to the east, the Tujunga Wash to the west, and Burbank Boulevard to the north.

Neighborhood council

The interests of the residents of Valley Village are represented by a citizen advisory board known as the Neighborhood Council Valley Village (NCVV), which functions as a conduit or bridge between City Hall and Valley Village. Neighborhood Council Valley Village consists of 15 board members elected by the Stakeholders. In order to give a voice to every segment of the community the board is elected from qualified representatives as follows: Three residential homeowners, three residential renters, three business owners/representatives, one educational community, one faith-based community, one community-based senior organization, one community-based service organization, one community-based cultural organization, and one at-large representative.

A new website has now been created specifically to bring Valley Village neighborhoods together. It has divided the entire region into 21 smaller neighborhoods, and citizens can then go to specific message boards to discuss what's going on in their area. There is also a section for neighbors to share their experiences with contractors (good or bad) and they can also talk about restaurants, businesses and even criminal activity in the area. The Valley Villager Website

Education

Walter Reed Middle School

Residents of the neighborhood attend school in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Some residents are zoned to Colfax Elementary School, Burbank Elementary School (North Hollywood), or Riverside Elementary School (in Sherman Oaks). Some residents are zoned to Walter Reed Middle School (in Studio City) or Millikan Middle School (in Sherman Oaks). For high school, Valley Village residents attend either North Hollywood High School (in Valley Village) or Grant High School (in Valley Glen).

The high school campus of Oakwood School, a private school, is in Valley Village.

Due to the significant amount of Orthodox Jews living in Valley Village, many families choose to send their children to Yeshivat Yavneh in Hancock Park, California for schooling from "Mommy & Me" to the 8th Grade, or to Emek Hebrew Academy (Yeshivat HaEmek) in Sherman Oaks. For grade 9th through 12, high school, many^{[citation needed]} families choose to send their children to Yeshiva University of Los Angeles (YULA) in Los Angeles or Valley Torah High School (VTHS) in Valley Village.

Demographics

In the year 2000, there were a reported 16,100 people. 75.05% White, 18.39% Hispanic/Latino, 6.46% Black, 5.01% Asian, and 8.52% of Another Race.^{[citation needed]}

In 2009, the Los Angeles Times's "Mapping L.A." project supplied these Valley Village neighborhood statistics: population: 24,190; median household income: $85,470.

Valley Village, is also the location of a famous YouTube video-poster Shane Dawson

Parks and recreation

The North Hollywood Recreation Center is mostly in North Hollywood, with a portion in Valley Village. The park has an auditorium, lighted indoor baseball diamond courts, lighted outdoor baseball diamonds, lighted outdoor basketball courts, a children's play area, lighted handball courts, picnic tables, an outdoor unheated seasonal pool, and lighted tennis courts. In addition the center has an indoor gymnasium which can be used as a second auditorium and a community room; the gymnasium's capacity is 250 people.

External links

• Neighborhood Council of Valley Village
• Valley Village Homeowners Association
• The Valley Villager Neighborhood Website