Hawthorne Boulevard

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).

It extends from the Palos Verdes Peninsula northward through Torrance, Lawndale, Lennox, and Inglewood, a distance of more than twenty miles (32 km). Hawthorne Boulevard ends at Century Boulevard where it continues north to Hollywood as La Brea Avenue.

Hawthorne Boulevard is very distinctive through Lawndale and part of Hawthorne because it is very wide with business parking in the center between the northbound and southbound lanes; the parking area was once part of a Pacific Electric right-of-way.

Landmarks along Hawthorne Boulevard 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.

Hawthorne Boulevard is operated by Metro Local line 40 and Metro Rapid line 740 (between Century Boulevard and Artesia Boulevard), as well as Metro Express line 444 and Torrance Transit line 8 (south of Artesia Boulevard). Beginning in December 2009, on the proposed opening of the Metro Silver Line, the proposed route Metro Local line 344 will operate on Hawthorne Boulevard south of Artesia Boulevard, replacing Line 444.