title: Slauson Avenue
text: Slauson Avenue is a major east–west thoroughfare traversing the central part of  Los Angeles County, California. It was named for the land developer and Los Angeles Board of Education member J. S. Slauson. It passes through Culver City, Ladera Heights, View Park-Windsor Hills, South Los Angeles, Huntington Park, Maywood, Commerce, Montebello, Pico Rivera, Whittier, and Santa Fe Springs. The street runs  from  McDonald Street in Culver City and to Santa Fe Springs Road, where it becomes Mulberry Drive in Whittier. Mulberry Drive ends at Scott Avenue in South Whittier.
  
  Transit
  
  Metro Rail
  There are three major transit stations (two light rail) on Slauson Avenue. They include the Slauson Station of the Metro A Line and the Hyde Park Station on the Metro K Line.
  
  Metro Bus and Freeways
  Slauson/I-110 Station of the Metro J Line is elevated in the median of Interstate 110 freeway.
  
  Metro Local line 108 operates on Slauson Avenue. 
  
  The eastern terminus of the State Route 90, the Marina Freeway, is at Slauson Avenue.
  In Los Angeles, the street is south of Washington Boulevard and Vernon Avenue, but north of Gage Avenue and Florence Avenue.
  
  Landmarks
  Slauson Avenue was noted for a former Bethlehem Steel mill on the 3300 block. At one time Slauson Avenue was a center for urban heavy industry in Los Angeles; the ATSF Harbor Subdivision once ran along Slauson Avenue. It is also known for the  Simply Wholesome Vegetarian restaurant and Health food store, as well as the historic Jet Inn motor hotel.
  
  Revitalization Project
  Portions of Slauson Avenue have been revitalized with a new tree-lined barrier, new LED street and traffic lights and metro local bus benches. The project was officially completed in May 2017.
  
  In popular culture
  
  Nipsey Hussle 
  Rapper Ermias Asghedom (1985–2019), professionally known as Nipsey Hussle, was from Los Angeles. He frequently referred to Crenshaw and Slauson Avenue in his music, and was nicknamed Neighborhood Nip for that reason. He owned the Marathon Clothing Store on the intersection. The intersection was named Ermias “Nipsey Hussle” Asghedom Square in April 2019 to honor him.
  
  Dr. Dre 
  
  The music video for Dr. Dre's 1993 song "Let Me Ride" was shot on location on Slauson Avenue.  One of Dr. Dre's lyrics in the song also references the avenue: "The sun went down when I hit Slauson, On my way to the strip, now I'm just flossin".
  
  The Tonight Show
  The avenue became well known to non-Angelenos around the U.S.  because of Johnny Carson's running joke about the "Slauson Cutoff'''" during his "Tea-Time Movie" sketches on The Tonight Show.''
  
  See also
   Baldwin Hills Mountains
   Lester R. Rice-Wray—Los Angeles City Council member recalled from office because of his stand on a mid-20th century Slauson storm-drain proposal
  
  References
  
  Baldwin Hills (mountain range)
  Culver City, California
  Huntington Park, California
  Inglewood, California
  Maywood, California
  Montebello, California
  Pico Rivera, California
  Whittier, California
  Streets in Los Angeles County, California
  South Los Angeles