Valley Glen
Valley Glen is a quiet central San Fernando Valley neighborhood of the City of Los Angeles, bordered by Sherman Oaks to the south, Van Nuys to the west, North Hollywood to the east, and Valley Village to the northeast. The neighborhood formally separated from Van Nuys and North Hollywood in 1998. Housing is dominated by mid-century single-family stock on tree-lined suburban blocks with a tucked-away residential character, and Los Angeles Valley College occupies a substantial campus on the eastern side.
Valley Glen market notes.
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Valley Glen's submarkets sort primarily by proximity to Los Angeles Valley College and by which arterial each block frames.
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Valley College area
The residential blocks framing the Los Angeles Valley College campus in the eastern part of the neighborhood. A mix of mid-century single-family and older multifamily, with a rental layer tied to the college's substantial daytime student population.
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Erwin Street corridor
The residential blocks framing Erwin Street through the middle of the neighborhood. Consistent mid-century single-family stock on tree-lined suburban streets, and the pedestrian Great Wall of Los Angeles mural runs along the nearby Tujunga Wash.
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Burbank Boulevard edge (south)
The residential blocks framing Burbank Boulevard on the southern side of the neighborhood near the Sherman Oaks boundary. Mid-century single-family stock with a slight premium tied to proximity to Sherman Oaks retail.
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Central Valley Glen
The residential core between Erwin Street and Victory Boulevard. Consistent 1950s and 1960s single-family tract on tree-lined suburban streets, one of the most consistent residential fabrics in the central Valley.
Schools, amenities, and getting around.
Schools
Los Angeles Unified School District serves the neighborhood. Elementary and middle school assignments vary by address. Van Nuys High School (in adjacent Van Nuys) is a common high school assignment. Los Angeles Valley College is a substantial two-year community college inside the neighborhood on Fulton Avenue.
Amenities and access
Los Angeles Valley College is a substantial two-year community college inside the neighborhood, one of the largest LACCD campuses. The Great Wall of Los Angeles (a half-mile-long mural along the Tujunga Wash flood control channel, considered one of the largest murals in the world) runs through the neighborhood. The 101 freeway sits at the southern edge for regional access. The Metro G Line (Orange) has stops on the southern edge along Oxnard Street.
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What buyers and sellers ask most often about Valley Glen.
How did Valley Glen become a separate neighborhood?
Valley Glen was formally separated from Van Nuys and North Hollywood in 1998 through a City Council name-change process. Residents pursued the split to reflect the distinct quiet residential character of the area that differed from the denser and more mixed-use adjacent neighborhoods. It shares LA city services and LA Unified School District coverage.What is Los Angeles Valley College?
Los Angeles Valley College is a substantial two-year community college on Fulton Avenue in Valley Glen, one of the larger campuses in the Los Angeles Community College District. It enrolls roughly 20,000 students across a broad range of programs and has a substantial physical campus that shapes the character of the surrounding residential blocks.What is the Great Wall of Los Angeles?
The Great Wall of Los Angeles is a half-mile-long mural painted along the concrete flood-control walls of the Tujunga Wash channel through Valley Glen. Created by artist Judy Baca and hundreds of collaborators starting in 1976, it depicts California history and is considered one of the largest murals in the world. It is a distinctive cultural landmark of the neighborhood.How does Valley Glen compare with Van Nuys and Sherman Oaks?
Van Nuys is directly west with a substantially larger footprint and denser mixed-use character. Sherman Oaks is directly south with substantial estate stock south of Ventura Boulevard and higher premiums. Valley Glen is the middle option and often reads as the quiet family-suburban alternative with more approachable pricing than Sherman Oaks and less commercial density than Van Nuys.What is the freeway and transit access from Valley Glen?
The 101 freeway sits at the southern edge of the neighborhood with direct access east to central LA and west to the Conejo Valley. The 170 freeway sits a short drive east through North Hollywood. The Metro G Line (Orange) bus rapid transit runs east-west along Oxnard Street on the southern edge, providing a transit connection to the NoHo Metro station.
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