Devonshire Street (Los Angeles)
{{short description|Arterial road in Los Angeles's San Fernando Valley}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox street
|name=Devonshire Boulevard
|image=
|caption=
|namesake=Duke of Devonshire
|maint=Bureau of Street Services, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
|length_mi=10
| metro= {{LACMTA link logo}}{{LACMTA icon|G}}Chatsworth
|direction_a=West
|terminus_a=Chatsworth Park South in Chatsworth
|junction={{jct|state=CA|SR|27}}
{{jct|state=CA|I|405}}
|direction_b=East
|terminus_b=Arleta Avenue in Pacoima
}}
Devonshire Street is an east–west arterial road that runs for {{convert|10|mi|km|}} across the northwest San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, California.
Name
Devonshire Street was named after the numerous Dukes of Devonshire who have lived in Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, England. W.B. Barber, one of the developers of the street and its surrounding area, grew up near Chatsworth House, and it is assumed that he brought the name to the street.{{cite web|title=Devonshire Street |url=https://lastreetnames.com/street/devonshire-street/|author=Mark Tapio Kines|website=lastreetnames.com|access-date=September 14, 2024}}
Route
Devonshire Street travels east–west across the northwest San Fernando Valley. From west to east, Devonshire Street travels through Chatsworth, Northridge, Granada Hills, Mission Hills, and into Pacoima. The street has four lanes or more for almost its entire length.
Transit
Metro Local Line 158 runs along Devonshire Boulevard for almost its entire length.{{cite web|title=Metro Local 158|url=https://cdn.beta.metro.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/01153950/158_TT_12-10-23.pdf|accessdate=September 11, 2024 |publisher=Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority}}
The Intermodal passenger transport Chatsworth station, served by Los Angeles Metro's G Line, Metrolink (California)'s Ventura County Line, and Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner, is located on Old Plaza Depot Road between Devonshire and Lassen Street in Chatsworth.{{cite web|title=Orange Line Map and Station Locations|url=http://www.metro.net/riding/maps/orange-line/|accessdate=June 30, 2013|publisher=Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority}}{{cite web|title=Metrolink All Lines Timetable|url=https://metrolinktrains.com/globalassets/schedules/timetables/2023/web_alllines_23-11-06_spreads.pdf|date=October 23, 2023 |publisher=Metrolink}}{{cite web|title=Pacific Surfliner Timetable |url=https://www.pacificsurfliner.com/globalassets/pdfs/schedules/1207189257_pacific-surfliner-timetable_10-1-23.pdf|date=October 1, 2023 |publisher=Amtrak}} And as of spring 2024, the following additional connections are available at Chatsworth Station:{{Cite web |date=June 25, 2023 |title=G Line Timetable – Connections section |url=https://www.metro.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/901_TT_06-25-23.pdf |publisher=Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority |page=2}}
- City of Santa Clarita Transit: 791
- LADOT Commuter Express: {{LADOT route|419}}
- Los Angeles Metro Bus: {{LA Metro route|150}}, {{LA Metro route|158}}, {{LA Metro route|167}}, {{LA Metro route|244}}
- Simi Valley Transit: 10
Notable landmarks
File:The Munch Box, Chatsworth.jpg, Los Angeles Cultural-Historic Monument #750, located at 21532 W. Devonshire Street]]
Three Los Angeles Cultural-Historic Monuments are located on Devonshire Street: Harvester Farms, Munch Box, and Oakridge and Grounds.{{Cite web |title=Historical Cultural Monuments List |url=https://planning.lacity.org/odocument/24f6fce7-f73d-4bca-87bc-c77ed3fc5d4f/Historical_Cultural_Monuments_List.pdf |publisher=City of Los Angeles |access-date=July 9, 2024 |language=en-US}} Other notable landmarks include (from west to east): Chatsworth Park South, Northridge City Little League, Los Angeles Police Department Devonshire Station, LADWP Granada Hills Distribution Headquarters, Devonwood Park, Pacoima Spreading Grounds, and Devonshire Arleta Park. Devonshire Downs was also formerly located at Devonshire and Zelzah Avenue.{{cite web |url=https://waterandpower.org/museum/Early_Views_of_the_San_Fernando_Valley_Page_4.html |title=Early Views of the San Fernando Valley |accessdate=September 14, 2024 |publisher=Water and Power Associates}}
Schools on Devonshire include (from west to east): Chatsworth Park Elementary, Egremont School, California State University Northridge North Campus,{{cite web |url=https://www.csun.edu/northcampus |title=North Campus Development Corporation |author= |date=18 April 2013 |publisher=California State University, Northridge |access-date=February 4, 2022}} Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School, Patrick Henry Middle School, and Granada Hills Charter TK-8.
References
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{{Streets in Los Angeles}}
Category:Streets in the San Fernando Valley
Category:Streets in Los Angeles
Category:Streets in Los Angeles County, California
Category:Chatsworth, Los Angeles
Category:Northridge, Los Angeles
Category:Granada Hills, Los Angeles