Fairfax Avenue

Fairfax Avenue is a street on the west side of Los Angeles, California, which runs from Culver City at its southern end to West Hollywood on its northern end.

The section of Fairfax Avenue in West Hollywood is the only section of note. This part of Fairfax has been since World War II a heavily Jewish neighborhood. Fairfax High School, on the corner of Fairfax and Melrose Avenue in West Hollywood was known as the alma mater of many entertainment industry personalities. Canter's Deli has been a late night hangout in West Hollywood since the 1940s. CBS' Television City is located on the corner of Fairfax and Beverly Boulevard, the former site of Gilmore Stadium where the minor league baseball team, the Hollywood Stars used to play prior to the Dodgers moving from Brooklyn.