San Vicente Boulevard, Santa Monica, California

San Vicente Boulevard is an east-west street in Santa Monica and Brentwood, in the Westside region of Los Angeles, California.

San Vicente is the northernmost primary thoroughfare in Santa Monica. San Vicente begins at Ocean Avenue in northern Santa Monica and heads east. Continuing through Santa Monica, the route begins to curve south. San Vicente enters the city of Los Angeles at 26th Street. San Vicente becomes the central thoroughfare in downtown Brentwood, home to many restaurants and popular shops. San Vicente curves to the south at the Veterans Administration complex, intersecting Wilshire Boulevard, where it ends, becoming Federal Avenue and continuing south into West Los Angeles. The entire route carries a wide median with abundant grass and trees, and its only traffic lights between Ocean Avenue and Bundy Drive are at 7th Street and 26th Street.

Intersections with Ocean Avenue and 7th Street in Santa Monica lead down to Santa Monica Canyon and on to the Pacific Coast Highway. The intersection with 26th Street (north) connects with Sunset Boulevard and Mandeville Canyon. For most of its length, it runs generally parallel and south of Sunset Boulevard and north of Montana Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard.

The Santa Monica Transit Big Blue Bus Line 4 runs along the entire length of San Vicente Boulevard, en route from downtown Santa Monica to West Los Angeles.

San Vicente Boulevard is four lanes wide with a large landscaped median along its entire length, planted with ~120 large Coral trees (Erythrina caffra), along its center. Those in the western section within Los Angeles, between 26th Street and Bringham Avenue, are a designated Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument. The median is popular with joggers.

Other features along the boulevard include The Brentwood Country Mart at 26th and San Vicente, and the private Brentwood Country Club and golf course.

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