Park La Brea, Los Angeles

Park La Brea
Two types of housing at Park La Brea
Park La Brea
Location within Western Los Angeles
Coordinates: 34°03′57″N 118°21′15″W / 34.06583°N 118.35417°W / 34.06583; -118.35417
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyLos Angeles
CityLos Angeles
Time zoneUTC−8 (PST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−7 (PDT)

Park La Brea (Spanish: La Brea—"The tar", after the nearby La Brea Tar Pits) is an apartment community in the Miracle Mile District of Los Angeles, California developed by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in 1944.

Work started in 1941, initially featuring thirty-one two-story buildings with 2,600 apartments, in 1950 eighteen 13-story towers were added. resulting in 4,255 units and is among the largest apartment complexes in the continental United States. It sits on 160 acres (0.65 km2) of land.