Style: | Los Angeles Metro Rail |
LATTC/Ortho Institute | |
Symbol Location: | losangeles |
Symbol: | E |
Symbol2: | J |
Other Name: | Los Angeles Trade–Technical College/Orthopaedic Institute for Children |
Address: | 2460 South Flower Street |
Borough: | Los Angeles, California |
Coordinates: | 34.0302°N -118.273°W |
Owned: | Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority |
Platform: | 1 island platform |
Tracks: | 2 |
Structure: | At-grade |
Parking: | Paid parking nearby |
Bicycle: | Metro Bike Share station,[1] and racks |
Accessible: | Yes |
Former: | 23rd Street (2012–2014) |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 14 |
LATTC/Ortho Institute station, officially Los Angeles Trade–Technical College/Orthopaedic Institute for Children station, is an at-grade light rail station on the E Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located alongside Flower Street between 23rd Street and Adams Boulevard.[2] The station is located near the Los Angeles Trade–Technical College (LATTC) and the Orthopaedic Institute for Children (Ortho Institute), after which the station is named. In addition to the LATTC campus and the Ortho Institute, the station also serves the North University Park neighborhood. The station also has nearby stops for the J Line of the Los Angeles Metro Busway system, southbound buses stop on Flower Street, across from the station at both 23rd Street and Adams Boulevard and northbound buses stop on Figueroa Street, one block to the west.
Busway stops | Flower/23rd (Southbound) | toward or San Pedro → |
Figueroa/23rd (Northbound) | ← toward | |
Rail platform | Westbound | ← toward |
Eastbound | toward → |
As of spring 2024, the following connections are available:[3]
Note: * indicates commuter service that operates only during weekday rush hours.
The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:
The station's art was created by artist Christofer C. Dierdorff. Entitled The Intimacy of Place, the installation uses photographs of the fronts and backs of the heads of local people, creating intimate portraits that show each individual in the context of her/his role in the community.[4]