With a population of 57,000 residents, East Hollywood is a 1.8 square-mile community in the city of Los Angeles surrounded by central Hollywood, Los Feliz, Silver Lake and Koreatown. One of the most culturally diverse communities -- if not the most culturally diverse community -- in Los Angeles, it is home to the city's main Armenian (Little Armenia district), Thai (Thai Town district) and El Salvadorean communities. It is also home to many Mexican, Filipino, Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Eastern European and Middle Eastern residents and businesses.   

East Hollywood's institutions include three major medical centers (the "Bed Pan Alley" trifecta of Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Children's Hospital Los Angeles and Queen of Angels-Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center), Los Angeles City College, two Los Angeles Unified School District elementary schools (Ramona and Lockwood), Barnsdall Park, Lemon Grove Park and numerous small businesses.