Marina del Rey Life

Life in Marina del Rey: expanded content coming to this web site on an almost daily basis

Marina del Rey is a coastal seaside community located in an unincorporated area of Los Angeles County, California. Population in Marina del Rey has consistently been on the rise in the area and there are many new and continuing construction projects (both residential and commercial) going on in the area.

A great feature of Marina del Rey’s location is its close proximity to the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). It’s only 4 miles away from LAX (take Lincoln Boulevard) in its an easy place to get to if you’re in the Los Angeles area for a visit. It’s also easy to get to the airport as there are several taxi companies and other transportation services in the local-area. Two great limousine services in the Marina del Rey area are Select Limousine and Ready to Roll car service. We’ll post more information about those services here when we have web site information or direct phone contacts.

One of the many areas in the marina that people come to visit is Fisherman’s Village. From Fishermen’s Village you can get a great view of the world’s largest man-made small boat harbor, which hosts more than 7000 sailboats, motor boats, and yachts. There is a growing number of high-rise luxury condos and apartment buildings surrounding the waters of Marina del Rey.

Marina del Rey is home to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). ICANN is responsible for the global coordination of the Internet’s system of unique identifiers which includes domain names such as this .com web site.

Marina del Rey has its own freeway, although it is only a few miles long. The Marina Freeway (California State Route 90) links Marina del Rey directly to Interstate 405 and nearby Culver City (at the Fox Hills Mall). Caltrans construction has been underway for more than a year at the intersection of Culver Boulevard, where the 90 freeway use to end. The Caltrans project is almost complete (February 2007) and commuters can currently enter the 90 freeway without having to cross Culver Boulevard. The new westbound offramp from the 90 also crosses over Culver and exits directly onto the Marina Expressway. From the expressway commuters can take a left onto Mindanao or continue west onto Lincoln Boulevard (California State Route 1) taking them into the Marina del Rey area.

The primary area code for Marina del Rey is 310. The new area code overlay (424) will be applied to the Marina del Rey area so it won’t be surprising to see local numbers in Marina del Rey with a 424 area code.

The ZIP code in Marina del Rey is 90292. Neighboring city Venice has a ZIP code of 90291.