West Boulevard

{{Short description|Neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, United States}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox settlement | name = West Boulevard | settlement_type = Neighborhood of Cleveland | image_skyline = Lorain Station Historic District.jpg | image_caption = Lorain Station Historic District in West Boulevard | image_map = Cleveland City Neighborhoods - West Boulevard.png | map_alt = Location in the city of Cleveland | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = United States | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_type3 = City | subdivision_name1 = Ohio | subdivision_name2 = Cuyahoga County | subdivision_name3 = Cleveland  | population_as_of = 2020 | population_footnotes = <ref name="demographics">{{cite web |title=Cleveland Neighborhoods and Wards: West Boulevard Neighborhood Factsheet (2021)|url=https://www.communitysolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/West-Boulevard-1.pdf|publisher=The Center for Community Solutions (Cleveland)|access-date=June 3, 2022}}</ref> | population_total = 19,737 | population_density_km2 = auto | demographics_type1 =Demographics<ref name="demographics"/> | demographics1_footnotes = | demographics1_title1 =White | demographics1_info1 =55.5% | demographics1_title2 =Black | demographics1_info2 =23.8% | demographics1_title3 =Hispanic (of any race) | demographics1_info3 =27.5% | demographics1_title4 =Asian and Pacific Islander | demographics1_info4 =3.2% | demographics1_title5 =Mixed and Other | demographics1_info5 =17.5%  |timezone = EST |utc_offset = -5 |timezone_DST = EDT |utc_offset_DST = -4 |area_code =216 |blank_name = Median income<ref name="demographics"/> |blank_info = $33,784 |website = |footnotes = Source: 2020 U.S. Census }} '''West Boulevard''' is a neighborhood on the West Side of Cleveland, Ohio. It borders the suburbs of Brooklyn and Linndale to the south, Interstate 90 and the neighborhoods of Cudell and Detroit–Shoreway to the north, Stockyards to the east, and Jefferson to the west.<ref>{{cite web|title=Map of West Boulevard, Implemented by the City of Cleveland in 2012|url=http://levin.urban.csuohio.edu/nodis/SPAmaps/WestBoulevard.pdf|publisher= Northern Ohio Data and Information Service (NODIS), Levin College of Urban Affairs (Cleveland State University)|access-date=July 23, 2022}}</ref> Its name is derived "from the West Blvd. thoroughfare which runs north-south through the district’s center."<ref name="enc">{{cite encyclopedia |title=West Boulevard Neighborhood|last=Roy |first=Christopher |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History |date=24 August 2020 |publisher=Case Western Reserve University |url=https://case.edu/ech/articles/w/west-boulevard-neighborhood |access-date=June 25, 2021}}</ref>

The principal portion of the neighborhood was incorporated into Cleveland in 1902 as part of Linndale. One year later, Cleveland annexed the majority of the land as what is now known as the West Boulevard neighborhood.<ref name="enc"/>

West Boulevard has been historically home to a mixed population of Hungarians, Czechs, and Germans,<ref name="enc"/> and in recent years, it has also been home to a growing Hispanic community.<ref name="demographics"/> As of 2019, the neighborhood had an estimated foreign-born population of 18.5%, with most being immigrants from Latin America (especially El Salvador and Mexico) and Vietnam.<ref>{{cite web |title=National Origins in West Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio (Neighborhood)|url=https://statisticalatlas.com/neighborhood/Ohio/Cleveland/West-Boulevard/National-Origin|publisher=Statistical Atlas|access-date=July 23, 2022}}</ref>

Notable neighborhood attractions include the '''St. Ignatius of Antioch Catholic Church''', completed in 1903,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/saintignatiusofantioch/early-history|title=1. Early History - Saint Ignatius of Antioch}}</ref> and Ray's MTB Indoor Park, the world's first multi-terrain indoor bike park.

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{{Cleveland}} {{Geographic Location | North = Cudell | Northeast = Detroit–Shoreway | East = Stockyards | Center = West Boulevard | West = Jefferson | South = Brooklyn, Ohio | Southwest = Linndale, Ohio }} {{coord|41.459|-81.755|type:city_region:US-OH|display=title}}

Category:Neighborhoods in Cleveland Category:Hispanic and Latino American culture in Ohio