About Midtown

The MacArthur Park neighborhood in Long Beach stretches east from Junipero to Orange Street. It stretches south from PCH to Anaheim. It is more commonly known as a small part of the Poly District, named after Long Beach's Polytechnic High School.

In addition to being the location of MacArthur Park, it is also home to Rosa Parks Park, The Historic Fire District 10 Museum and the Gamboa Community Theatre. It its just south of the newly created Chittick Field in South Signal Hill. 

This page serves three purposes. To clean up and improve the neighborhood, to increase public safety and be a resource to neighborhood businesses. Residents can get involved by joining Next Door or the 90813 Facebook Group.
 

MacArthur Park: 1321 E Anahiem St, Long Beach 90913

Rosa Parks Park: Alamitos Ave, Long Beach, CA 90813

MacArthur Park Neighborhood Amenities

MacArthur Park possesses many recreation structures, such as a basketball and tennis court, a playground, and picnic spaces. It’s most notable public facilities are the Homeland Cultural Center and the newly opened Manazar Gamboa Community Art Theater that r will house programs that promote literacy, writing, dance, and other artistic outlets. 

Rosa Parks Park: The .74-acre Rosa Parks Park was funded by the Long Beach Redevelopment Agency and includes amenities that celebrate the neighborhood. Councilmember Andrews worked with Long Beach Transit to create a bus plaza with seven benches to serve nearby residents.

The Mark Twain Library is the largest branch library in the City of Long Beach. Originally known as the Central Branch Library, it was renamed in honor of classic American author, Samuel Clements, also known as Mark Twain. The building was designed and constructed to conserve natural resources, increase energy efficiency, and improve indoor air quality.

Chittick Field Park is a site designated for recreational purposes, especially for soccer and baseball teams. The park is named in honor of local Brian Chittick, founder of the Kid Baseball Association. Chitick Park is undergoing a massive makeover with state of the art soccer fields being designed, as well as a newly constructed football stadium. 

About This Website: This website is a news site for the MacArthur Park Neighborhood. We work in cooperation with the MacArthur Park Community Association. We are a resource center and an information hub for the neighborhood. Our purpose is keeping the neighborhood clean, safe and supporting neighborhood business. Our goal is to be proactive and helpful for anyone living in the immediate area. It is our goal to establish a sense of community where all residents will feel safe and welcome. We do work in cooperation with the AOC7 whenever possible as whatever affects the neighborhood south of the Anaheim Corridor affects us. 

Neighborhood Boundaries:  The MacArthur Park Neighborhood is defined differently depending on who you talk to. On Next Door it stretches from Junipero to Orange and PCH to Anaheim. The original neighborhood association only encompassed the immediate area around MacArthur Park. The city defines the neighborhood as spanning Cherry to Alamitos and PCH to Anaheim. To be as inclusive as possible, this website spans Junipero to Alamitos and PCH to Anaheim. In other words, we are helping keep Rosa Parks Park clean and trying to assist WESCA in keeping clean the western boundaries of their neighborhood.