TEN Places of Worship on the CicLAvia Route

CicLAvia route for TEN-TEN-TEN 7.5-miles from Boyle Heights to East Hollywood

Continuing our TEN top TEN listings regarding the TEN-TEN-TEN CicLAvia, today we’re exploring TEN places of worship located along the CicLAvia route. Los Angeles has a diverse and rich religious history, and the houses of worship along the route reflect rich and varied religious traditions from all over the world.   

CicLAvia is making an effort to reach out to churches in the vicinity of the route, in part because we want to invite them to participate in CicLAvia, but also because we want to make sure that their worshippers are aware that, if they drive that day, they may encounter delays in getting to and from Sunday services. CicLAvia takes place from 10am to 3pm on Sunday October 10th, and though Sunday is the day of the week with the least traffic, we don’t want parishoners to have an unpleasant surprise that morning. 

(Note: a few of these are one or two blocks off the route – close enough!)   

TEN PLACES OF WORSHIP ON THE CICLAVIA ROUTE:   

Saint Mary's Catholic Church

1. Saint Mary’s Catholic Church
407 South Chicago Street  

St. Mary’s parish dates back to 1896, when it was established in Boyle Heights. Its beautiful historic sanctuary building dates to 1926. It’s located on 4th Street – one block east of Hollenbeck Park, which is the eastern end of the TEN-TEN-TEN CicLAvia route.     

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Templo Espiritualista Trinitario Mariano, on Boyle at 4th in Boyle Heights.

2. Storefront churches – various   

At various points along the 7.5-mile CicLAvia route, there are storefront churches, probably enough to fill their own top TEN list. Most of them are on 7th Street in the Westlake area, though the Templo Espiritualista above, located in Boyle Heights, caught our eye.