Best Neighborhoods in Burbank, CA

Burbank North Estates sits high in the northeast corner of the city, where winding streets and cul-de-sacs climb toward the Verdugo Mountains and many backyards look out across the San Fernando Valley. It is the most tucked-away of the hillside areas, perched above the older foothill blocks of the Hillside District. ... See Full Page

Magnolia Park is the Burbank neighborhood people cross town for on a Saturday, mostly to browse the vintage clothing racks, film prop resellers and small cafes along West Magnolia Boulevard. That commercial strip gives it more foot traffic than the quieter residential blocks of Chandler Park to the east, and the storefronts are still mostly independent. ... See Full Page

Chandler Park covers a wide swath of central Burbank, from the edge of Magnolia Park's shop strip east toward downtown, and much of its character comes from the Chandler Bikeway and a handful of well-used city parks. ... See Full Page

The Hillside District climbs the lower slopes of the Verdugo Mountains on the northeast side of Burbank, putting trailheads, a municipal golf course and wide valley views close to ordinary residential streets. It sits between the flat blocks around downtown and the newer, higher cul-de-sacs of Burbank North Estates. ... See Full Page

McNeil is a compact, mostly residential slice of western Burbank, set between the studio lots of the Media District and the Providence Saint Joseph medical campus on Buena Vista Street. ... See Full Page

The Northwest District of Burbank is a flat grid of houses and apartments that grew up around the old Lockheed aircraft plant and Hollywood Burbank Airport, and it still carries more of that working history than the shop-lined blocks of Magnolia Park to the south. ... See Full Page

The Media District is the studio side of Burbank, where Warner Bros. and a cluster of office towers meet a long run of restaurants on Riverside Drive at the Toluca Lake line. The Warner Bros. Studio Tour runs out of the lot on Warner Boulevard, and the daily rhythm of the area follows production schedules. ... See Full Page

Rancho Adjacent fills the south-central part of Burbank between downtown and the Disney studio lot, and it borders the horse-keeping Rancho along Riverside Drive, where riders cross the Mariposa Street Bridge into Griffith Park. The Team Disney building on Buena Vista Street marks its western side. ... See Full Page

Downtown Burbank is the walkable core of the city, built around San Fernando Boulevard, where restaurants, bars, movie theaters and the Burbank Town Center mall share a few compact blocks. It is denser and busier than any neighborhood around it, and it is the one part of town where daily life without much driving is a realistic plan. ... See Full Page

The Airport District wraps around Hollywood Burbank Airport on the north side of Burbank, mixing modest residential streets with the airport, light-industrial blocks and the big-box stores of the Empire Center. It feels more practical and less polished than the Northwest District across Victory Boulevard. ... See Full Page