Outdoors
- Cerritos Sculpture GardenPublic garden, in town.
- Heritage ParkPublic park, in town.
- Loma ParkPublic park, in town.
- Pat Nixon ParkPublic park, in town.
- Saddleback ParkPublic park, in town.
- Brookhaven ParkPublic park, in town.
Around Cerritos
Cerritos, beyond the house.
The neighbourhoods, the daily rhythm and the drive to everywhere else — the part of a home search a listing sheet never covers.
See homes near here →What is actually here
The desk is building a real map of Cerritos — outdoors, local flavor, the commute and daily errands — rather than printing a generic list.
Wine & Local Flavor
The desk hasn't surveyed wine & local flavor around Cerritos yet — this card fills in as soon as it has, real names only.
Getting Around
- I 5Freeway through the area — the Santa Ana Freeway.
- I 605Freeway through the area — the San Gabriel River Freeway.
- CA 91Freeway through the area — the Artesia Freeway.
- I 605 NorthFreeway through the area — the San Gabriel River Freeway.
- Norwalk/Santa Fe SpringsRail station, about 5.5 km from the city centre, straight line.
- Calico RailroadRail station, about 6.4 km from the city centre, straight line.
Food & Daily Life
- Cerritos Certified Farmers MarketMarket, in town.
- Dimassi's Mediterranean BuffetRestaurant, in town.
- Wood Ranch BBQ & GrillRestaurant, in town.
- Trader Joe'sSupermarket, in town.
- IslandsRestaurant, in town.
- Tapioca ExpressCafe, in town.
Places from OpenStreetMap, September 10. © OpenStreetMap contributors. Distances are straight-line from the city centre, not drive times.
The neighbourhoods
Where Cerritos actually breaks down, in the desk's own words.
Full neighbourhood file →Cerritos Towne Center
The 1994 retail, office, and entertainment complex anchors the civic core, sharing its block with Cerritos City Hall, the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, and Cerritos High School.
Cerritos Auto Square
Twenty-nine dealerships line Studebaker Road between South Street and 183rd Street, built up on former dairy land and marketed as the world's most successful auto mall.
Heritage Park
A 15-acre park near Cerritos High School and the library built around a Boston-village-themed play island, including a replica of Boston's Old North Church and a Paul Revere statue.
Liberty Park
A residential neighborhood northeast of Lakewood Park and south of Gonsalves Elementary, part of the dense 1970s tract buildout that followed the 1967 Dairy Valley-to-Cerritos rezoning.
Holmes-Ashworth
The residential streets at Holmes Avenue and Ashworth Place where Aeroméxico Flight 498 crashed on August 31, 1986, destroying five homes; a memorial marker stands nearby.
Los Cerritos Center
The regional shopping mall opened in 1971 on the city's western edge, one of the earliest large commercial anchors built after the Dairy Valley-era rezoning.
A day around here
Ordinary life in Cerritos, the way it actually runs — not a highlight reel.
Morning
Coffee at Tapioca Express, then whatever the day actually needs.
Afternoon
An hour at Heritage Park, between the errands that never show up on a listing sheet.
Evening
Dinner at Dimassi's Mediterranean Buffet, then a short drive back to whichever neighbourhood you call home.
Illustrative scenes, not photographs of the places named. Places from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Homes near here
Real listings live in Cerritos right now — not a wish list.
All Cerritos listings →
Active listings, as of September 22. Photos are illustrative — not photographs of the address on the card.
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