Silver Lake is flanked on the northeast by Atwater Village and Elysian Valley, on the southeast by Echo Park
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The area known as Ivanhoe to the north of the current reservoir was originally developed by Byram & Poindexter as early as 1887, named for Sir Walter Scott's book of the same name with many streets in that area refere… See more

The neighborhood was named for Water Board Commissioner Herman Silver, who was instrumental in the creation of the Silver Lake Reservoir in the neighborhood, one of the water storage reservoirs established as part of the … See more

As of 2024, Silver Lake is represented by Los Angeles City Council Members Hugo Soto-Martinez and Nithya Raman and the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council. The Silver Lake Neighborhood Council (SLNC) was forme… See more

The 2000 U.S. census counted 30,972 residents in the 2.75 square miles (7.1 km ) neighborhood—an average of 11,266 people per square mile, about the same population density as in the rest of the city but among … See more

Thirty-six percent of neighborhood residents aged 25 and older had earned a four-year college degree by 2000, an average figure for the city.
The schools within Silver Lake are as follows: … See more