Manhattan Beach

Residents divide the city into several distinct neighborhoods, including the Village, Sand Section, Hill Section, Tree Section, Gas Lamp Section, Manhattan Heights, East Manhattan Beach, Liberty Village, and El Porto.
The Hill Section includes higher priced homes where many of the residences are remodeled and situated on steep hills allowing panoramic ocean and city views. The nearby Sand Section is notable for its pockets of quiet neighborhoods adjacent to the ocean and dense development. Most commercial activity whose clientele are beach-oriented position their establishments here, sometimes within feet of private homes. One of its most highly trafficked pedestrian streets, the Strand, features high-end ocean front homes. Desired by families for its close knit structure, the Tree Section is essentially a smaller Hill Section, minus the hills and with slightly smaller lots and narrower streets. Liberty Village is located at the north-easternmost section of Manhattan Beach; it is undergoing rapid change as the original World War II era housing for the employees of the then dominant local defense contractors such as Lockheed Martin, Northrup Grumman, and Hughes.