Universal City, California

Universal City, California
Unincorporated area
The Universal City sign, on the corner of Lankershim Boulevard and Universal Hollywood Drive, in 2005
Location within Los Angeles County
Universal City, California Location in the United States
Coordinates: 34°8′20″N 118°21′9″W / 34.13889°N 118.35250°W / 34.13889; -118.35250
Country	United States
State	California
County	Los Angeles
Named for	Universal Studios Hollywood
Population  (2000)
• Total	18
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code	91608
Area codes	747/818
FIPS code	06-81232
GNIS feature ID	1661603

Universal City or Universal Studios Complex is an unincorporated area within the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles County, California, United States. Approximately 415 acres (0.65 square miles), within and immediately outside the area is the property of Universal Pictures (NBCUniversal's film studio), one of the five major film studios in the United States: about 70 percent of the studio's property is inside this unincorporated area, while the remaining 30 percent is within the Los Angeles city limits. Universal City is nearly surrounded by Los Angeles, with the area's northeastern corner touching the city of Burbank.

Located within the area of Universal City is the film studio complex Universal Studios Lot and the theme park Universal Studios Hollywood, as well as the Universal CityWalk shopping and entertainment center. Within the Los Angeles city limits lies 10 Universal City Plaza, a 36-floor office building for Universal and NBC; the Sheraton Universal; and the Universal Hilton. The Metro B Line underground station of the same name is located opposite the 10 Universal Plaza.

A Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) station is located at Universal CityWalk, and the community also houses the only government-funded fire station in the United States located on private property. The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACFD) Station 51 (formerly Station 60 until the mid 1990s) is of special significance to Universal, as "Station 51" was the fictional setting of the Universal and Jack Webb television series Emergency!.^[1] However, the current Station 51 was not used for external shots, or used as a model for the interior shots seen on the show (LACFD Station 127 in Carson was used).

Universal City's ZIP code is 91608,^[2] and the community is inside area code 818.^[3]