4. Corona’s National Street is a ‘House of Worship Alley’
On just a one-block stretch of National Street near Corona Plaza, there is a mosque called the Masjid Al-Falah, the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, and the El Amanecer De La Esperanza Catholic Church. Just four blocks away on Junction Boulevard, there is the Bangladesh Hindu Mandir temple, and in a five-minute walk in the other direction along Junction Boulevard is the Transfiguration of Christ Greek Orthodox Church.
This religious diversity comes from Corona’s ethnic and cultural diversity. While the area is largely Latino, there are significant numbers of other groups of people as well. According to the 2010 Census, while people of Latin American origin made up 44,000 of the neighborhood’s 52,000 people, a sizable Asian community of 3,600 people, and a smaller black community of 2,500 people, coexisted alongside the Spanish-speaking immigrants.
