Why you should experience Warner Avenue in Los Angeles, California.
Warner Avenue is a spirited corridor where Tustin Legacy's aviation heritage, educational investment, commercial growth, and Orange County innovation define one of Central Orange County's principal east, west streets.
Running through Tustin Legacy between Columbus Square and Tustin Ranch, the corridor connects former military facilities, educational campuses, neighborhood parks, commercial districts, and expanding residential communities that collectively reflect Tustin's transformation from agricultural landscape to a regional center for business and innovation. Landscaped boulevards, contemporary civic architecture, public open space, and carefully planned neighborhoods preserve a streetscape shaped by long-term redevelopment and coordinated municipal planning. Schools, technology companies, healthcare providers, recreation facilities, and local businesses continue reinforcing the avenue's importance within Tustin Legacy while supporting one of Orange County's most significant redevelopment districts. The result is an experience defined by adaptive reuse, community investment, and the enduring evolution of modern Tustin.
What you should know about Warner Avenue.
Warner Avenue is best known for traversing Tustin Legacy, the approximately 1,600-acre redevelopment of the former Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, commissioned in 1942 during the Second World War and internationally recognized for its enormous wooden blimp hangars, which ranked among the world's largest timber structures for decades. The corridor occupies land historically associated with Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana, the Mexican land grant awarded in 1810 to José Antonio Yorba, before extensive agricultural development gradually gave way to military operations and, following base closure in 1999, among California's largest mixed civilian redevelopment projects. Nearby The District at Tustin Legacy, opened in 2007, became one of Orange County's largest retail and entertainment destinations while supporting the economic transformation of the former air station through commercial investment, employment, and public gathering spaces. Warner Avenue also benefits from continuing investment through the City of Tustin General Plan, transportation improvements coordinated with the Orange County Transportation Authority, and infrastructure, housing, parks, and sustainability initiatives that guide the long-term development of Tustin Legacy.
Veterans Sports Park, opened in 2007, encompasses approximately 40 acres with athletic fields, playgrounds, walking paths, and community facilities serving residents throughout Tustin Legacy and neighboring communities. Heritage Elementary School, established within the Tustin Unified School District to support the redevelopment area, reflects the city's continuing investment in educational infrastructure accompanying residential growth. Marine Corps Air Station Tustin Hangars, completed in 1942, remain among the most significant surviving military aviation structures in the United States despite the loss of Hangar 1 to fire in 2023, while preservation planning continues for the remaining historic resources. The City of Tustin, together with the Tustin Unified School District and regional planning agencies, continues advancing transportation improvements, public facilities, environmental restoration, and economic development surrounding Warner Avenue as redevelopment progresses.
How to fold Warner Avenue into your trip.
Warner Avenue works as an exploration of Tustin's aviation heritage, public recreation, and contemporary redevelopment.
Begin at Marine Corps Air Station Tustin Hangars, where the immense wartime aviation structures introduce the engineering achievements that shaped the surrounding district before following Warner Avenue through the carefully planned neighborhoods of Tustin Legacy. Continue to Veterans Sports Park, where athletic facilities, landscaped open space, and community gathering areas deepen the story of the area's civilian transformation while naturally leading toward one of Orange County's largest mixed-use destinations. Conclude at The District at Tustin Legacy, where restaurants, retail destinations, public plazas, and entertainment venues provide a fitting finale celebrating the economic renewal that continues redefining the former military installation. The progression moves naturally from military aviation history to community recreation before concluding with contemporary redevelopment, revealing why Warner Avenue continues expressing Tustin Legacy's remarkable civic transformation.
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