What LAFD Station is nearest downtown? It says 9 is "Central City" on their website but I looked at it on Goolgle maps and it's very far away from downtown! ok thanks
If "downtown" is arbitrarily but reasonably defined as the area bounded by the Harbor (SR 110), Hollywood (US 101), Santa Monica (I-10) freeways and the L.A. River, the "downtown" stations would be 3's, the "new" 4's, 9's, and 10's.
A while back the LAFD Blog carried an item and video about 9's, which is perennially the city's busiest station (50-60 runs a day), and said by some to be the busiest house in the country: