A neighborhood of Los Angeles— and, according to their Chamber of Commerce— also a bit of Burbank, California, located in the 818 area code, populated by lots of upper middle-class white people. It is nestled between North Hollywood, Studio City, Universal City, and (the rest of?) Burbank.

A useful stop in case your partner in organized crime accidentally shoots your mole in the face and you need to take the car to a friendly place ASAP, but you’re in the valley, where your boss doesn’t have any friendly places.
“I’m callin’ my partner in Toluca Lake.”
“Where’s Toluca Lake?”
“It’s just over the hill, over by Burbank Studios. If Jimmie’s ass ain’t home, I don’t know what the fuck we gonna do, man, ’cause I ain’t got no other partners in 818.”
by Hogtrude Parker February 4, 2021
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