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==Infrastructure== ===Health care=== The [[Los Angeles County Department of Public Health]] operates the Whittier Health Center in [[Whittier, California|Whittier]], serving Downey.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/phn/docs/HealthCenter/whittier.pdf |title=Whittier Health Center |publisher=[[Los Angeles County Department of Health Services]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527190101/http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/phn/docs/HealthCenter/whittier.pdf |archive-date=May 27, 2010 }}</ref> ===Post office=== The [[United States Postal Service]] operates the Downey Post Office at 8111 Firestone Boulevard,<ref>"[https://archive.today/20120717062421/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/4693?p=2&s=CA&service_name=post_office&z=Downey Post Office Location - DOWNEY]." ''[[United States Postal Service]]''. Retrieved on December 6, 2008.</ref> the North Downey Post Office at 10409 Lakewood Boulevard,<ref>"[https://archive.today/20120723115054/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/58854?p=4&s=CA&service_name=post_office&z=Downey Post Office Location - NORTH DOWNEY]." ''[[United States Postal Service]]''. Retrieved on December 6, 2008.</ref> and the South Downey Post Office at 7911 Imperial Highway.<ref>"[https://archive.today/20120715052419/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/59796?p=2&s=CA&service_name=post_office&z=Downey Post Office Location - SOUTH DOWNEY]." ''[[United States Postal Service]]''. Retrieved on December 6, 2008.</ref> ''[[Los Cerritos Community News]]'' serves the city. ===Transportation=== Any of four freeways can conveniently reach the city: [[Interstate 105 (California)|I-105]] and the [[C Line (Los Angeles Metro)|Metro C Line]] passes through the southern part of the city, [[Interstate 5 in California|I-5]] passes through the northern region, [[Interstate 605 (California)|I-605]] passes along the eastern side,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Linton|first=Joe|date=October 3, 2020|title=Metro Plans to Take Out 200+ Downey Homes to Widen 5 and 605 Freeways|url=https://la.streetsblog.org/2020/10/02/metro-plans-to-take-out-200-downey-homes-to-widen-5-and-605-freeways/|url-status=live|access-date=March 11, 2021|website=Streetsblog Los Angeles|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201004000120/https://la.streetsblog.org/2020/10/02/metro-plans-to-take-out-200-downey-homes-to-widen-5-and-605-freeways/ |archive-date=October 4, 2020 }}</ref> and [[Interstate 710 (California)|I-710]] passes just west of the city. [[Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] (Metro) provides bus services to the city and is served by [[Lakewood Boulevard station]] on the [[C Line (Los Angeles Metro)|C Line]]. The city also operates a local bus service called [[List of small Southern California transit agencies#DowneyLINK|DowneyLINK]].
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