Many parts of Long Beach went to hell long ago. It used to be somewhat isolated but it was just too close to south central, Compton, Wilmington, etc, and Long Beach became terminally infected as well.
This part of Long Beach was pretty seedy in the 1970’s. I lived in Belmont Heights for about 10 years - which was fairly nice area.
They revitalized the area by the old Pike with the Aquarium and many restaurants. It is usually a pretty safe area for family outing. Nice to see the PD out in force not letting it get out of hand.