The land in the area was originally used for agriculture and owned by John Blackman. From the mid-1950s Lane Cove West was home to the national head office, pressing plant, warehouse and recording studios of the Warner Bros. Records label Festival Mushroom Records. Lane Cove West Public School was also built at this time.
Lane Cove West split off from Lane Cove to become a separate suburb on 6 September 2002.[2]
In the 2016 Census, there were 2,637 people in Lane Cove West. 62.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.4% and China 3.8%. 74.0% of people only spoke English at home. The most common responses for religion were Catholic 30.6%, No Religion 27.3% and Anglican 15.2%.[1]
Lane Cove West Business Park is an industrial area with factories and warehouses. Most of these are located on Mars Road and Sam Johnson Way (Orion Rd).
There are also a number of small businesses situated at Figtree Plaza on Cullen Street and Burns Bay Road. These include a hair salon, cafe, beautician, fish and chip shop, award winning fruit & vegetable market, and butcher shop. Close by is the Metropolitan Baptist Church.
Lane Cove House (c. 1850), at 38 Myee Crescent, is listed on the Register of the National Estate. In the early twentieth century it was a private psychiatric hospital.[3][4]
Blackman Park is situated on the Lane Cove River and was originally a small valley used for landfill. It features a number of recreation facilities including tennis courts at the Lane Cove West Tennis Club, cricket pitches, bike tracks, basketball court, skate park and bush walking tracks. Smaller reserves include Cullen St Reserve, Henley Reserve, Penrose St Park, Garthowen St Cricket Nets and Epping Road Reserve.
