Beverlywood, Los Angeles

The copper-topped bell tower of Hamilton High School is a neighborhood landmark.

Beverlywood is a district on the West Side of the city of Los Angeles, California.

Geography and transportation

Beverlywood is bordered by Century City on the northwest, Cheviot Hills on the west, Palms on the southwest, Culver City on the south, Crestview on the east; South Robertson on the north. The district's boundaries are roughly Robertson Boulevard on the east; the Culver City limits on the south; Beverwil Drive and the Hillcrest Country Club on the west; and Monte Mar on the north. Beverlywood's principal thoroughfares are Venice, La Cienega, and Robertson Boulevards; Beverwil Drive; and Cadillac and Cattaraugus Avenues.

Neighborhood

Beverlywood Bakery & Charlie's Delicatessen, Pico Blvd.

Largely residential, Beverlywood is one of the centers of Jewish life in Los Angeles. Renowned Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal's Museum of Tolerance is adjacent to Beverlywood, in Los Angeles (and not, as is commonly thought, in Beverly Hills). The neighborhood is also home to a modest Persian population (many of whom also adhere to Judaism) as well as a notable Israeli American population.

Almost all of Beverlywood's inhabitants live in single-family homes built between the 1920s and the 1950s, with the oldest homes in the areas near Beverly Hills. Beverlywood contains very few apartment buildings. Contained within the district's area is the Beverlywood Homes Association. The association is considered one of the most powerful in Los Angeles, having successfully fought off the 1960s up-zoning that occurred in areas such as Palms and West Los Angeles. Homes located within the boundaries of the association generally sell for higher prices than those outside of it, perhaps due to the strict enforcement of restrictive covenants by the association. The boundaries of the association area are roughly Robertson Blvd. on the east, Airdrome St. on the north, Rancho Park on the west, and Cattaraugus Avenue on the south.

Demographics

In 2009, the Los Angeles Times's "Mapping L.A." project supplied these Beverlywood neighborhood statistics: population: 6,080; median household income: $105,253.

Government and infrastructure

The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services SPA 5 West Area Health Office serves Beverlywood.

Emergency services

Police

Los Angeles Police Department operates the West Los Angeles Community Police Station at 1663 Butler Avenue, 90025, serving the neighborhood.

Education

Palms Middle School

The neighborhood is within the Los Angeles Unified School District. However, many families in the neighborhood send their children to private schools.

• Canfield Elementary School
• Castle Heights Elementary School
• Shenandoah Street Elementary School
• Palms Middle School
• Hamilton High School

External links

• Beverlywood Homes Association
• Los Angeles Times, Real Estate section, Neighborly Advice column: "[Beverlywood:] A mid-cities look that's lasted" (28 Dec 2003)