Beverly Crest, Los Angeles

Beverly Crest is located east of Coldwater Canyon Drive and borders the city of Beverly Hills on the east and south, Hollywood Hills West in the east, and Mulholland Drive in the north. It is located in Coldwater Canyon in the Beverly Hills Post Office area, though it is part of the city of Los Angeles.[1] It consists of properties located on Lindacrest Drive, Readcrest Drive, Beverlycrest Drive, Lloydcrest Drive, Waynecrest Drive, Gilcrest Drive, Claircrest Drive, Ridgecrest Drive, Cerrocrest Drive, Meadow Drive and 1300-1631 Schuyler Road.[2]

It is served by the Crests Neighborhood Association and lies in the Bel Air–Beverly Crest Community Plan area of Los Angeles, which encompasses multiple neighborhoods (including Bel Air, Benedict Canyon, Beverly Glen, Laurel Canyon, and the northern portion of Holmby Hills).[3][4][5]

The Beverly Crest Neighborhood Area, officially named in 2008, lies in Los Angeles census tract 2611.01, block group 2 (as of 2008).[6][7] The name "Beverly Crest" is sometimes used more broadly to refer to a larger section in the Bel Air–Beverly Crest Community Plan area, in the hills above the city of Beverly Hills.[8]

The Mapping L.A. project of the Los Angeles Times uses a broader definition of Beverly Crest[9] to include essentially all neighborhoods in the Bel Air–Beverly Crest Community Plan area that are east of the neighborhood of Bel Air (including Beverly Glen, northern Holmby Hills, and all or virtually all of the Franklin Canyon/Coldwater/Mulholland/Crest District defined by the Bel Air–Beverly Crest Neighborhood Council), though many of these neighborhoods are historically and physically distinct.[3][4]

As mapped by Mapping L.A., the area of Beverly Crest is roughly triangular, with Sherman Oaks to the north, Bel Air to the southwest and the city of Beverly Hills to the southeast. The borders are mapped by the Los Angeles Times to run along Mulholland Drive on the north; Stone Canyon Road to the west, then Beverly Glen Boulevard below Stone Canyon Reservoir to Sunset Boulevard on the far south. The southeastern boundary with Beverly Hills is complex, and most of Beverly Crest lies within the so-called Beverly Hills Post Office, defined as ZIP code 90210 outside the city of Beverly Hills proper. The neighborhood of Hollywood Hills West is nearby on the east.[9] By this definition, Beverly Crest includes Benedict Canyon, Franklin Canyon and Coldwater Canyon. Eastern portions of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area lie in this area. The hills and canyons of the Santa Monica Mountains are a distinct characteristic of the area. Streets generally follow the contours of the topography, resulting in a non-gridded street plan.[10]

The following data applies to Beverly Crest within the boundaries established by Mapping L.A.:

The 2000 U.S. census counted 10,852 residents in the 8.24-square-mile Beverly Crest neighborhood—or 1,318 people per square mile, among the lowest population densities for the city and the county. In 2008, the city estimated that the population had increased to 11,569. In 2000 the median age for residents was 45, which was high for city and county neighborhoods. The percentages of residents aged 35 and older were among the county's highest.[9]

According to demographic surveys, the median age of residents is 45 years old, which makes Beverly Crest have one of the highest median ages for any of the neighborhoods in Los Angeles, behind only Century City and Bel-Air.[11]

The Los Angeles Times considers the neighborhood "not especially diverse"[12] ethnically within Los Angeles, given its relatively high percentage of Caucasian residents. The breakdown was whites, 87.5%; Asians, 4.0%; Latinos, 3.4%; blacks 1.7%; other races 3.3%. Iran (28.6%) and the United Kingdom (8.6%) were the most common places of birth for the 25% of the residents who were born abroad—which was an average percentage for Los Angeles as a whole.[9]

The median yearly household income in 2008 dollars was $169,282, considered high for the city and the county. Renters occupied 10% of the housing stock, and house- or apartment-owners held 90%. The average household size of 2.4 people was considered typical for Los Angeles. The 5.6% of families headed by single parents was low for city and county neighborhoods. The percentages of married people in Bel Air were among the county's highest—63.4% for men and 59.5% for women. There were 896 veterans, or 10.2% of the population, a high proportion compared to the rest of the city and county.[9]

More than two-thirds (67.6%) of Beverly Crest residents aged 25 and older had earned a four-year degree by 2000, a high percentage for the city and the county. The percentages of residents in that age range with a bachelor's degree or greater were high for the county.[9]

The Los Angeles Unified School District operates public schools serving Beverly Crest.

One school is within the boundaries of Beverly Crest—Harvard-Westlake, a private middle school at 700 North Faring Road.[13]

• List of districts and neighborhoods of Los Angeles
• The Pritzker Estate

• Bel Air-Beverly Crest Neighborhood Council
• Comments about living in Beverly Crest—Mapping L.A., Los Angeles Times
• Beverly Crest crime map and statistics—Mapping L.A., Los Angeles Times
• Bel Air - Beverly Crest planning profile—Los Angeles Department of City Planning