Exuding prestige for those with the means to live here, the upscale and lushly planted Brentwood makes a natural choice for new and established professionals, due to its central position on the Westside and numerous apartment buildings.

Running through Brentwood’s center, the busy San Vicente Boulevard offers brand-name clothiers, upscale restaurants, bookstores, coffee shops and gourmet groceries. The boulevard also acts as a divider for area residences, with houses located to the north of it, and stylish contemporary apartments/condominiums to the south.

The northwestern-most part of Brentwood is an affluent residential area of palatial homes on shaded streets. Multiple bedrooms—that is, more than three—are typical in these custom homes tucked on quiet streets that curve through hills. These hillside residences translate into big price tags, with higher-end prices also applying to Brentwood’s apartments.

The boundaries of Brentwood run from the North along Sunset Boulevard, to the East at the 405 Freeway, and to Wilshire Boulevard to the south, and Centinela Avenue at the West. The quaint shopping area around Brentwood—where Barrington Avenue meets Sunset Boulevard—includes cafes, bakeries, hair salons, a post office, and a beautiful park. Many joggers and dog walkers love, especially, the wide and grassy median that makes up San Vicente Boulevard. This, for the truly motivated, takes exercisers all the way west to the coastline in Santa Monica.

Brentwood is also home to the Getty Center, a billion-dollar “Campus” of buildings housing, among other art-related programs and institutions, the late J. Paul Getty’s collection of European antiquities and art. Designed by noted architect Richard Meier, the mountain-top museum has been a hit with locals and visitors alike who are treated to a magnificent view of the 405 San Diego Freeway, in a meandering electric train ride up the mountain.

The LA Unified School District is the public education system for Brentwood, located at 333 South Beaudry Avenue, LA, CA 90017. For those who would like additional information, the telephone number to contact is 213-241-1000, and the web site is www.lausd.k12.ca.us

Community resources and contact information include: the Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Drive, 310-440-7300, www.getty.edu; Barrington Recreation Center, 333 South Barrington Avenue, 310-476-3807; Bentwood Country Club, 590 Burlingame Avenue, 310-451-8011; Los Angeles City Department of Recreation and Parks, 888-LA-PARKS, www.laparks.org; Brentwood branch-Donald Bruce Kauffman Library, 11820 San Vicente Blvd., 310-575-8273, www.lapl.org; UCLA Medical Center, 10833 LeConte Avenue, 310-825-9111, www.healthcare.ucla.edu; West Los Angeles Division (Police District), 1663 Butler Avenue, 310-575-8402, www.lapd.org; Brentwood Main Office (Post Office), 18 Oak Street; Barrington Station,  200 South Barrington Avenue, 800-275-8777.

For any further information: www.cityofla.org, http://lacounty.info