Beverlywood is bordered by Century City on the northwest, Rancho Park on the west, Cheviot Hills on the southwest, Culver City on the south, Carthay Circle on the east, the Miracle Mile on the northeast, and the city of Beverly Hills on the north. Its principal thoroughfares are Pico, La Cienega, and Robertson Boulevards. The Santa Monica Freeway runs along its southern edge.
Largely residential, Beverlywood is one of the centers of Jewish life in Los Angeles. It contains a large number of synagogues and temples, as well as kosher restaurants, delicatessens, and markets. Simon Wiesenthal's Museum of Tolerance is in Beverlywood (and not, as is commonly thought, in Beverly Hills). The controversial Kabbalah Centre, whose mysticism has attracted famous disciples such as Madonna, is based in the district. Most 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. Contained within the district's area is the Beverlywood Homes Association. Homes located within the boundaries of the association generally sell for higher prices than those outside of it. The boundaries of the association area are roughly Robertson Blvd. on the east, Airdrome St. on the north, Rancho Park on the west, and Beverlywood St. on the south.