Crestwood Hills is a neighborhood within Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, located on the ridges to the north and east of Kenter Canyon in the Santa Monica Mountains.
[citation needed] Crestwood Hills began as a utopian experiment in the late 1940s by a few intellectuals, and eventually turned into a cooperative association that included 400 members.
It was intended as a multi-ethnic project, but pressure on the landowner from existing Brentwood residents—this was still the era of racially restrictive covenants (primarily against African-Americans; the development itself was nearly all White) and religiously restrictive covenants (primarily against Catholics; the development itself was nearly one-half Jewish)—eventually led to some members of the founding group being dropped as a condition of finalizing the sale.
Brenda Rees of the Los Angeles Times said "decades of construction and reconstruction erased much of the original modern design.
The park has barbecue pits, unlighted outdoor basketball courts, a children's play area, a community room with a capacity of 90 people, hiking trails, a kitchen, and picnic tables.