On May 8, 2026, Metro opened the Wilshire/La Cienega station, giving Beverly Hills its first rail connection to downtown Los Angeles. The trip takes about 20 minutes with no transfers. That's the headline, and it's true. What the headline skips is where in Beverly Hills that station actually sits, and how far it is from the block most buyers picture when they hear the words "Beverly Hills." If you're comparing neighborhoods right now and weighing transit access into your decision, that distance is worth more than the press release.
Two Stations, Two Different Parts of the City
Wilshire/La Cienega sits at the eastern edge of Beverly Hills, closer to Restaurant Row than to Rodeo Drive. Walk out of that station and you're within reach of Lawry's The Prime Rib, the Saban Theatre, La Cienega Park and Community Center, the Margaret Herrick Library, Lumiere Cinema, and the Fine Arts Theatre. The Beverly Center is close by too. It's a legitimate, walkable pocket of the city, and it's the one that got a working subway stop first.
The station that would actually put you within walking distance of the Golden Triangle and Rodeo Drive is a different one entirely: Beverly Drive station, still under construction, planned at the corner of Wilshire and Reeves Drive. It's the stop that will serve South Beverly Drive and the hotels clustered around it, including SIXTY Beverly Hills, AKA Beverly Hills, and the Beverly Wilshire. According to the City of Beverly Hills' own project page, this second phase is scheduled for completion in spring 2027.
So when someone says "Beverly Hills has a subway now," the accurate version of that sentence has an asterisk. It has one, in one part of the city. The part most buyers associate with the Beverly Hills name is still waiting.
| Station | Status as of September 2026 | What's Walkable Today | Serves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilshire/La Cienega | Open since May 8, 2026 | Restaurant Row, Beverly Center, Saban Theatre, Lumiere Cinema | Eastern edge of Beverly Hills |
| Beverly Drive (Wilshire/Rodeo) | Under construction, targeted for spring 2027 | Nothing yet, construction ongoing | Golden Triangle, Rodeo Drive, South Beverly Drive |
Why the Gap Between Them Is the Story
The distance between those two stations is roughly the width of the entire Golden Triangle, the district that includes Rodeo Drive and most of the retail buyers think of when they picture Beverly Hills. That's not a five-minute walk. It's closer to twenty, uphill in places, past several blocks of retail and office buildings before you'd reach the shopping district itself.
That gap means the transit-proximity value that shows up in home prices right now belongs almost entirely to the eastern flank of the city, not the Flats or the core retail district. If a listing agent is marketing a property near Rodeo Drive as newly transit-connected, ask which station they mean and how far it actually is on foot. If the answer is Wilshire/La Cienega, the accurate framing is "a subway exists in the city," not "this block just got easier to reach by rail."
The reverse is also true. Properties genuinely close to the La Cienega stop, closer to Restaurant Row than to the postcard version of Beverly Hills, are the ones actually benefiting from the connection that exists today. That's useful information if you're comparing a block near La Cienega against a comparable block deeper into the Flats. One of them has a working train stop within walking distance. The other has a construction timeline.
The Median Price Won't Settle This For You Either
Even setting transit aside, Beverly Hills is not a market where the headline number tells you much on its own. Over the three months ending in July 2026, the median sale price for a Beverly Hills home came in around $4.0 million, up 18.2 percent from the same period a year earlier, with homes taking about 70 days to sell. Only 71 homes sold that month.
Compare that to Zillow's modeled home value estimate for the same window, which put the typical Beverly Hills home closer to $3.69 million as of the end of June 2026, up 6.3 percent year over year. That's roughly a $300,000 gap between two respected sources measuring what should be the same market at nearly the same time.
The gap isn't a mistake on either side. It's what happens when a citywide median gets calculated from a small handful of closed sales each month. A single $9 million estate closing, or a single $1.2 million condo, can swing the number meaningfully in a market this size. If you're pricing a specific block, whether it's near the open La Cienega station or the still-under-construction Beverly Drive station, the citywide median is a starting point, not a conclusion. Recent, nearby comps carry more weight than any single headline figure.
What This Means If You're Watching the Golden Triangle
If your interest is in property near Rodeo Drive or the Golden Triangle specifically, here's the practical read. The transit benefit you may have heard about in the news is real, but it isn't priced into that part of the city yet, because the station that would deliver it hasn't opened. Spring 2027 is the current target published by both the City of Beverly Hills and Metro, but transit construction timelines shift, and this project has shifted before over its decade of build-out.
That gives buyers looking at the Golden Triangle two honest paths. One is to treat the coming station as a future catalyst and buy ahead of it, understanding that "ahead of it" could mean waiting through one more construction season. The other is to focus on what's walkable and priced correctly today, without assuming a transit premium that hasn't arrived yet. Either approach is reasonable. What isn't reasonable is paying a premium now for proximity to a station that doesn't exist yet, based on marketing language that blurs the two stops together.
If your interest is instead in the eastern edge near Restaurant Row and the Beverly Center, you're looking at the part of the city where the transit benefit is already live and already reflected, at least partially, in how quickly comparable listings are moving.
FAQ
Does the new Wilshire/La Cienega station put Rodeo Drive within walking distance? No. The station sits at the eastern edge of Beverly Hills near Restaurant Row. Rodeo Drive and the Golden Triangle are roughly a mile away, closer to where the Beverly Drive station is being built.
When does the Beverly Drive station open? The City of Beverly Hills and Metro both list spring 2027 as the current target for Section 2, which includes the Beverly Drive stop. That date has moved before over the life of the project, so it's worth checking Metro's D Line Subway Extension page for the latest schedule before making a decision based on it.
Should I pay a premium for a property because it's "near the new subway"? Ask which station, and check the walking distance for yourself. A property genuinely near Wilshire/La Cienega is benefiting from a station that exists today. A property near the Golden Triangle is benefiting from a station that's still under construction, with completion currently expected in spring 2027.
If you're trying to figure out what a specific block near either station is actually worth right now, that's a conversation better had with someone who tracks these blocks directly rather than a citywide average. Brandon Kaufman works Beverly Hills alongside the San Fernando Valley corridor and can walk you through recent comps for the pocket you're watching. Request a free home valuation or schedule a consultation to get a read that's specific to your block, not the whole city.
