The LA wildfires have sparked an exodus to NYC

The glittering lights of Hollywood are losing their luster as the California wildfires force some residents to flee — and New York City is quickly becoming their landing pad.

When flames erupted near Ilian Rebei’s Hollywood Hills art gallery, the message became clear: “With artwork, when it’s gone, it’s gone,” he told Curbed in an interview.

The gallery owner wasted no time, calling dozens of freight companies to ship his collection of 35 paintings and 15 drawings to safety. Rebei then worked with a real estate agent to snag an Upper East Side studio in record time, moving in just days after the ongoing blaze began, he told the outlet.

“For me, the moment was now,” Rebei said.

Nearly 200 pieces of artwork by Hunter Biden, for example, have been lost in the wildfires. The collection, valued at “millions of dollars” by a source close to the Biden family, was stored near the Pacific Palisades residence of Hunter’s Hollywood attorney, Kevin Morris.

Rebei is part of a growing number of Californians who are leaving the Golden State as wildfires continue to destroy homes and displace tens of thousands of residents.

Real estate agents in New York are even feeling the heat, with a surge in calls from West Coast clients eager to secure housing.

Some are ditching LA entirely, saying the risks and costs are no longer worth it.

“Everything is burned out. Luckily, we have insurance,” one Angeleno told Enrica Petrongari, a real-estate agent at Keller Williams NYC, adding that he said, “It’s not worth having a house in California anymore.”

Ryan Serhant recently revealed that he has been flooded with inquiries from Los Angeles brokers whose clients are seeking rental properties on the East Coast.

As the extent of the destruction becomes clearer, many of these clients are shifting their focus from renting to purchasing homes.

“People have said this is the final straw for the state,” Serhant said on Fox Business.

Hollywood itself isn’t immune to the fallout.

TV writer Alex O’Keefe, best known for his work on “The Bear,” says the wildfires are just the latest blow to an industry already struggling with the aftermath of the streaming bubble and a major writers’ strike.

“I also think insurance on production will be sky high,” O’Keefe told Curbed, adding that he’s now moving permanently to New York to be closer to his fiancée’s family.

Meanwhile, some Californians are still hanging on, hoping to rebuild.

Designer Michael Yarinsky, who offered his North Fork home as temporary housing, said many displaced residents aren’t ready to leave yet.

“They want to stay local, monitor the situation — some of them haven’t even gotten access to their home’s site,” he explained.

“I think it will probably happen that some of them end up moving to the East Coast, but a lot of people are just trying to get a sense of where the ground is right now.”