List of Berkeley neighborhoods
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This is a list of neighborhoods in Berkeley, California
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Berkeley, California
Berkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington...
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- The Berkeley HillsBerkeley HillsThe Berkeley Hills are a range of the Pacific Coast Ranges that overlook the northeast side of the valley that surrounds San Francisco Bay. They were previously called the "Contra Costa Range/Hills" , but with the establishment of Berkeley and the University of California, the current usage was...
- Roughly bounded by Cedar Street, Spruce Street, Eunice Street, Sutter Street, and Arlington Avenue on the west, and Tilden Regional ParkTilden Regional ParkTilden Regional Park, also known as "Tilden" , is a regional park in the East Bay, part of the San Francisco Bay Area in California. It is situated between the Berkeley Hills and San Pablo Ridge....
on the east.- La Loma ParkLa Loma ParkLa Loma Park is the historic name, no longer in common use, of a tract of land located in the Berkeley Hills section of the city of Berkeley, California in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Spanish word loma means "rise/low hill". It was the property of Captain Richard Parks Thomas, a veteran of the ...
/Nut Hill - Roughly bounded by Euclid Avenue on the west and the main University of California campus on the south. - Cragmont The Berkeley Hills section north of Codornices Creek, and east of about Euclid Avenue.
- Southampton - Roughly bounded by Arlington Avenue on the west, Tilden Regional Park on the east, and Marin Avenue on the south.
- La Loma Park
- The Berkeley Flats - As contrasted with the Berkeley Hills, this area encompasses the gently sloping flat land bounded on the east by the Downtown district at Martin Luther King Jr Way, on the west by West Berkeley at San Pablo Avenue, on the north by Cedar Street and on the south by Dwight Way. Elevation decreases smoothly from 180 feet above sea level at the eastern boundary to 100 feet above sea level at the western boundary.
- Poet's Corner - The neighborhood bordered by University Ave, Sacramento Street, Dwight Way, and San Pablo Avenue. Most of the streets that lie exclusively within the boundaries of this neighborhood are named after the following poets: Bonar, Browning, Byron, Chaucer, Cowper, Edwards and Poe.
- ClaremontClaremont, Oakland/Berkeley, CaliforniaThe Claremont district is a neighborhood straddling the city limits of Oakland and Berkeley in the East Bay section of the San Francisco Bay Area in California, United States. It lies at an elevation of 266 feet . The main thoroughfares are Claremont and Ashby Avenues.The name was given in the...
- Centered around the intersection of Claremont Avenue, Ashby Avenue, and Claremont Boulevard. Parts of the Claremont district are in the City of Oakland, including most of:- Claremont Hills - Roughly bounded by Tunnel Road and the Claremont Hotel.
- Downtown BerkeleyDowntown Berkeley, CaliforniaDowntown Berkeley is the central business district of the city of Berkeley, California, United States, around the intersection of Shattuck Avenue and Center Street, and extending north to Hearst Avenue, south to Dwight Way, west to Martin Luther King Jr. Way, and east to Oxford Street...
- Roughly bounded by Martin Luther King Jr Way, Hearst Avenue, Oxford Street, and Dwight Way, and centered along Shattuck Avenue. - ElmwoodElmwood, Berkeley, CaliforniaThe Elmwood District is a neighborhood of the City of Berkeley, California. It is primarily residential, with a small commercial area. The district does not have set lines of demarcation, but is focused around College and Ashby Avenues...
- Roughly bounded by Dwight Way, Telegraph Avenue and the Oakland city limits. - Gourmet GhettoGourmet ghettoThe Gourmet Ghetto is the colloquial name for the business district of the North Berkeley neighborhood in the city of Berkeley, California. The business district is sometimes more formally referred to as "North Shattuck." It received its nickname due to the high concentration of fine eating...
- A stretch of Shattuck Avenue and Walnut roughly bordered by Hearst to the south and Rose to the north. So named because of the concentration of fine restaurants, including Chez PanisseChez PanisseChez Panisse is a Berkeley, California restaurant known for using local, organic foods and credited as the inspiration for the style of cooking known as California cuisine. Well-known restauranteur, author, and food activist Alice Waters co-founded Chez Panisse in 1971 with film producer Paul...
and the Cheese Board CollectiveCheese Board CollectiveThe Cheese Board Collective in Berkeley, California, comprises two worker owned and operated businesses: a cheese shop/bakery commonly referred to as "The Cheese Board," and a pizzeria known as "Cheese Board Pizza." The Cheese Board is located at 1504 Shattuck Ave and Cheese Board Pizza is located...
. - North Berkeley - Roughly bounded by Hearst Avenue and Eunice Street.
- Northbrae - Roughly bounded by Solano AvenueSolano AvenueSolano Avenue in Berkeley and Albany, California is a two mile long east-west street. Solano Avenue is one of the larger shopping districts in the Berkeley area...
on the north, Hopkins and Eunice Streets on the south, the Albany city limits on the west, and Spruce Street on the east. - NorthsideNorthside, Berkeley, CaliforniaNorthside is a principally residential neighborhood in Berkeley, California, located north of the University of California, Berkeley campus, east of Oxford Street, and south of Cedar Street. There is a small shopping area located at Euclid and Hearst Avenues, at the northern entrance to the...
- Roughly bordered by Hearst Avenue and Cedar Street. - Panoramic Hill - Bounded by Piedmont Avenue, the Clark Kerr Campus and the main University of California campus. The eastern half of this neighborhood is in the City of Oakland.
- South BerkeleySouth Berkeley, Berkeley, CaliforniaSouth Berkeley is a neighborhood in the city of Berkeley, California. It extends roughly from Dwight Way to the city’s border with Oakland, between Telegraph Avenue in the east and either Sacramento Street or San Pablo Avenue in the west...
- Roughly bounded by Telegraph Avenue, Dwight Way, and the Oakland city limits.- Harmon Tract - Centered on the intersection of Sacramento Street and Harmon Street.
- Lorin DistrictLorin DistrictThe Lorin district is a neighborhood located in the southern part of Berkeley, California, bounded by Ashby Avenue, Adeline Street, Martin Luther King Jr...
- Centered on the intersection of Alcatraz Avenue and Adeline Street.
- SouthsideSouthside, Berkeley, CaliforniaSouthside, also known by the older names South of Campus or South Campus, is a neighborhood in Berkeley, California. Southside is located directly south of and adjacent to the University of California, Berkeley campus...
- Between Bancroft Way and Dwight Way. - Thousand OaksThousand Oaks, Berkeley, CaliforniaThousand Oaks is a neighborhood of Berkeley in Alameda County, California. Located at the base of the Berkeley Hills, it lies at an elevation of 239 feet .The principal shopping area is Solano Avenue, along the southern edge of the neighborhood...
- Roughly bounded by Solano Avenue, The Alameda, and Arlington Avenue - The University of California, Berkeley campusUniversity of California, Berkeley Campus ArchitectureThe University of California, Berkeley campus and its surrounding community are home to a number of notable buildings by early 20th-century campus architect John Galen Howard, his peer Bernard Maybeck , and Maybeck's student Julia Morgan...
- West BerkeleyWest Berkeley, Berkeley, CaliforniaWest Berkeley is generally the area of Berkeley, California which lies west of San Pablo Avenue, abutting San Francisco Bay. It includes the area which was once the unincorporated town of Ocean View, as well as the filled-in areas along the shoreline west of I-80 including, mainly, the Berkeley...
- Roughly bounded by San Francisco BaySan Francisco BaySan Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary through which water draining from approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean...
on the west, and San Pablo Avenue or Sacramento Street on the east.- Berkeley MarinaBerkeley MarinaThe Berkeley Marina is the westernmost portion of the city of Berkeley, California, located west of the Eastshore Freeway at the foot of University Avenue on San Francisco Bay...
- Ocean View - Located around the Fourth Street shopping district; roughly bounded by Gilman Street on the north, University Avenue on the south, San Pablo Avenue on the east, and the San Francisco BaySan Francisco BaySan Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary through which water draining from approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean...
on the west.
- Berkeley Marina
- WestbraeWestbrae, Berkeley, CaliforniaWestbrae is a neighborhood in the northern part of Berkeley, California in the East Bay section of the San Francisco Bay Area. Westbrae is "centered" on the intersection of Santa Fe Avenue and Gilman Street, although the main extent is east, south and west of this intersection, with the Albany...
- Centered on the intersection of Santa Fe Avenue and Gilman Street.