Best neighborhoods in Oakland
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Ranked 1st best neighborhood in Oakland
"One of My Favorite Stomping Grounds"
- NightOwlnOrinda
The Piedmont Avenue neighborhood is a great swath of neighborhood that rolls down from the Mountain View Cemetery all the way to the freeway. Piedmont Avenue is the heart of the neighborhood and has...
Ranked 2nd best neighborhood in Oakland
"The Jewel of the East Bay"
- NightOwlnOrinda
Either you’re a lover of lovely Rockridge for it Yuppie East Bay aesthetic, or you hate it for it overpriced gentrification. You can put me squarely in the lovers category. Rockridge has got to be m...
Ranked 3rd best neighborhood in Oakland
"Oakland's great escape"
- ntrench
Everything that is noteworthy in Oakland, happens in the vicinity of Lake Merrit. The area is surrounded by downtown Oakland, Laney Community College, above average city neighborhoods and the restaur...
Ranked 4th best neighborhood in Oakland
"Under rated and unpretentious"
- pmahoney
Upper Laurel is not fancy. In other words its still working on being gentrified. The housing is mostly California Bungalows, but most are quite comfortable and they are much more interesting than th...
Ranked 5th best neighborhood in Oakland
"More Than Just the Squares in Jack London"
- NightOwlnOrinda
When talking about this area of Oakland, you must begin, of course, by mentioning Jack London Square, Oakland’s number one tourist attraction. I should begin by saying that I have always found Jack L...
Ranked 6th best neighborhood in Oakland
"Solid Family Neighborhood"
- NightOwlnOrinda
Glenview is a mostly upscale neighborhood just to the south of Trestle Glen and Crocker Highland. I say mostly because although it is pretty much a middle class neighborhood near Highway 580 on its w...
Ranked 7th best neighborhood in Oakland
"Chinatown east offers great options"
- cirriusred
I have been living in Chinatown Oakland for over two years and commute to the city for work everyday ...bart is close...parking is available and it gives the urban kind of life for half the price...I...
Ranked 8th best neighborhood in Oakland
"Nice Family Neighborhood Near the Lake"
- NightOwlnOrinda
Trestle Glen is an upscale residential neighborhood straddling Highway 580 just south of Lakeshore near Lake Merritt. The neighborhood keeps a fairly low profile—I rarely hear it mentioned, but it ha...
Ranked 9th best neighborhood in Oakland
"Lakeside Apartments"
- NightOwlnOrinda
Adam’s Point is a densely packed lower middle class neighborhood on the northeast side of Lake Merritt. It stretches up from the lake into the hills at one of the prettiest spots along the lake, just...
Ranked 10th best neighborhood in Oakland
"Good Hillside Neighborhood and Golf Course"
- NightOwlnOrinda
As you might expect given the name of this area, much of this neighborhood is Chabot Park and its Golf Course. The southern border of the neighborhood is with Chabot Lake and you will find a lot of t...
Ranked 11th best neighborhood in Oakland
"Still Up and Coming"
- NightOwlnOrinda
For the last few years there has been a lot of buzz around this neighborhood—everyone raving about how great it is. I must admit that I am a late-comer to seeing what is so great about Temescal. In...
Ranked 12th best neighborhood in Oakland
"A step above Oakland's norm"
- ntrench
Located on the eastern edge of Lake Merritt, Cleveland Heights is a step up from most Oakland communities. It is depicted as a quaint, working-class neighborhood with hilly roads winding up and down...
Ranked 13th best neighborhood in Oakland
"Where the Spice Monkey's Go for Drinks and Dancing"
- NightOwlnOrinda
So let’s just cut to the chase. Here are the top 5 places to go for drinks/food/dancing in Downtown Oakland:
5. There is a good selection of international food. One of my personal favorites is Vo...
Ranked 14th best neighborhood in Oakland
"Oakland Airport Amenities"
- bayareabound
Located between Highway 880 and the Oakland International Airport, Arrowhead Marshland is a commercial strip leading up to the airport. While most people know it has the prominent hotel strip that ho...
Ranked 15th best neighborhood in Oakland
"Emerging Neighborhood, award winning schools, walk to everyt..."
- BayAreaDesigner
The centerpiece of Bushrod is the 10+ acre park that is at it's center. The park has great playing fields, tennis courts, climbing structure and clean sand play area for kids and community rec center....
Ranked 16th best neighborhood in Oakland
"A Bit Industrial But Good For Bachelors Maybe"
- NightOwlnOrinda
Except from some very rundown looking houses in the small residential section, South Kennedy Tract is a basically an industrial area that straddles that small waterway that separates Oakland from Alam...
Ranked 17th best neighborhood in Oakland
"Below average Oakland neighborhood"
- ntrench
Mosswood maintains much of the same characteristics of its bordering neighbors--that is, small, flat, unkempt and poor. The district is relatively residential, with lower class families living in old...
Ranked 18th best neighborhood in Oakland
"Gritty Industrial Zone"
- bayareabound
Simply put, Acorn Industrial is a lowly, industrialized community with port businesses relating to the transaction of manufactured goods. It spans about 0.8 square miles of terrain, which equates to...
Ranked 19th best neighborhood in Oakland
"Grungy Industrial Zone"
- bayareabound
Old City, also known as the Produce and Water district, is a commercial melting pot of sorts comprising of industrial businesses, anonymous depots and cluttered warehouses. It is also small, spanning...
Ranked 20th best neighborhood in Oakland
"Tacos, Gangs, and a Pool"
- NightOwlnOrinda
Not to be confused with the city of Fremont, some twenty miles to the south, the Fremont neighborhood is actually one of the many enclaves of Oakland. In some ways, this is a pretty average neighborh...