Campbell Village Ct, Prescott

Campbell Village is a low-income housing project at the far western end of West Oakland. It is just north of the huge Oakland Post Office complex which is the major hub for incoming and outgoing mail for the East Bay.

This is without qualification one of the poorest neighborhoods in Oakland. There are lots of row houses here—basically these are homes that all attach together onto one long square unit that will run half a block in length with individual entrances and roofs for each. There is a mix of older and newer homes, all with that cookie cutter look of low income housing. The high unemployment rate in the area and the gang activity associated with it make this a high police activity location and police vehicles are a permanent fixture of the area.

There are some restaurants here such as Popo’s Pizza, but the stigma of the projects and gang violence keep most outsiders out of the area.

Put simply, this is not an area people go to unless they have business here.