North Oakland, Oakland

#178 among attractions in Oakland

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North Oakland is an area in Oakland, California, United States, bordered by Downtown Oakland, Oakland Hills, and the adjacent cities of Berkeley, Emeryville and Piedmont. Annexed to Oakland in 1897. It is known as the birthplace of the Black Panther Party and is the childhood home of both the co-founders, which are Dr. Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. It is also the birthplace and childhood home of Sue Draheim, internationally recognized fiddler. ()

Coordinates: 37°49'55"N, 122°15'59"W

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North Oakland (Longfellow)Oakland United States

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North Oakland – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Piedmont Avenue, Oaks Park Stadium, The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment, First Presbyterian Church of Oakland.

0.9 miSE
Shopping district, Shopping
Piedmont Avenue, Oakland
23 min walk • The Piedmont Avenue neighborhood is a residential and commercial district in the North Oakland region of Oakland, California. It is named for Piedmont Avenue, a commercial street known for dining and retail.
0.8 miW
Sport venue, Sport
Oaks Park Stadium, Oakland
22 min walk • Oaks Park, formally known as the Oakland Baseball Park, and at times nicknamed Emeryville Park, was a baseball stadium in Emeryville, California.
0.8 miSE
Museum, Specialty museum
The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment, Oakland
21 min walk • The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment is an Oakland, California, museum dedicated to digital art and gaming, with fully playable gaming exhibits. Its mission is to collect and curate video games, digital media concept art, and gaming systems, to teach the public about digital art and the process of gaming creation.
1.2 miS
Church
First Presbyterian Church of Oakland, Oakland
30 min walk • The First Presbyterian Church of Oakland is a historic church founded in 1853 in Oakland, California. It is a part of the Presbyterian Church. First Presbyterian Church was the first Christian church in Oakland.
0.9 miN
Park
Bushrod, Oakland
24 min walk • The Bushrod neighborhood in North Oakland, Oakland, California is an area surrounding its namesake park, and bounded by Martin Luther King, Jr. Way to the west, Claremont Avenue to the east, Highway 24 to the south, and the Berkeley border to the north.
1.3 miSE
Park, Garden
Morcom Rose Garden, Oakland
35 min walk • The Morcom Rose Garden is located in a residential neighborhood in Oakland, California, near the Piedmont border. The exact address is 700 Jean St. Oakland, CA 94610.
1 miW
Area
Emeryville, Oakland
26 min walk • Emeryville is a small city located in northwest Alameda County, California, in the United States. It lies in a corridor between the cities of Berkeley and Oakland, with a border on the shore of San Francisco Bay.
1.1 miS
Sacred and religious sites, Synagogue
Temple Sinai, Oakland
28 min walk • Temple Sinai is a Reform synagogue located at 2808 Summit Street in Oakland, California, United States. Founded in 1875, it is the oldest Jewish congregation in the East San Francisco Bay region.
0.9 miE
Universities and schools
California College of the Arts, Oakland
23 min walk • California College of the Arts is a private art school with two campuses in California, one in San Francisco and one in Oakland. Founded in 1907, it enrolls approximately 1,239 undergraduates and 380 graduate students.
0.6 miSE
Park
Mosswood Park, Oakland
17 min walk • Mosswood Park is a 4-acre public park in Oakland, California, located on W MacArthur Boulevard between Webster Street and Broadway.
1 miNE
Shopping, Shopping centre
Rockridge Market Hall, Oakland
27 min walk • Rockridge Market Hall is a market hall opened in 1987 in Rockridge, a neighborhood of Oakland, California. It contains nine stores, including a caterer, a specialty foods shop, a flower shop, a wine shop, a produce shop, a coffee roaster, a fish shop, a butcher shop and a bakery. The food hall is across from the Rockridge BART station.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to North Oakland?

Nearby attractions include Longfellow, Oakland (8 min walk), Temescal, Oakland (14 min walk), Mosswood Park, Oakland (17 min walk), J. Mora Moss House, Oakland (19 min walk).

How to get to North Oakland by public transport?

The nearest stations to North Oakland:

Bus

Martin Luther King Junior Way & 44th Street • Lines: 18 (3 min walk)
Telegraph Avenue & 44th Street • Lines: 6, 800 (4 min walk)

Metro

MacArthur • Lines: Orange, Red, Yellow (6 min walk)
Rockridge • Lines: Yellow (31 min walk)