West Berkeley, Berkeley, California
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West Berkeley is generally the area of Berkeley, California which lies west of San Pablo Avenue, abutting San Francisco Bay. It comprises the unincorporated 19th century town of Ocean View, and the filled-in areas west of I-80 (the Eastshore Freeway) including, mainly, the Berkeley Marina.
Ocean View was included in the incorporation of Berkeley in 1878 and thereafter was known as West Berkeley.
The earliest school in what was then the unincorporated town of Ocean View was the Ocean View School located on the southeast corner of Virginia Street and San Pablo Avenue.
Just east of I-80 between Ashby and University Avenues is Aquatic Park created in the 1930's by the WPA. Its centerpiece is an artificial mile-long lagoon.
Neighborhoods
Berkeley Hills · Berkeley Marina · Claremont · Cragmont · Downtown Berkeley · La Loma Park · Lorin District · Northside · Ocean View · South Berkeley · West Berkeley · Westbrae
Education
Berkeley City College · Berkeley High School · Berkeley Unified School District · Graduate Theological Union · University of California, Berkeley
Trunk roads and Highways
Interstate 80 · Interstate 580 · Piedmont Avenue · San Pablo Avenue (SR 123) · Solano Avenue · Telegraph Avenue
Public Transportation
AC Transit · Ashby BART · Berkeley Amtrak Station · Berkeley BART · North Berkeley BART
