Location

The Island City of Alameda lies in the center of the gorgeous San Francisco Bay Area. Surrounded by waterways and secluded from the bustle of the bay area, Alameda is a friendly town whose residents have a strong sense of community.

Amidst a rich cultural center there is no shortage of places to go and things to do—a 20 minute ferry ride to SF, a 15 minute drive to Berkeley or to the Oakland Hills Regional Parks, an hour south to the Silicon Valley and an hour north to the wine country.

Living in Alameda

We are green—walk, bike, or bus anywhere in town. Our year round moderate temperatures, tree-lined streets and stretches of shoreline make walking an Alameda pastime. Alameda’s fun downtown brings out young and old alike—a handful of good restaurants for the dinner crowd, the historical cinema-plex for movie goers, parents with babies in strollers and little ones in tow, headed to Tucker’s for ice cream. Be it a fancy cocktail, a friendly beer parlor, or a stop at Starbucks or Peet's for a cappuccino, a stroll down Park street is a favorite Alameda pastime.

Walk Score

With an average walk score of 76, and many neighborhoods above 90, there is less driving and more walking. What better way to have some fun, or lift your spirit by talking with neighbors and connecting to the community.
For more information please visit www.walkscore.com

Homes—Our homes are as diverse as our residents.

Diversity is what defines us. Our clothes, food, ideas, lifestyles, architecture, decorating style, all make for a rich culture and our very own “Bay Area Style”.

There are shoreline condos, townhomes, tiny cottages, Victorians, Edwardians, Italianates, quintessential California bungalows, Craftsman, Mediterranean, mission, ranch, traditional, and newer homes. They’re old and new, plain and fancy, large and small. They are chic, traditional, cozy, comfortable, elegant and  grand.  Side by side they make for an interesting city landscape.

Homes began to dot our small Island in the late 1800’s, as San Francisco’s wealthy began to build Victorian summer homes. Then came the organic style of the early 1900 Craftsman homes, followed by the popular Mission style of the 'Roaring Twenties' and the quaint Tudor of the late twenties. The boom of pre-war and post-war homes of the 40’s and 50’s scattered the island, followed by the modern ranch of the 60’s. By the 1980’s Bay Farm Island was well underway as becoming the city's new community of Harbor Bay Isle, creating hundreds of homes in the city. Our most recent development of large, new homes at Bayport on Alameda’s north-west side has proven to be a big success.