From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Maxwell Park, Oakland, California
Maxwell Park, Oakland, California
Coordinates: 37°46′45″N 122°11′45″W / 37.77917°N Many of the homes in the neighborhood have
122.19583°W / 37.77917; -122.19583 panoramic views of the Oakland hills to the north, to
Maxwell Park Alameda and San Francisco Bay to the west.
— Neighborhood of Oakland —
History
The area is named after its developer, John P. Maxwell.
The original development area was bounded by 55th Av-
enue, Trask Street, Monticello Avenue and Camden
Street.
The land was opened zoned for development on May
7, 1921 and Burritt and Shealey, the main developers
were the same developers from many of the homes in the
nearby upscale enclave of Piedmont.
Nearby streetcar transportation and a salubrious cli-
mate were cardinal selling points. It is in East Oakland’s
A view over Maxwell Park justly famed ’warm belt’. The streetcars were replaced
by AC Transit buses in 1960. Lines 47 and 14 service the
neighborhood to and from the Fruitvale BART station,
along with many other lines that run along MacArthur
Blvd.
Notable Places
• Maxwell Park Elementary school
• Maxwell Park (a city park)
• Fremont High School
• Home of Peace Cemetery
• Mills College
• Melrose Leadership Academy
Location of Maxwell Park in Oakland
See also
Coordinates: 37°46′45″N 122°11′45″W / 37.779167°N • Laurel, Oakland
122.195833°W / 37.779167; -122.195833
Country United States References
State California
• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names
County Alameda
Information System: Maxwell Park, Oakland,
City Oakland
California
Maxwell Park is a neighborhood in Oakland, California lo-
cated in the foothills of Oakland and is known for its close External links
knit community (made up largely of middle-class profes-
sionals)[citation needed] and relatively low crime rate. It is • Maxwell Park Neighborhood Council official website.
geographically bordered by MacArthur Blvd, High Street, • Aerial photo of Maxwell Park from USGS via
Trask Steet, Foothill Blvd, and 55th Avenue and is adja- Microsoft Research Maps
cent to Mills College, I-580, Brookdale Park, and the Fair- • "Neighborhood Search Map". Oakland Museum of
fax neighborhood. It lies at an elevation of from 138 feet California. Archived from the original on 2009-04-30.
to its highest point of 266 feet on Knowland Ave (42 m). http://web.archive.org/web/20090430211848/
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