Berkeley
Neighborhoods
In 1974 I moved to Berkeley to work as a Chemical Engineer for Chevron Research. On New Years’ Day 1975 I took a walk in the Berkeley Hills … wearing a T-shirt (unheard of in New York in January!), and felt the warm sun, the fragrance of flowers saw the spectacular bay in winter light and knew I’d found my home. And thus, we named our site BERKELEYHOMES and created the BerkeleyHomes.com website!
![View of San Francisco Bay, Golden Gate Bridge, and Farallon Islands from Grizzly Peak](https://www.berkeleyhomes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/berkeley-california-berkeley-hills-grizzly-peak-san-golden-gate-bridge-farallones-radio-dish-h.jpg)
Berkeley is a wonderful place to live – amazing restaurants (our favorites are small neighborhood places) and food, farmers’ markets, festivals, bookstores, libraries, movies, theaters, and performance spaces.
![A Taste of North Berkeley - one of the many restauranteurs serving samples of their food](https://www.berkeleyhomes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/berkeley-california-north-gourmet-ghetto-restaurant-a-taste-of-north-berkeley-cha-am-1543-shattuck-1.jpg)
![Neon Sign Marquee at the Elmwood Theater in Berkeley's Elmwood Neighborhood](https://www.berkeleyhomes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/neon-berkeley-ca-elmwood-neighborhood-theater-elmwood-2966-college-avenue-movie-tangled-1.jpg)
And the weather? It rarely gets too hot … or cold … and the humidity is always relatively low.
We have a diverse collection of neighborhoods – The Berkeley Hills has spectacular views, residential Elmwood/Claremont and North Berkeley have large stately homes and great restaurants, Thousand Oaks, where we have lived for the past 30+ years, is home to amazing rock formations. Nearby Northbrae was named one of the “Great Neighborhoods in America”.
![A giant rock in front of a grand home on Menlo Place in Berkeley's Thousand Oaks Neighborhood](https://www.berkeleyhomes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/berkeley-ca-thousand-1000-oaks-neighborhood-homes-c-07.jpg)
![A magnificent Julia Morgan designed home in Berkeley's Claremont Neighborhood - 2821 Claremont Blvd](https://www.berkeleyhomes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/berkeley-ca-claremont-neighborhood-julia-morgan-selden-williams-house-2821-claremont-blvd-1.jpg)
Here is a detailed neighborhood list from Wikipedia
So … visit the wonderful neighborhoods and see what each has to offer you!
Want to walk to coffee or Pizza? Always yearned for a view of the bay? Call or email – I’ll let you know which neighborhoods to focus your search on!
![Amazing Pizza at Gioia Pizza in Berkeley's Northbrae Neighborhood - the best pizza west of the Hudson!](https://www.berkeleyhomes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/berkeley-ca-northbrae-westbrae-neighborhood-pizza-gioias-art-kinsey-2-1.jpg)
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