BART and DRIVING DIRECTIONS

To Lakeside Park Garden Center

666 Bellevue Avenue, Oakland, CA 94610

 

BART DIRECTIONS:

 

To plan your BART ride go to www.bart.gov. Take BART to Oakland and exit BART at either Lake Merritt or 19th/Oakland stops.  From the BART stations walk:

 

Lake Merritt Station: This walk is about 1 1/2 miles.  You will go through the outskirts of Oakland's famous Chinatown and along the north side of Lake Merritt.  Exit BART and go left 377 feet to Jackson.  Turn right onto Jackson and go 0.63 miles to Lakeside Drive.  Turn left onto Lakeside Drive and go 354 feet to Harrison Street.  Continue on Harrison Street (around the lake) to Grand Avenue. Turn right on Grand Avenue to Bellevue Avenue (you will temporarily leave the path around the lake).  Bear right onto Bellevue Avenue and go 0.16 Miles (you will see Children's Fairy Land on your right; continue another 700 feet to the Garden Center on your left).

 

19th/Oakland Station: This walk is about 1 mile. You will go past some of Oakland's newer and upscale office complexes and the new cathedral.  Exit the BART Station at the 20th Street exit (heading east toward the hills) go 0.3 miles (3 blocks) to Grand Avenue.  Turn right onto Grand Avenue and go 0.4 miles to Bellevue Avenue.  Bear right onto Bellevue Avenue and go 0.16 Miles (you will see Children's Fairy Land on your right; continue another 700 feet to the Garden Center on your left).

 

DRIVING DIRECTIONS:

 

From Fremont and the southern parts of Oakland:

 

Take I-880 North toward Oakland.  Take Oak Street/Lakeside Drive Exit.  Turn right on Oak Street and go 0.43 miles.  Continue on Lakeside Drive (keeping the lake on your right) and go 0.65 miles.  Continue on Harrison Street and go 354 feet.  Turn right onto Grand Avenue and go 0.21 miles.  Bear right onto Bellevue Avenue and go 0.16 Miles (you will see Children's Fairy Land on your right; continue another 700 feet to the Garden Center on your left).

 

From Pleasanton, Hayward or Castro Valley:

 

Take I-580 West toward Oakland.  Take the Grand Avenue exit. Turn right onto Grand Avenue and go 0.73 miles.  Turn left onto Bellevue Avenue and go 0.16 Miles (you will see Children's Fairy Land on your right; continue another 700 feet to the Garden Center on your left).

 

From Berkeley:

 

Take I-80 West toward Oakland.  Continue on I-580 East toward Hayward/Stockton and go 2.59 miles.  Take the Grand Avenue/Lakeshore Avenue exit.  Turn right onto Grand Avenue and go 0.66 miles.  Turn left onto Bellevue Avenue and go 0.16 Miles (you will see Children's Fairy Land on your right; continue another 700 feet to the Garden Center on your left).

 

From San Francisco:

 

Take the Bay Bridge toward Oakland exit onto I-80 East.  Take I-580 East toward Hayward/Stockton and go 2.88 miles.  Take the Grand Avenue/Lakeshore Avenue exit.  Turn right onto Grand Avenue and go 0.66 miles.  Turn left onto Bellevue Avenue and go 0.16 Miles (you will see Children's Fairy Land on your right; continue another 700 feet to the Garden Center on your left).