37°48′00″N 122°16′13″W / 37.80000°N 122.27028°W
Oakland Chinatown
屋崙華埠 | |
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 Legendary Palace restaurant at the corner of Franklin and 7th Street in Oakland. | |
 Location of Oakland's Chinatown in the City of Oakland. | |
  Oakland Chinatown Location within California | |
| Coordinates: 37°48′00″N 122°16′13″W / 37.80000°N 122.27028°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Alameda |
| Metro Area | the San Francisco Bay Area |
| City | Oakland |
| Settled | 1850 |
| Annexed | 1852 |
| Government | |
| • District 2 Councilmember | Nikki Fortunato Bas |
| Elevation | 34 ft (10 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP code | 94607 |
| Area code | 510 |
| BART stations | 12th Street Oakland City Center, Lake Merritt |
| Website | Oakland Chinatown Chamber of Commerce |
The Chinatown neighborhood in Oakland, California (Chinese: 屋崙華埠), is traditionally Chinese which reflects Oakland's diverse Chinese American, and more broadly Asian American community. It is frequently referred to as "Oakland Chinatown" in order to distinguish it from nearby San Francisco's Chinatown. It lies at an elevation of 39 feet (12 m).
Chinese were the first Asians to arrive in Oakland in the 1850s, followed by Japanese in the 1890s, Koreans in the 1900s, and Filipinos in the 1930s and 1940s. Southeast Asians began arriving in the 1970s during the Vietnam War. Many Asian languages and dialects can be heard in Chinatown due to its diverse population.
Chinatown is located in downtown Oakland, with its center at 8th Street and Webster Street. Its northern edge is 12th Street, and its southern edge is Interstate 880 (located approximately at 6th Street). It stretches from Broadway on the west to the southern tip of Lake Merritt in the east. Due to a combination of factors, some more broad-based related to difficult circumstances for Oakland itself, while other factors are more specific to this neighborhood, Oakland's Chinatown faces a struggle for survival.[1]
- ^ Ralph Jennings (July 21, 2023). "US Chinatowns are shrinking, and while some want to fight, new ones are springing up". South China Morning Post. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
In San Francisco's Chinatown, the oldest hub of Chinese-owned businesses in the United States, vacancy signs pockmark the district's dining establishments, gift shops and herb stalls. And at a Chinatown across San Francisco Bay in Oakland, rampant storefront graffiti and the fear of robbery chill the daily bustle of kerbside grocery shopping.