Glenview is a neighborhood in Oakland, California

Oakland, California

Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...

. The neighborhood lies in the Oakland foothills, bordering Dimond Park on the eastern side of the district, Park Boulevard on the southwestern side. The northwestern portion crosses Park Boulevard and is bordered by Piedmont at Trestle Glen.

The neighborhood is more affluent than Oakland as a whole, with a median household income of $90,308 (versus $51,473 for Oakland) in 2009.

Key System

Key System

The Key System was a privately owned company which provided mass transit in the cities of Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda, Emeryville, Piedmont, San Leandro, Richmond, Albany and El Cerrito in the eastern San Francisco Bay Area from 1903 until 1960, when the system was sold to a newly formed public...

 streetcars used to travel up Park Boulevard and over the Leimert Bridge

Leimert Bridge

Leimert Bridge is located in the Oakmore neighborhood of Oakland, California. It spans 357 feet and is 117 feet high above Sausal Creek. It is a cement and steel arch bridge. When it was built in 1926, it was the largest single span bridge on the West Coast....

and provided early access to the employment centers.

Park Boulevard as the neighborhood spine also serves as the local shopping node, with a small number of convenience shops and several restaurants stretching a few blocks. Local and transbay buses also traverse the neighborhood here.

Glenview measures 0.69 square miles (1.8 km²) and housed 5,947 people in 2008.