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Hillside Homes Across the Leimert Bridge

Oakmore begins on the far side of a bridge. From the top of Glenview’s stretch of Park Boulevard, Leimert Boulevard crosses Dimond Canyon on a 1926 concrete arch, 117 feet above Sausal Creek, and climbs into curving streets that rise toward Highway 13. The Dimond District lies below; oak and bay woodland follows the creek through the canyon behind the houses.

That single crossing shapes daily life here. Streets beyond the bridge carry mostly neighbors, yet Rocky’s Market waits at its eastern end, Dimond Park’s trails start a short walk downhill, and Park Boulevard and two freeways are minutes away. For buyers who want a garden, a long view and a quiet street without a long drive, Oakmore real estate rewards a closer look.

Brief History

Before the bridge, this hillside was hard to reach. Once part of the Peralta family’s Rancho San Antonio, it was cut off from the city by Dimond Canyon on one side and the Palo Seco Creek ravine, today’s Highway 13 corridor, on the other. In 1926 the brothers Walter H. and Harry Leimert answered with a reinforced-concrete arch drawn by engineer George A. Posey, whose name the Posey Tube to Alameda also carries.

The bridge cost about $150,000 and runs 357 feet. In its day it was promoted as the longest single concrete span on the West Coast. Park Boulevard streetcars rode across it and turned around where five streets meet beside the new shops, linking residents to the Key System and the commute to San Francisco. When rail service ended, the trolley poles were refitted as streetlights in 1947. The city named the bridge Oakland Landmark No. 40 in 1980, and neighbors marked the end of a multi-year seismic retrofit with a ribbon cutting in May 2025.

Lot sales in Oakmore Highlands opened in October 1926: about 440 parcels on roughly 150 acres, sold through the firm of Mitchell & Austin, with the Oakmore Homes Association formed that same year. Early owners even agreed to consult the association before felling an oak. To show what the slopes could hold, the Leimert Company opened a model house by Oakland architects Miller & Warnecke, and in 1934 it teamed with Breuner’s furniture store and the Oakland Tribune on a furnished demonstration home that about 8,000 people toured over three weeks.

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Architectural Appeal

Oakmore filled in over three decades, and its houses show it. The first wave, from the late 1920s, brought Spanish and Mediterranean Revival homes with stucco walls and tile roofs, alongside Tudor-inspired cottages with steep gables and arched doorways. The 1930s and 1940s added simpler period houses, and later decades filled remaining lots with ranch-style and midcentury homes, plus a few bold contemporary rebuilds.

Leimert sold Oakmore as lots rather than finished houses, so most owners built to their own plans, and next-door neighbors rarely match. Inside the older homes, look for coved ceilings, arched passageways between rooms, narrow-plank oak floors and wood-burning fireplaces. Many have since gained opened-up kitchens and updated baths while keeping those details.

Pricing & Market Trends

Demand in Oakmore runs high. According to Redfin, homes here went under contract after a median of 14 days in the three months ending June 2026, and Redfin scores the neighborhood 94 out of 100 on its Compete Score. In June 2026, homes sold for an average of about 138 percent of list price, and roughly nine in ten closed above asking.

Values have held steady rather than surged. The median sale price for those three months was about $1.4 million, up 2.2 percent from a year earlier and well above Oakland’s citywide median of about $773,000 in September 2026. Homes that arrive with updated systems, a usable garden and a clear view draw the strongest response. Cush’s 2024 listing at 4167 Lincoln Avenue, a 1958 house reworked as a modernist residence, sold for $2,125,000, about 26 percent over its $1,689,000 list price.

Space, Style & Livability

Because the streets follow the contours, many homes sit on more than one level: a main floor at the street, with bedrooms, a family room or a studio stepping down the slope behind. Leimert’s 1926 advertising stressed large lots, and many parcels still hold terraced gardens and rear decks. Plenty of homes look out over the flatlands toward the bay, and some take in the Bay Bridge and the San Francisco skyline.

Hillside living brings practical questions too: steep driveways on some blocks, foundations and drainage worth a careful inspection, and the hazard disclosures that come with any Oakland hills property.

Who Lives Here

Oakmore draws buyers who want the hills without a long climb into them. The bridge puts Glenview’s restaurants, Park Boulevard and two freeways within a few minutes, while the streets past it stay calm enough for an evening walk. Some come for afternoon light and the view west, others for a garden with room to plant, and many owners stay for decades. Neighbors keep up the 1926 homes association, tend the creek and turn out for its fall stroll.

Life in Oakmore

Schools

Homes in Oakmore are served by Oakland Unified School District, and assignments vary by street. Public schools that serve parts of the neighborhood or sit nearby include:

Glenview Elementary (TK–5), 4215 La Cresta Avenue
Joaquin Miller Elementary (TK–5), 5525 Ascot Drive
Sequoia Elementary (K–5)
Montera Middle School (grades 6–8)
Edna Brewer Middle School (grades 6–8)
Skyline High School (grades 9–12)
Oakland High School (grades 9–12)

Head-Royce School, an independent K–12 school, sits on Lincoln Avenue at the neighborhood’s edge. Confirm the current assignment for a specific address with OUSD.

Shops & Dining

Oakmore’s small business district sits at the eastern end of the bridge. Rocky’s Market, a neighborhood grocery since Rocky Dudum opened it in 1961, now pairs produce from Northern California farms with prepared food from its own kitchen, and its bulletin board carries clippings from the homes association’s archive. 3 Seasons Thai Bistro is a few doors up Leimert Boulevard. Back across the bridge, Glenview’s Park Boulevard restaurants are a short walk, and the Dimond District and Montclair Village are each a short drive.

Parks, Trails & Recreation

Dimond Canyon is Oakmore’s backyard. Trails follow Sausal Creek upstream from Dimond Park, pass directly beneath the arch of the Leimert Bridge, and continue toward Joaquin Miller Park and its redwoods higher in the hills. Dimond Park itself, set aside by the city in 1917, has Lions Pool (open since 1929), tennis courts, a recreation center and native demonstration gardens. Walkers can join the creek trail from El Centro Avenue in Glenview or from the park.

Community Traditions

Community life here runs through a few long-standing habits:

The Oakmore Homes Association, formed in 1926 and still holding an annual members meeting
The Oakmore Stroll, a volunteer-run fall afternoon of activity stations on corners around the neighborhood
Food trucks and small gatherings in the Rocky’s Market lot
Creek and trail work days with the Friends of Sausal Creek

Outdoor Activities

Few Oakland neighborhoods sit this close to a trailhead. From Dimond Park, the creek trail follows Sausal Creek upstream and passes directly under the Leimert Bridge into a wooded canyon of redwood, bay and oak. Dimond Park itself, set aside by the city in 1917, offers Lions Pool (open since 1929), tennis courts and a recreation center. A short drive up the ridge, Joaquin Miller Park spreads across 500 acres, with a second-growth redwood grove and trails such as Sunset Loop and Palos Colorados. Golfers can practice at the nine-hole Montclair Golf Course and its driving range, just north of the neighborhood.

Art & Culture

Some of Oakland’s more unusual landmarks are within a few minutes:

The Leimert Bridge (1926), Oakland Landmark No. 40, seen at its best from the creek trail below the arch
Woodminster Amphitheater in Joaquin Miller Park, built by the WPA and dedicated in 1940 to California’s writers, where Woodminster Summer Musicals stages Broadway shows on summer evenings
The Abbey, poet Joaquin Miller’s hillside home, a California historical landmark inside the park he named The Hights
Chabot Space & Science Center on Skyline Boulevard, with a 241-seat planetarium and large telescopes the public can look through
The Oakland California Temple visitors’ center and grounds on Lincoln Avenue, free and open daily

Shopping & Dining

Oakmore’s own business district sits at the eastern end of the bridge. Rocky’s Market, a neighborhood grocery since Rocky Dudum opened it in 1961, now pairs produce from Northern California farms with prepared food from its own kitchen, and its bulletin board carries clippings from the homes association’s archive. 3 Seasons Thai Bistro is a few doors up Leimert Boulevard. Walk back across the bridge for Glenview’s restaurant row on Park Boulevard. Downhill in the Dimond District, around Fruitvale Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard, residents shop at Farmer Joe’s and stop at La Farine bakery, Crumble & Whisk and Loard’s Ice Cream. Montclair Village’s shops and cafés are a short drive north. (Confirm list before publishing.)

Events & Community Life

Oakmore’s calendar mixes neighborhood traditions with events next door:

The Oakmore Stroll, a fall afternoon of activity stations on corners around the neighborhood, run by neighbor volunteers for the Oakmore Homes Association
The association’s annual members meeting each fall, a habit that dates to its founding in 1926
Restoration mornings with the Friends of Sausal Creek, the first Saturday morning of every month, starting at the Scout Hut in Dimond Park
Oaktoberfest in the Dimond, a free two-day street festival in early October that reached its 19th year in 2026
The Montclair Village Farmers’ Market, every Sunday morning, all year, at La Salle and Moraga avenues
Summer musicals under the redwoods at Woodminster each July and August
Food trucks and small gatherings in the Rocky’s Market lot

Where is Oakmore in Oakland?

Oakmore is a hillside neighborhood in Oakland’s 94602 zip code, on the east side of Park Boulevard and across Dimond Canyon from Glenview. The Dimond District lies below it, Highway 13 runs along its upper edge, and the Leimert Bridge is its main entrance.

What is the Leimert Bridge?

The Leimert Bridge is the 1926 concrete arch that carries Leimert Boulevard over Sausal Creek and its canyon into Oakmore. Developer Walter H. Leimert built it to open the Oakmore Highlands tract, streetcars crossed it into the late 1940s, and it has been Oakland Landmark No. 40 since 1980.

Is every home listed as "Oakmore" part of the original Oakmore Highlands?

No. Listing services and home-search sites use “Oakmore” for a wider area than the roughly 440-lot Oakmore Highlands tract that Walter Leimert recorded in 1926. Its original boundaries and street list are kept by the Oakmore Homes Association, and some homes inside them carry recorded CC&Rs, so review the preliminary title report for any specific property.

How competitive is the Oakmore housing market?

Oakmore ranks among Oakland’s more competitive markets. Redfin’s figures for the three months ending June 2026 show a median sale price of about $1.4 million and a median of 14 days on market, and in June 2026 homes sold for about 138 percent of list price on average.

What kinds of homes are found in Oakmore?

Oakmore’s homes span the late 1920s to the present. Spanish and Mediterranean Revival houses and Tudor-inspired cottages from the first wave share the streets with 1930s and 1940s period homes, postwar ranch and midcentury houses, and a few contemporary rebuilds, many of them on multi-level hillside lots.

How does Oakmore compare to Glenview?

Oakmore and Glenview sit on opposite sides of Dimond Canyon and suit different priorities. Glenview’s early twentieth-century bungalows sit on gentler slopes within a short walk of a busy stretch of Park Boulevard shops and restaurants. Oakmore is hillier and quieter, with a wider range of house styles, more homes with bay views and a smaller business district. The Leimert Bridge links the two on foot.

What schools serve Oakmore?

Oakmore is served by Oakland Unified School District. Public schools that serve parts of the neighborhood or sit nearby include Glenview, Joaquin Miller and Sequoia elementary schools, Montera and Edna Brewer middle schools, and Skyline and Oakland high schools. Confirm the current assignment for a specific address with OUSD.

Who represents homes in Oakmore?

Cush Real Estate represents sellers and buyers in Oakmore from its base in Crocker Highlands and Glenview, the nearby neighborhoods where the firm specializes in distinctive homes. Founded by David Higgins, a 20-year Crocker Highlands resident, the firm combines design-driven preparation with strategic marketing, and its Park Boulevard office sits less than a mile from the Leimert Bridge.

Oakmore homes often hold more than the street suggests. A house that reads as modest from the curb may open onto a canyon view, a terraced garden or a lower floor waiting for a purpose, and buyers here move when that potential is easy to see. Cush Real Estate by Design specializes in distinctive homes in Crocker Highlands and Glenview, and our Park Boulevard office sits just across the Leimert Bridge. Every Oakmore home we represent gets the same preparation.

Founder David Higgins, one of Oakland’s top-ranked agents, has lived in nearby Crocker Highlands for 20 years and raised his family there. Cush pairs that local knowledge with our in-house design team and a Concierge Program that funds pre-sale updates with no upfront cost and no interest, paid back when the home closes. Our 2024 listing at 4167 Lincoln Avenue sold for about 26 percent over list.

Thinking about a move into or out of Oakmore? Call (510) 698 2678 or connect with us here to talk through timing, preparation and pricing.

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