Rockridge is a neighborhood and district in Oakland, California. Rockridge is generally defined as the area east of Telegraph Avenue, south of the Berkeley city limits, west of the Oakland hills and north of the intersection of Pleasant Valley Avenue/51st Street and Broadway. The main street of Rockridge is College Avenue, home to many cafes and restaurants, upscale retail stores, and several bookstores. State highway 24 runs through the center of the district. The Rockridge BART station is located in the center of Rockridge, where College Avenue and Highway 24 cross. AC Transit bus lines 7, 51 and 59 serve the center of the neighborhood, while line E runs along Claremont Avenue and lines 12, 40/40L, CB, and V run along its edges.
Rockridge is named for the outcroppings of rock at the northern end of the long shutter ridge formed by the Hayward Fault which encloses the linear valley in which the Montclair district of Oakland is situated. An example of this rock can be seen at an abandoned quarry adjacent to the Rockridge Shopping Center on Pleasant Valley Road.
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