BART runs through it. The hills hold campuses and views. The flats hold working neighborhoods, industry, and housing that has stayed more attainable than Oakland’s headline districts. Downtown has a civic center gravity and an ongoing main-street effort.
It is a practical city. People live here to be on a train line, near jobs up and down the east shore, without paying inner-bay premiums for the privilege.
Known for
- Cal State East Bay
- BART
- Downtown Hayward
- Hill and flatland contrast
Getting around
Hayward and South Hayward BART. A car helps in the hills. The shoreline and Castro Valley are short drives.
Around Hayward
Nearby
Southern Alameda
Castro Valley
An unincorporated town in a valley of its own.
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San Leandro
A marina, a downtown, and a BART line back toward Oakland.
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Union City
A BART city in the middle of the southern East Bay.
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Cherryland
An Eden Area community on Hayward’s shoulder.
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