Bay Farm Island

Bay Farm I sland is an area of the city of Alameda, California , near Oakland . It is divided from the main island of Alameda by an estuary and connected by separate drawbridges for both cars and bicycles. BayFarmIsland is adjacent to the Oakland International Airport . In addition to being an affluent neighborhood, it is also the location of a municipal golf course, a high-tech industrial park, a small shopping center and the world headquarters of the NFL football team, theOakland Raiders.

Also located on BayFarmIsland are two public elementary schools: Bay Farm and EarhartElementary Schools. The former is named for the island community that it serves. The latter is named for famed female aviator Amelia Earhart who started many of her flights from the nearby OaklandAirport.

An interesting point to note is that Alameda was once a peninsula and was later divided from the mainland to create an island , while BayFarmIsland was once an island, later to become a peninsula through land reclamation , adjacent to the OaklandAirport.

Once used as farmland, BayFarmIsland is now home to a the 36-Championship Hole Chuck Corica Golf Complex in addition to its many housing developments. The land mass boasts a chain of lagoons as well as several parks including Shoreline Park, Leydecker, Godfrey, Harrington Field and a greenbelt that surrounds Bay Farm's perimeter.