San Antonio, Oakland, California

Highland Park is the area immediately surrounding Highland Hospital, loosely bounded by 14th Avenue on the south, 10th Avenue to the north, East 31st Street to the east and Foothill Blvd to the west. It is known as Funktown to Oakland residents. The name Funktown derives from the name of a local gang Funktown USA that once occupied the area. The gang was a notorious rival of Felix Mitchell's 6-9 Mob as the two struggled for control over the East Oakland drug trade. As Funktown USA's membership dwindled in the late 1980s. East Oakland residents simply referred to the Highland Park and China Hill neighborhoods as "Funktown". Funktown's boundaries are east of 7th Avenue and west of 19th Avenue, South of East 31st Street and North of International Boulevard. ^{[citation needed]}

The majority of Highland Park's residents are

Jingletown

The subsection of the neighborhood adjacent to the Oakland Estuary is called Jingletown, also called "JT" by East Oakland natives.^[7] The name originated from long ago when there was a Portuguese community in the area and men would gather around on the street corners chatting amongst each other with their hands in their pockets jingling coins.

Lynn

Lynn was an early settlement, located northeast of Brooklyn.^[2] In 1870, Lynn and Brooklyn incorporated as Brooklyn^[2] In 1872, voters approved the annexation by Oakland.^[2] Lynn hosted a large shoe and boot factory, and was named after Lynn, Massachusetts which also had a large footwear industry.^[2]

The Twomps

"The Twomps" is a local name for the neighborhood between 20th and 29th Avenues.^[8][9] It is also known as "The Rolling '20s",^[9] "The Roaring '20s",^[10] or "Murder Dubbs",^[9][11] references to its history of drug trafficking and gang violence.^{[9][10][12][13]} The area was known as The Twomps in the 1980s, but became known as Murder Dubs in the early 1990s due to a dramatic rise in drug-related violence.^[9]

The landmark avenue for the Twomps is 23rd Avenue, which also serves as the primary thoroughfare for which Twomps residents get to other main city boulevards. 23rd Avenue is heavily traveled on for its numerous stores, laundromats, and other neighborhood services.

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