Sobrante Park, Oakland, California

37°43′57.71″N 122°10′43.66″W / 37.7326972°N 122.1787944°W / 37.7326972; -122.1787944 Sobrante Park is a neighborhood located in East Oakland, California, which is partially separated from the rest of the city by two railroad tracks and San Leandro Creek. It was built shortly after World War II, first as a White-Only Lockout and then gradually becoming a White flight red-zone in the mid to late 1950s, and in the early 1960s it became a working-class black neighborhood. It was projected by planners that there would be no in-road into San Leandro's Davis St. residential area which was developed during the same period.

In the 1980s the neighborhood became a center of

Sobrante Park and the informally named "Ghost Town" have been two of the most crime-ridden areas on Oakland. ^{[2] [3]}

Recently, the Alameda County Department of Health, local organizations, and community members established a Time Bank project for the neighborhood in order to facilitate skill sharing among residents, rebuild trust, and revitalize the community of Sobrante Park. ^{[4][clarification needed]}

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