All 85 basketball courts in Oakland.
Find every basketball court in Oakland on the map below. Below that, our ranked picks of the 8 courts every player should run at least once.
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The 8 best basketball courts in Oakland.
Our ranked picks of the 8 courts every player in Oakland should run at least once. The full atlas of 85 courts sits on the map above.
- By the Editors
- Aug 14, 2025
- Photographs by Editorial
Oak Center De Fremery Park
De Fremery is first overall because no other Oakland court carries this much history per square foot. Bill Russell's neighbourhood, the Black Panther Party's park, and a basketball run that never stopped through any of it.
- Best for
- the definitive Oakland run
- Busiest
- summer evenings, weekends
Mosswood Mosswood Park
Mosswood is second overall as Oakland's competitive centre. De Fremery has the history; Mosswood has the run you drive across town for.
- Best for
- competitive Oakland pickup
- Busiest
- summer evenings, weekends
City Center The Club at City Center
The Club at City Center is third overall as Oakland's best indoor floor. Downtown location, top rating, and the only reliable weekday-lunch run in the city.
- Best for
- downtown indoor runs
- Busiest
- weekday lunch, after work
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Bushrod Bushrod Park
Bushrod is fourth overall as North Oakland's home court, and the park-plus-rec-centre pairing on one site makes it the most practical basketball address in the city.
- Best for
- North Oakland pickup
- Busiest
- summer evenings
Oakmore Dimond Park
Dimond takes fifth overall on quality. Best rating of any big Oakland park, a genuinely pretty setting in the creek canyon, and a run that welcomes whoever shows up.
- Best for
- east Oakland family runs
- Busiest
- weekends
Rancho San Antonio San Antonio Park
San Antonio Park is sixth overall because it represents the Oakland that visitors miss. Not a destination court, just a hard-used neighbourhood one in the middle of the city's most mixed district.
- Best for
- San Antonio district runs
- Busiest
- summer evenings
Arroyo Viejo Arroyo Viejo Recreation Center
Arroyo Viejo is seventh overall as East Oakland's public gym. The talent that comes out of these neighbourhoods deserves better infrastructure than it gets, and this is the building doing the work.
- Best for
- East Oakland rec runs
- Busiest
- after school, weekday evenings
Cox Verdese Carter Park
Verdese Carter closes the overall list as the deep East Oakland pick, named for someone who fought to give the neighbourhood the park in the first place.
- Best for
- deep East Oakland runs
- Busiest
- summer evenings