All 19 indoor basketball courts in Oakland.
Find every indoor court in Oakland on the map below. Below that, our ranked picks of the 8 courts we keep coming back to.
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The 8 best indoor courts in Oakland.
Our ranked picks of the 8 courts every player in Oakland should run at least once. The full indoor atlas (19 courts) sits on the map above.
- By the Editors
- Aug 14, 2025
- Photographs by Editorial
City Center The Club at City Center
The Club at City Center posts 434 Google reviews at a 4.6 average, the best-rated indoor basketball venue in our Oakland data. Full court in the middle of downtown, which makes the lunchtime and after-work runs the most convenient indoor basketball in the city. Membership-based, and priced for the downtown office crowd it serves.
- Best for
- downtown indoor runs
- Busiest
- weekday lunch, after work
Arroyo Viejo Arroyo Viejo Recreation Center
Arroyo Viejo Recreation Center on Krause Avenue is East Oakland's main public gym, 176 reviews at a 4.0 average, with a full court and city recreation pricing. East Oakland has produced a long line of professional players and almost none of the facilities that fact deserves, which makes the buildings that do run good programming carry more weight.
- Best for
- East Oakland rec runs
- Busiest
- after school, weekday evenings
Montclair Business Park Montclair Recreation Center
Montclair Recreation Center posts 146 reviews at a 4.3 average, pairing with Montclair Park outdoors on the same site. City recreation pricing, a full gym, and the most reliable indoor option in the Oakland hills.
- Best for
- hills indoor runs
- Busiest
- weekday evenings
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Tuxedo Manzanita Recreation Center
Manzanita Recreation Center serves the Fruitvale-adjacent neighbourhoods with 98 reviews at a 4.4 average. A city gym running youth programming through the afternoons and adult drop-in in the evenings, on Oakland recreation pricing.
- Best for
- east Oakland community runs
- Busiest
- after school, weekday evenings
Coliseum Industrial Ira Jinkins Community Center
The Ira Jinkins Community Center on Edes Avenue posts the best rating among Oakland's public rec gyms at 4.5 stars across 92 reviews. Named for the longtime Oakland educator and community advocate, it anchors indoor basketball in the deep East Oakland flats.
- Best for
- deep East Oakland indoor
- Busiest
- after school, weekday evenings
Clawson Willie Keyes Recreation Center
The Willie Keyes Recreation Center on Union Street serves North Oakland with 87 reviews at a 4.4 average. Named for the community organizer who spent decades on Oakland's recreation programs, it runs city-priced basketball a short distance from De Fremery.
- Best for
- North Oakland community runs
- Busiest
- after school, weekday evenings
Paradise Park Golden Gate Recreation Center
Golden Gate Recreation Center covers the Golden Gate and Santa Fe neighbourhoods near the Emeryville line, 90 reviews at a 4.4 average. A straightforward city gym with basketball on the standard Oakland recreation schedule.
- Best for
- north-west Oakland runs
- Busiest
- weekday evenings
Woodland Tassafaronga Recreation Center
Tassafaronga Recreation Center on 85th Avenue rounds out the Oakland indoor list with 89 reviews at a 4.3 average. Part of the Tassafaronga Village redevelopment in East Oakland, the gym runs city-priced basketball for a neighbourhood that has few alternatives.
- Best for
- East Oakland community runs
- Busiest
- after school, weekday evenings