Fruitvale (originally Fruit Vale and formerly Brays) is a neighborhood in Oakland, California, United States.

After the 1906 earthquake, the influx of refugees from San Francisco caused a population boom, and the unincorporated neighborhood was annexed into the city of Oakland by 1909.

In between, around 35th Avenue and E 14th St., were the Foodvale Market, a two-story department store, the post office, and a number of other businesses.

St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church and Cristo Rey De La Salle East Bay High School are both located one block north of International Blvd.

Henderson Luelling was an early Oakland, California, settler, horticulturist, Quaker, and abolitionist who introduced varietal fruit trees to the Pacific Coast.

Half of the trees survived the journey and included apples, pears, peaches, cherries, quince, walnut, and hickory.

In 1859, Watson Augustus Bray built a home on a property called "Oak Tree Farm" in the neighborhood of Fruitvale; the seventeen-room house, built as a wedding present for their daughter, is now called the Alfred H. Cohen House and remains one of the few 19th century landmarks in the Fruitvale area.

Fruitvale was in the middle part of East Oakland and due to its location was heavily settled by African Americans and Latinos, who by 1990 formed a majority of the district's residents.

[5] In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the lower part of the Fruitvale district was heavily settled by Chicanos and Latinos.

On July 26, 1970, the Oakland Chicano Moratorium protest against the Vietnam War was held at San Antonio Park.

The "Fruitvale Village" has become a model of transit-oriented development, showcasing a mixture of retail and housing integrated with public transportation.

[10] The history of Jingletown begins with its name, originating from a habit of nearby mill workers, largely males of Portuguese and Azorean background, who would jingle the coins from a week's work in their pockets as they walked to display their prosperity.

[12] In 2003 a building boom began, with several local developers installing hundreds of market-rate[clarification needed] condominiums, lofts and townhomes by the Estuary waterfront.

[17] The Fruitvale BART station is located near the shopping district, at the corner of 33rd Avenue and East 12th Street.