Longfellow, Oakland, California

It is bounded by Temescal Creek to the north, State Route 24 to the east, Interstate 580 to the south, and Adeline Street to the west.

Temescal Creek, now culverted, runs beneath the rear property line of the garden and ostensibly acts as the physical geography that defines the northern edge of the Longfellow neighborhood.

(The Key System’s F line connected Berkeley to the Bay Bridge and ran down Linden Street in the Longfellow neighborhood.

)[11] The introduction of the freeway in the 1960s[12] divided the neighborhood and both the commercial district along Grove Street and the Sacred Heart Parish suffered as the area fell into decline.

The AAMLO's predecessor, the East Bay Negro Historical Society, was founded in 1965 by residents of the Longfellow and greater North Oakland.

[15] The Black Panther Party, an African American leftist organization, also finds its roots in the streets of North Oakland[16][17] including the Longfellow neighborhood.

Many artists live in the neighborhood, among them, famous metalsmith and Burning Man art car creator Jon Sarriugarte.