You know that Jamtown is no longer the name anymore but it is Soldiertown. It is the bomb . The…read moreplace looks so brand new and improved and an impressive new floor, and new lights, and new equipments. I am so proud of the new owner and other guys doing their work. I would give them double A++. Parents take your kids to go play at their gym and learn to play basketball, it is a safe environment!

Ok - the first thing to address is how hard it is to find the entrance LOL. GPS will take you to…read morethe OTHER side (aka the back). So if you can see Wag hotels from where you think the front is, it means you need to turn the car around and go over one block. I walked around for 10 mins trying to figure out how to get inside. I could HEAR basketball being played inside, but couldn't find the entrance since all the gates were closed and locked. So, there's a parking lot, once you've found the right side of the building but usually, there's a parking fee. I suggest parking on the street, to be honest. There's plenty of street parking. The inside: four courts, but it is very nice. The floors are taken care of. It does kind of smell musty though. Unfortunately, I didn't see a refill water machine, which is unfortunate, since this is a gym. There are vending machines with water ($2) and Gatorade ($3). You better hope it works! LOL or bring a TON of water.

They had a small Chinese 9-Man Tournament at Lincoln Square Recreation Center in Oakland…read moreChinatown. They offer a few basketball courts, a jungle gym playground, etc. Two separate men and women's restrooms.

Such a great community environment. Went on a field trip with my sons school for New Years…read morecelebration. Everyone was so welcoming.

It's a great facility with wonderful amenities and lovely staff. The locker room is always clean…read more The towels are always fresh. I love that there are three floors of equipment. There's a beautiful court, yoga room, studios, bikes, pool, punching bags. And Ruby is amazing. I've been a member for nearly a year and a friend has joined in the past several months. Both of us continue to rave about this gym. Thank you, the Club.

5/16/26 FIFTH UPDATE…read more Sadly, need to make yet another update. Two things that are CONSISTENT at the Club at City Center. Loud phone conversations in the locker room despite posted rules prohibiting all cell phone use. Many people use the locker room before work or after workouts as a calm transition space, not a place to listen to conversations or loud personal calls echoing through the room. The Club has that rule but the enforcement is none & so the rule is unfortunately useless. Even more concerning is the ongoing phone use inside the sauna, despite clear "no phones" signage. Obviously the sauna is a uniquely vulnerable space where people are often fully or partially unclothed, physically recovering, mentally decompressing, and trying to have a few quiet moments of sanctuary and self-care. Phones in that environment create obvious privacy concerns because they contain cameras and recording capabilities, regardless of whether someone claims they are "using" them or not. Zero enforcement there which is more than a bit stressful on the regular as a normal sauna experience becomes useless to try to maintain. 2/23/26 FOURTH UPDATE Updated 3 months ago Dear The Club at City Center Management, My spouse and | left the gym today around noon (Monday). Unfortunately no hot water. Other gym members said they thought it was because Mondays are a big gym day because everyone wants to get their week going on the right foot, and unfortunately they run out of hot water by noon on Mondays. Dear The Club at City Center Management Team, Please fix this core issue. Thank you, The Club at City Center members 2/13/26 THIRD UPDATE: Unfortunately just left the gym around 11:30am. Only tepid water to be found. Hot water done for the day, I guess. Dear Management, please fix this core issue, thank you. 1/15/26 UPDATE: Just left the gym today and a group of around 10 women were upset that there was zero hot water. They are swimmers - I am not-but apparently they don't heat the pool either. According to these women, who know the owner, the gym is struggling - you are charging members 175/month - do better business.

I started working with Mae about 6 weeks ago as someone who was pretty new to the gym, and she has…read morebeen great. She immediately made me feel comfortable and never intimidating, which made a huge difference for me starting out. She does a really good job of explaining what we're doing and why, so I actually feel like I'm learning instead of just going through the motions. Every workout feels challenging in a good way, and I've already noticed myself feeling more confident in the gym. If you're new or just want someone knowledgeable who makes the process feel approachable, I'd definitely recommend Mae.

Signed up for membership here since this location is a quick walk from home. It's nice, but the…read morespace is a little small, esp for the area. At times I had to wait a bit for a machine to free up, which was annoying. But the space is clean and everyone seems respectful, so I wont complain too much. I just need to figure out which times are less crowded. It would be great if the app displayed that info - like Planet Fitness. Will I return? Um yeah. I'm paying for a membership, and it's up the street. Another positive: based on the reviews I was nervous of passing out from lack of ventilation, and the temp was actually perfect. It wasn't stuffy/hot at all.

Newly named Wilma Chan park. Was once Madison Square park. Lots of concrete…read more Big circular area with painted lines. Highlight is concrete. Would like to see it become a skateboard park. Some tents and homeless. Needs more than just a new name.

This use to be Madison Square Park and renamed to Wilma Chan Park now. Unfortunately, even with a…read morename change to honor the former alameda county supervisor Wilma Chan nothing has changed about this park. I feel like they should have just torn it down and rebuilt something nicer in her name. This park takes up a whole block and it's mostly concrete in the middle and grass on the sides. There's a really small play area for kids that features a dragon with a sandpit, small slide and a couple of baby swings. The one basketball court looks so lonely since there's enough space to add at least a half dozen more around it. Theres some benches scattered around the park but you will be sitting in the sun because there is no shade except under a few trees that were occupied by homeless people. This park might be a social gathering place for some older Chinese people because I heard the sound of mahjong being played in an area with a row of tents. If you are looking for a park to take your kids, you're better off going to Lincoln Square Park a couple blocks away.

Jefferson Square Park is literally shown it's dog days. it under maintained, paint fainted, dead…read moregreens. probably closed to the public during the pandemic. street parking only baseball field, basketball court is still physically present. not sure if they are in playable condition dog parks didn't have any dogs, just dozens of fat pigeons. just a few benches around. no picnic area.

I love training at this park . I really get to clear my mind here and the sounds of traffic from…read morethe near by over pass are therapeutic in a very urban oaklandish kinda way. The city could do more to keep it clean especially since the Oakland police station is right there, we know these guys are lazy as hell though. Who are we kidding . Maybe one day they try to keep that park clean and actually do some good for oakland .

First and foremost, this gym is huge. It has an amazing amount of equipment spread over multiple…read morelevels. It doesn't matter if you want to do cardio, weights, lifting, barbells, dumbbells, stretching, balancing, they will have the equipment for you. They also have a decent schedule of classes. What are the coolest aspects of this gym is the basketball court. It fills up routinely with pick up games and it's not hard to find other people to play with. This gym is the parking. I typically end up parking on the street, and the area gets pretty dicey. My car was broken into one time. It's important to not leave anything in your car or people will come break in. A lot of people don't know this, but the YMCA offers low income programs that provide subsidize memberships. It's not free, but they help out with the monthly fee in part.

The Oakland YMCA is better than the Berkeley one, but there is still plenty of room for…read moreimprovement. Let's start with the pros: it's in a good location, it's a sizable space, and they have a lot of cardio machines. I recently had to wait for a machine, and that may have been the first time I've experienced that here. Now for the cons: 1) Like other East Bay YMCA locations, there is no towel service. I have exercised at YMCA locations all over the Bay Area, and I've noticed that on the Peninsula and in San Francisco, Marin, and the South Bay, members do not have to bring their own towels. I get that it's a luxury, but I wish the holdouts in the East Bay would get with the program. 2) There is no hot tub. (This is something the Berkeley YMCA does have.) 3) Machines and other things are out of order for extended periods of time. (See photos.) 4) The water pressure in the men's locker room is lackluster. 5) They renovated the men's locker room last year and it is certainly nicer, but I don't understand why they insist on those mats that feel slightly less painful than stepping on legos. (See photo.) 6) The staff does not answer the phone - at least not consistently. Earlier this month, I called three times over the course of a week to ask about something I accidentally left in the locker room and to check about holiday hours. All calls were during business hours, and no one ever picked up. I left a voicemail the first time and never got a call back. Am I going to continue using the YMCA? Yes - it's a 10-minute walk from home, and it has the basic gym necessities for me. I'm unlikely to recommend it until they start putting in a little more effort, though.

Friendly staff with good maintainance on all the equipments and facilities. I really appreciate it…read morethat they also offer the dancing classes during the weekends for me to attend!

The pool is an underutilized treat of access to Coast Guard Island. I try to swim twice a week, and…read moreI've never found it too busy to have a lane to myself. It closes early on Friday (noon), but otherwise the hours are good.

This park is absolutely delightful. It sits in the city of Piedmont, which is a bit of unusual city…read moregeographically because it is completely encapsulated by Oakland. It's somewhat of an oasis in Oakland. And this park is an oasis within that. The park isn't huge, but it does the job. Love the trails, great with the dog, and every once in a while, they'll have the food trucks. Parking nearby is easy.

We spent a crisp morning walking throughout the variety of trails in Piedmont Park. There's a dog…read morerun, play structure, plenty of bench seating, and many shady areas to explore. The safety railings and paved walkways with extra grooves to prevent slippage, especially in steeper sections. The trails would also make a great place to run as most of the paving is flat. This is definitely a place for repeat returns.