Carriage Hills, a residential subdivision and the neighborhood is an incorporated integral part of Richmond in the U.S. state of California.
Carriage Hills, a residential subdivision and the neighborhood is an incorporated integral part of Richmond in the U.S. state of California.
It is located in an incorporated part of Richmond. However, due to the zip code, most residents claim residency in El Sobrante. This area is serviced by the El Sobrante post office (zip code 94803), while police and waste management services are provided by the city of Richmond. It is a middle class area and features moderately packed tract homes with medium-sized yards.
The Carriage Hills area is on the margin of urban development spawl with a large expanse of undeveloped land, parks and open space immediately surrounding the area, including the Sobrante Ridge Preserve. People may enjoy hiking and wildlife year-round, as well as rolling views of green or yellow grasses on bumpy hills depending on what time of year it is.
Castro Ranch Road separates Carriage Hills North and Carriage Hills South. The road runs into Pinole Valley Road to the east and San Pablo Dam Road to the west, both of which lead to Interstate 80.
The neighborhood was formerly served by County Connection bus service, route 950 from Carriage Hills to Orinda BART Station, but this service was eliminated. It was replaced by AC Transit's route 74 23rd Street [1] line, although this line does not directly service Carriage Hills, and requires a 1-mile (1.6 km) walk, it runs from the stop at Castro Ranch Road to the Richmond BART and Amtrak Station. Prior to October 2010, it also ran to the Orinda BART Station, but budget cuts eliminated this vital connection. The only remaining transit service is AC Transit school route 669 that connects those headed to DeAnza High School and Juan Crespí Middle School from the neighborhood once in the morning and twice in the afternoon, during the school year, in both directions. [2]
Richmond is a city in western Contra Costa County, California, United States. The city was incorporated on August 7, 1905 and has a city council. Located in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, Richmond borders the cities of San Pablo, Albany, El Cerrito and Pinole in addition to the unincorporated communities of North Richmond, Hasford Heights, Kensington, El Sobrante, Bayview-Montalvin Manor, Tara Hills, and East Richmond Heights, and for a short distance San Francisco on Red Rock Island in the San Francisco Bay. Richmond is one of two cities, the other being San Rafael, California, that sits on the shores of San Francisco Bay and San Pablo Bay simultaneously.
Contra Costa County is a county in the state of California in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,049,025. The county seat is Martinez. It occupies the northern portion of the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, and is primarily suburban. The county's name is Spanish for "opposite coast", referring to its position on the other side of the bay from San Francisco. Contra Costa County is included in the San Francisco–Oakland–Berkeley, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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