Berryessa, San Jose, California
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The Berryessa District in San Jose, California is located in the northeast portion of the city, between Coyote Creek and the Diablo Range foothills. The neighborhood borders Milpitas along Landess Avenue to the north and the Alum Rock neighborhood of East San Jose along Mabury Road to the south. The residential neighborhood is part of the Fourth City Council District, with the North Valley and Alviso, and was represented by Chuck Reed.
In the late 1800s, Berryessa was a small farming community well-known across California for its high-quality fruit. Hostetter Road, Capitol Avenue, Piedmont Road, and Lundy Avenue were formerly surrounded by apricot and prune orchards. The J. F. Flickinger Fruit Packing Company, one of the largest fruit packing companies in the Santa Clara Valley, was located around present-day Hostetter Road. In the 1960s and 1970s, however, the orchards were developed into suburban residential neighborhoods and businesses. Tiny remnants of these lands remain today, including the Orlando Farm on Capitol Expressway and the Mattos' apricot orchard off Piedmont Road.
Berryessa's demographics are very similar to that of Milpitas. Berryessa is noted for its large upper-middle class Vietnamese and Filipino residents. The neighborhood also has many Latino Americans, Mandarin-speaking Chinese and Taiwanese, and white Americans. The neighborhood is a middle-class suburban neighborhood consisting primarily of detached single-family homes. Schools in Berryessa include Piedmont Hills High School, Piedmont Middle School, Sierramont Middle School, Morrill Middle School, Vinci Park Elementary School, Laneview Elementary School, and Cherrywood Elementary School.
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| Neighborhoods of San Jose, California | |
|---|---|
| Central | Downtown San Jose · Japantown · Rose Garden · Sunol-Midtown · Willow Glen · Naglee Park · Newhall/College Park |
| West | Burbank · Cambrian Park · West San Jose · Winchester |
| North | Alviso · Berryessa · North Valley |
| East | Evergreen · Alum Rock · East Foothills · King and Story · Little Portugal |
| South | Almaden Valley · Blossom Valley · Coyote Valley · Evergreen · Santa Teresa · San Felipe Valley · Silver Creek Valley |
| Nearby cities |
West: Cupertino · Mountain View · Santa Clara · Sunnyvale |
