North & East as it is officially designated, but better known as Central Richmond is a neighborhood on the eastern side of Richmond, California

Richmond, California

Richmond is a city in western Contra Costa County, California, United States. The city was incorporated on August 7, 1905. It is located in the East Bay, part of the San Francisco Bay Area. It is a residential inner suburb of San Francisco, as well as the site of heavy industry, which has been...

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Geography

The district is bounded by 24th to the west, San Pablo Avenue to the east, Macdonald and Ohio Avenues to the south and southeast respectively, and lastly Bush and Moran Avenues to the north. Richmond Heights lies to the east and borders the neighborhood along San Pablo Avenue.

Infrastructure

Salesian High School

Salesian High School (Richmond, California)

Salesian High School is a coeducational Roman Catholic preparatory high school in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland. The school's patron saint is Saint John Bosco, the Italian founder of the Salesian order. The school's motto is "Loyalty - Excellence"...

 is located on the northern end of the area. The Macdonald 80 Shopping Center

Macdonald 80 Shopping Center

Macdonald 80 Shopping Center or simply Macdonald 80 is a 200,000 sq. ft. regional shopping mall in the North & East neighborhood in Richmond, California anchored by a Target store. The center was largely demolished and rebuilt after suffering from urban decay and blight...

is a major shopping area for the community on the southern end; the area around the center features grocery stores, banks, and local small businesses.

The community is governed by the city of Richmond directly and has its own neighborhood council the North & East Neighborhood Council that delegates between the Central Richmond communities residents and businesses with local government. The council is headquartered at the Recreation Center at 3230 Macdonald Avenue.