Golden Gate Branch

The Golden Gate Branch is now open with Tuesday - Saturday hours.  Click here for more information about the schedule changes.
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Branch Address

5606 San Pablo Avenue
Oakland, CA  94608
(510) 597-5023

Branch Hours

Monday: 
Closed
Tuesday: 
12:30pm - 8:00pm
Wednesday: 
10:00am - 5:30pm
Thursday: 
10:00am - 5:30pm
Friday: 
12:00pm - 5:30pm
Saturday: 
10:00am - 5:30pm
Sunday: 
Closed

About the Golden Gate Branch

Golden Gate has a collection of approximately 35,000 items. Circulating materials are largely of popular interest with a strong emphasis on fiction and jazz music. (Golden Gate is well known for its Golden Gate Friends sponsored Summer Jazz on Sundays series. The African American collection is one of the largest branch collections in the system.

Special-interest collections include a small Performing Art Collection (including storytelling, reader's theatre, puppetry, and drama), and a collection of Chess "how-to" books for all ages. The East Indian collection includes books for adults and children in Hindi and Punjabi, DVDs of Hindi cinema ("Bollywood"), and CDs of many genres of classical, folk, and pop music from India.

The branch is equipped with thirteen (13) computers with Internet access and word processing available for public use.

Meeting Room

The branch meeting room has a capacity of 50 people.

Upcoming Events

Saturday, February 28th, 2015
Event Name Time
OPL Celebrates African American Heritage Month 11:00am
Wednesday, March 4th, 2015
Event Name Time
AARP Tax Help at the Golden Gate Branch Library 10:00am
Thursday, March 5th, 2015
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Toddler Storytime 10:15am
Saturday, March 7th, 2015
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Family Storytime 10:30am
Wednesday, March 11th, 2015
Event Name Time
AARP Tax Help at the Golden Gate Branch Library 10:00am
Thursday, March 12th, 2015
Event Name Time
Toddler Storytime 10:15am
Saturday, March 14th, 2015
Event Name Time
Family Storytime 10:30am
Wednesday, March 18th, 2015
Event Name Time
AARP Tax Help at the Golden Gate Branch Library 10:00am
LED Plushy Creatures 3:30pm
Let's Meet in the 'Zone! 3:30pm