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The land between Highway 17 and S. Bascom Ave south of I-280: the Valley Medical Center campus, an unincorporated county island around Fruitdale Ave, and City of San Jose streets down to the Campbell line.
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the story
How Fruitdale & Valley Medical came to be
The city's neighborhood map calls this block 'Valley Medical', after the county hospital campus at its north end. Listing records and Census maps call much of it Fruitdale. Fruitdale Ave runs west from S. Bascom Ave, and the Fruitdale census-designated place is an island of unincorporated Santa Clara County land, about 170 acres between Thornton Way and S. Bascom Ave, with the I-280 corridor on its north side. The county's city-limits map draws the same island and links it across the freeway right-of-way to the unincorporated Burbank area to the north.
County archives say the county bought the hospital site in 1871, when it was well outside San Jose, that the hospital became a teaching hospital in 1913, and that it took the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center name in 1996. The campus at 751 S. Bascom Ave is county land. The city's historic resources inventory lists one campus building, H-12, with an estimated date of about 1917.
The San Jose land around the island came in pieces. City annexation records show the Longshore Dr strip along Highway 17 joining in 1954, the Stokes St and Aram Ave blocks in 1955, the Whitehall Ave, Ravenscourt Ave and Via Codorniz area in 1961, the Lindbergh Ave, Norstad St and Rickenbacker St grid and the condo courts off Thornton Way in 1963, and Pamlar Ave, Arnold Way and Wainwright Dr in 1980. Since 2008 the city has annexed only two small pieces of the island: 0.44 acre on S. Bascom Ave in 2012 and 1.07 acres near Thornton Way in 2014.
streets and homes
The streets and the houses
Unincorporated county land (county planning, zoning and building permits): Empey Way, Clove Dr, Enborg Ln and Enborg Ct, Fruitdale Ave west of S. Bascom Ave, Maywood Ave, Lindaire Ave, Central Way, Turner Dr, Middle Dr, Bradley Ave, Clover Dr, the north part of Ginger Ln, the east side of Thornton Way, Moorpark Ave between Thornton Way and S. Bascom Ave, and the hospital campus. City of San Jose: the condo courts west of Thornton Way (Teatree Ct, Catkin Ct, Yarwood Ct), Pfeffer Ln, Longshore Dr, the S. Bascom Ave frontage from Maywood Ave south, and everything south of a line along Downing Ave, Ginger Ln and the backyards between Lindaire Ave and Lindbergh Ave. County and city addresses alike use San Jose 95128 (county city-limit map and road records).
The island is mainly single-family houses. Its lots have a median of about 8,700 sq ft, half between about 7,600 and 9,900 sq ft, with Lindaire Ave and Moorpark Ave near 9,300 to 10,000 sq ft (county parcel map, approximate). The county zoning map labels the house blocks and the hospital campus R1-8, with R3 multifamily zoning around Turner Dr, Central Way and Enborg Ln and small neighborhood-commercial (CN) pieces at S. Bascom Ave and Fruitdale Ave and on Empey Way near Moorpark Ave.
On the San Jose side, single-address lots have a median of about 6,400 sq ft. Street medians run near 5,500 to 6,000 sq ft on Spruance St, Stokes St, Aram Ave, Norstad St and Rickenbacker St and near 9,100 to 9,600 sq ft on Pamlar Ave, Wainwright Dr and Arnold Way. City zoning is R-1-8 and R-1-5 on the older grids, R-1-8(PD) planned-development zoning on the courts off Borello Dr and Huerto Dr (Via Codorniz, Camino Cerrado, Lujoso Ct, Regalo Ct, Via Cancion), and A(PD) for the condo courts by Highway 17, where Teatree Ct, Catkin Ct and Yarwood Ct hold about 330 unit parcels and Longshore Dr has lots near 3,800 sq ft. Listing records file the condo courts and island streets as 'Fruitdale' and the Ginger Ln, Downing Ave and Nautilus Ct blocks as 'Central Park Addition'.
streets in fruitdale & valley medical
- S. Bascom Ave
- Moorpark Ave
- Fruitdale Ave
- Thornton Way
- Empey Way
- Clove Dr
- Ginger Ln
- Enborg Ln
- Maywood Ave
- Lindaire Ave
- Downing Ave
- Lindbergh Ave
- Delna Manor Ln
- Norstad St
- Rickenbacker St
- Eisenhower Dr
- Wainwright Dr
- Arnold Way
- Spruance St
- Aram Ave
- Stokes St
- Whitethorne Dr
- Pamlar Ave
- Borello Dr
- Via Codorniz
- Camino Cerrado
- Longshore Dr
- Teatree Ct
- Catkin Ct
- Yarwood Ct
parks and places
Parks, shops and landmarks near Fruitdale & Valley Medical
- landmark
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
The county hospital campus at 751 S. Bascom Ave fills the island's northeast corner on county land; county archives date the county's purchase of the site to 1871.
- library
Bascom Library and Community Center
Across S. Bascom Ave at 1000 S. Bascom Ave, about 0.3 mile straight-line from the center. The library branch opened on Feb. 23, 2013, according to the San Jose Public Library's timeline, and the city's parks layer lists the site at 2.17 acres.
- landmark
San Jose City College
The college at 2100 Moorpark Ave is across S. Bascom Ave, about 0.75 mile straight-line from the center.
- park
Marijane Hamann Park
The city's parks layer shows no park inside this outline. The closest is Marijane Hamann Park, 9.68 acres at 2750 Westfield Ave, about 0.4 mile straight-line west across Highway 17.
- trail
Los Gatos Creek Trail
The city's paved creek trail begins at S. Bascom Ave about 0.7 mile straight-line southeast of the center and runs east to Meridian Ave through Stokes & Greylands.
- shopping
S. Bascom Ave
Shops, services and offices line S. Bascom Ave, part of the city's S. Bascom Av (North) urban village. The Pruneyard shopping center is south across Hamilton Ave in Campbell.
schools and commute
School districts and getting around
School districts
Census school-district maps put the whole outline, county island included, in the Campbell Union School District for kindergarten through eighth grade and the Campbell Union High School District for high school. The city and county school maps show no public school campus inside the outline. Del Mar High (Campbell Union High) is across S. Bascom Ave at 1224 Del Mar Ave, about 0.4 mile straight-line from the center. Attendance boundaries change, so check the exact address with the districts.
Getting around
- Light rail: the Green Line's Bascom station sits at S. Bascom Ave and Southwest Expwy, about 0.6 mile straight-line from the center; Hamilton station is on Hamilton Ave just inside Campbell at the southeast corner, and Fruitdale station is about 1 mile straight-line northeast (VTA Green Line).
- Buses: VTA Route 61 runs on S. Bascom Ave with stops at Pamlar Ave, Stokes St, Downing Ave and Fruitdale Ave, among others; Route 25 runs on Moorpark Ave and Clove Dr with a Valley Medical Center stop (VTA route pages).
- Freeways: Highway 17 forms the west edge, with ramps at Hamilton Ave; I-280 forms the north edge, with southbound ramps on Moorpark Ave east of S. Bascom Ave; the I-280/I-880/Highway 17 interchange is at the northwest corner (county road data).
- Caltrain: San Jose Diridon is about 2.4 miles straight-line from the center.
- Bike and walk: the paved Los Gatos Creek Trail starts at S. Bascom Ave about 0.7 mile straight-line southeast of the center (city trail map).
nerd notes
Buying or selling in Fruitdale & Valley Medical: what we check
Buying here
- County or city: about two-fifths of this outline is unincorporated Santa Clara County land. On those streets the county handles planning, zoning and building permits under county zoning (R1-8, R3), not San Jose's. Confirm the parcel's jurisdiction on the county's city-limits map before you plan an ADU, addition or remodel.
- Permit history: pull records from the county for island homes and from the city for San Jose homes. San Jose blocks here were annexed between 1954 and 1980, so a house older than its block's annexation may have early permits in county files.
- Campbell line: near Highway 17 the west ends of Aram Ave, Stokes St and Whitethorne Dr, part of Tolworth Dr and the south parts of Whitehall Ave and Ravenscourt Ave are in the City of Campbell even though county road records give them San Jose mailing addresses. Check the parcel's city on the county map.
- Flood and quake maps: the city's FEMA-based layer shows about 99% of the outline as Zone D (possible but undetermined hazard) and none of it in the state liquefaction zone (California Geological Survey, San Jose West quadrangle). Check the address on the current FEMA map and read the natural hazard disclosure.
- Condos and townhomes on Teatree Ct, Catkin Ct, Yarwood Ct and Delna Manor Ln: read the CC&Rs and reserve study and check current dues.
- Edges: lots that back onto I-280, Highway 17, S. Bascom Ave or the hospital campus deserve a visit at commute time. The S. Bascom Ave frontage is in the S. Bascom Av (North) urban village, so check the city's plan map for what the next lot over could become.
Selling here
- Say plainly whether the property is City of San Jose, unincorporated county or (near Highway 17) City of Campbell, and attach the county map page.
- Give the lot size from the county parcel record; island lots here run larger (median about 8,700 sq ft) than the San Jose grids (about 6,400 sq ft).
- Have the school-district answer ready: Campbell Union and Campbell Union High on Census maps, with a note to confirm with the districts.
- List straight-line distances to the Bascom light-rail station, the Bascom Library and Community Center and the creek trail.
nerd noteCommissions are always negotiable, and we offer bundled services, so ask us what's included.
faq
Fruitdale & Valley Medical questions, answered
Is Fruitdale part of San Jose?
Partly. The Fruitdale census-designated place, about 170 acres from Thornton Way east to S. Bascom Ave and from I-280 south to Downing Ave on the west side and the backyards between Lindaire Ave and Lindbergh Ave on the east side, is unincorporated Santa Clara County land with San Jose mailing addresses. The blocks south and west of it are City of San Jose. Check a specific parcel on the county's city-limits map.
Is the Valley Medical Center campus in the City of San Jose?
No. County maps show the campus at 751 S. Bascom Ave as unincorporated county land inside the Fruitdale island. County archives say the county bought the site in 1871.
Is any of this area in Campbell?
Not inside this guide's outline, but the line is close. Campbell begins at the light-rail tracks southeast of Borello Dr and Via Cancion, and near Highway 17 it takes in the west ends of Aram Ave, Stokes St and Whitethorne Dr and parts of Whitehall Ave, Ravenscourt Ave and Tolworth Dr. Those blocks belong with the Campbell guides.
Which school districts serve Fruitdale & Valley Medical?
Census maps put all of it, city and county land alike, in the Campbell Union School District and the Campbell Union High School District. Check the exact address with the districts.
Is there a park inside the area?
Not on the city's parks layer. Marijane Hamann Park (9.68 acres) is about 0.4 mile straight-line west across Highway 17, and the Los Gatos Creek Trail starts about 0.7 mile southeast.
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