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North Saratoga between Highway 85 and Titus Avenue: about 740 houses on 1961-1973 tracts with Massachusetts street names, Kevin Moran Park and a school-district line through the middle.
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Homes for sale, for rent and recently sold in Prides Crossing
Every active listing, rental and closed sale in Prides Crossing from the MLS, updated automatically, with a map of the neighborhood outline.
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Listings come from MLSListings and other MLSs through IDX and show their listing brokerage; confirm details with the listing agent. The map outline is the neighborhood boundary used by our listing search (Prides Crossing: Hwy 85 to Titus Ave, Prospect Rd to Cox Ave (approximate)); it may not match every local definition.
the story
How Prides Crossing came to be
Prides Crossing is a stack of recorded tracts rather than one subdivision. The first, tract 3143, was approved by the Saratoga City Council in March 1962 and recorded that month: 50 lots on Eric Drive, Candy Lane, Ingrid Court and Kristy Lane, laid out on parts of lots 7 to 12 of the older Titus and Langtry Tract. The map still calls the north edge Prospect Avenue and labels the land to the east as Cupertino Union School District property, today's Christa McAuliffe school site. Units 2 and 3, the Prides Crossing Addition, Prides Crossing Estates and four Prides Crossing South units followed through about 1972.
The names point to Massachusetts. Prides Crossing is a neighborhood of Beverly, Massachusetts, and Northampton, Plymouth, Dorchester, Cambridge, Brockton, Needham, Holyoke, Nantucket, Falmouth and Somerville are all Massachusetts place names. Across Prospect Road in San José, Provincetown Drive, Pilgrim Avenue and Mayflower Court keep the theme going. The recorded maps do not say who chose the names. Some sources spell it "Pride's Crossing"; the maps have no apostrophe.
Two other tracts sit inside these edges. Blue Hills of Saratoga, approved by the city in June 1961 and recorded in July, covers Saraglen, Viewoak, Viewridge and Oakhaven Drives (69 parcels today), streets it shares with Prides Crossing Estates. Highway 85 came much later: the corridor was reserved in the 1950s and the freeway opened in October 1994. Kevin Moran Park now fills the 10.3 acres between the freeway and Scully Avenue.
streets and homes
The streets and the houses
Miller Avenue runs the full length from Prospect Road to Cox Avenue, and Titus Avenue from Prospect to Brockton Lane. Scully Avenue runs south from Prospect past Kevin Moran Park, and west of Scully, Saraglen Drive loops through the Blue Hills of Saratoga tract and Prides Crossing Estates. The middle is a grid of short blocks and courts: Somerville Drive, Terrence Avenue, Elisa Avenue and Larchmont Avenue on the west, Candy Lane, Kristy Lane and Melinda Circle near the school, and Northampton, Dorchester, Plymouth and Cambridge Drives to the south. Brockton Lane runs east-west just north of Cox Avenue and links the Prides Crossing South courts: Vendura, Bach, Rodoni, Gunther, Homes Drive and Brookglen Court.
Houses are mostly 1960s single-story ranches plus two-story plans from the same years; about 30 percent of single-family parcels are two-story in the assessor data, rising to over 40 percent in Prides Crossing Unit 2 and the first Prides Crossing South unit. Median assessor-recorded building area is about 2,450 sq ft and the median lot is about 12,500 sq ft. Very few houses have been replaced, about 14 with a build year of 2000 or later, so most sales are original houses, often remodeled.
Two older houses predate the tracts. The city's historic resources inventory lists a pioneer-style house on Titus Avenue that it dates to the late 1880s, and a 1915 Craftsman on Cox Avenue is a designated city landmark. At the other end of the scale, Saratoga Park, a 19-lot 1972 tract on Plumas Drive and Pampas Court near Prospect Road, has lots around 5,900 sq ft under a planned-community zoning designation.
streets in prides crossing
- Titus Avenue
- Miller Avenue
- Scully Avenue
- Saraglen Drive
- Viewoak Drive
- Viewridge Drive
- Oakhaven Drive
- Colby Court
- Plumas Drive
- Pampas Court
- Eric Drive
- Candy Lane
- Ingrid Court
- Kristy Lane
- Melinda Circle
- Mabel Court
- Brookview Drive
- Somerville Drive
- Terrence Avenue
- Elisa Avenue
- Walden Court
- Larchmont Avenue
- Ascension Drive
- Ardmore Court
- Ashton Court
- Ladera Court
- Northampton Drive
- Dorchester Drive
- Plymouth Drive
- Cambridge Drive
- Falmouth Court
- Newport Court
- Dover Court
- Brockton Lane
- Needham Lane
- Holyoke Court
- Nantucket Court
- Solana Drive
- Edina Lane
- Vendura Court
- Bach Court
- Rodoni Court
- Gunther Court
- Homes Drive
- Brookglen Court
- Bellwood Drive
parks and places
Parks, shops and landmarks near Prides Crossing
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Kevin Moran Park
A 10.3-acre city park at 12415 Scully Avenue, between Scully and Highway 85: two play areas, a tennis court, two bocce courts, a basketball half-court, a meditation garden, restrooms and a perimeter path with par course stations.
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Azule Park
Reached by the pedestrian-bicycle bridge over Highway 85 from Kevin Moran Park: 4.3 acres with playgrounds, a tennis court and picnic areas. The city's map puts both park loops plus the bridge at 0.85 mile.
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Brookglen Park
A 0.7-acre neighborhood park at the end of Brookglen Court with a play area and a basketball half-court; no restrooms.
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Congress Springs Park
Just south of Cox Avenue on Glen Brae Drive, a city park of nearly 10 acres; OpenStreetMap shows ball fields and soccer fields there.
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Christa McAuliffe Elementary
A Cupertino Union K-8 school at 12211 Titus Avenue, on land the 1962 tract map already labels as school district property.
schools and commute
School districts and getting around
School districts
A school-district line runs through Prides Crossing. The Census Bureau's district maps and the city's parcel data put the northern two-thirds (Scully Avenue, Saraglen Drive, Candy Lane, Northampton Drive and the streets north of them) in the Cupertino Union School District for K-8 and the Fremont Union High School District. The southern streets near Cox Avenue (Brockton Lane, most of Cambridge Drive, Solana Drive, Needham Lane, Vendura, Bach, Rodoni and Gunther Courts, Homes Drive, Brookglen Court and the south ends of Miller, Plymouth, Larchmont and Titus) are in the Saratoga Union School District and the Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School District. Christa McAuliffe Elementary (Cupertino Union) is inside the neighborhood on Titus Avenue; Joaquin Miller Middle and Lynbrook High are about 0.9 mile north in San José, and Argonaut Elementary (Saratoga Union) is about 1.1 miles southwest (straight line). Attendance boundaries change, so check the exact address with the districts.
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Getting around
- Highway 85 has no interchange here; the Saratoga Avenue exit (14) is about 1.1 miles southeast and De Anza Boulevard (exit 16) about 1.6 miles northwest (straight line).
- Prospect Road runs east to Lawrence Expressway, which heads north to I-280 (about 2.4 miles) and on toward Lawrence Caltrain (about 5.7 miles, straight line).
- VTA Route 51 runs on Saratoga-Sunnyvale Road west of the freeway and Route 26 on Saratoga Avenue to the east; VTA light rail at Winchester station in Campbell is about 3.7 miles east.
- OpenStreetMap shows bike lanes on Prospect Road and Cox Avenue, and the pedestrian-bicycle bridge at Kevin Moran Park crosses Highway 85 to Azule Park.
nerd notes
Buying or selling in Prides Crossing: what we check
Buying here
- Check the school districts for the exact address; the Cupertino Union / Saratoga Union line runs just south of Dorchester Drive, and Miller Avenue, Plymouth Drive, Larchmont Avenue and Titus Avenue are split.
- Find out which tract the house is in. Lot zoning (R-1-10,000 or R-1-12,500) and lot size vary by tract, and they decide how much house you can add or rebuild.
- On Plumas Drive, check flood and soils: the city's parcel data puts the Saratoga Park lots there in FEMA flood zone A and a liquefaction zone, and the tract carries a planned-community zoning designation, so ask the city what rules apply.
- Most houses are originals from the 1960s and early 1970s. Plan inspections for the roof, electrical panel, foundation and sewer lateral (West Valley Sanitation District serves the area), and expect the federal lead-paint disclosure.
- Lots along Highway 85 and Kevin Moran Park, and along Prospect Road and Cox Avenue, are worth visiting at rush hour.
Selling here
- State the school districts correctly for the address and invite buyers to verify; the split is the first question many buyers ask here.
- Name the tract and year (for example, Prides Crossing Unit 3, 1962) and give the lot size and zoning; buyers weighing a remodel against a rebuild compare those first.
- Give walking distances to Kevin Moran Park, the freeway bridge, Brookglen Park and McAuliffe.
- Collect permits for additions and any reroof, panel or sewer-lateral work; with so few rebuilds, the condition of the original house drives the comparison.
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faq
Prides Crossing questions, answered
Is it Prides Crossing or Pride's Crossing?
The recorded tract maps, starting with tract 3143 in 1962, spell it Prides Crossing with no apostrophe. Some sources use Pride's Crossing. Both refer to the same north Saratoga tracts.
What are the boundaries?
In this guide: Prospect Road on the north, Highway 85 on the west, Cox Avenue on the south and Titus Avenue on the east, stepping east below Bellwood Drive to include the Prides Crossing South streets around Brookglen Court. The city does not publish an official boundary.
Which school districts serve Prides Crossing?
Two pairs. The northern two-thirds is Cupertino Union and Fremont Union; the southern streets near Cox Avenue are Saratoga Union and Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union, per Census maps and the city's parcel data. Check the exact address with the districts.
When were the houses built?
Mostly 1961 to 1973. The Blue Hills of Saratoga tract was recorded in 1961 and the first Prides Crossing tract in 1962; assessor records put about 78 percent of houses in the 1960s and the Prides Crossing South units and Summerplace in about 1969 to 1973.
Why are so many streets named for Massachusetts towns?
The recorded maps don't say. The name matches Prides Crossing, a neighborhood of Beverly, Massachusetts, and streets such as Northampton, Plymouth, Brockton, Needham, Holyoke and Nantucket follow the same pattern.
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