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Roosevelt, Redwood City Homes for sale, recent sales and a Property Nerd’s guide
Mostly flat blocks between Jefferson and Goodwin avenues east of the Alameda, built up from about 1940 on, around Red Morton Community Park, Roosevelt School, the Schaberg library and the Roosevelt Avenue shops.
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Homes for sale, for rent and recently sold in Roosevelt
Every active listing, rental and closed sale in Roosevelt from the MLS, updated automatically, with a map of the neighborhood outline.
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the story
How Roosevelt came to be
Roosevelt is one of the 17 neighborhood associations whose map the city adopted in 2017, and it is completely surrounded by other Redwood City neighborhoods. It is mostly flat, with one rise where Roosevelt School sits, and Roosevelt Avenue runs through the middle from the Alameda toward downtown. A handful of streets carry presidents' names (Jefferson, Madison, Roosevelt, Taft, Truman, McKinley), and the gemstone streets of Eagle Hill (Ruby, Sapphire, Topaz, Quartz) cross Jefferson Avenue into the north edge. Call it civics with a little jewelry.
The big feature is Red Morton Community Park. It was first built as Community Park and now carries the name of Alfred 'Red' Morton; a plaque with his name sits on the Madison Avenue side near the skate park. The park keeps changing. The all-abilities Magical Bridge Playground opened at the Valota Road end at the end of 2020, a new Veterans Memorial Senior Center is the first phase of a planned multi-generational campus, and in November 2025 the city approved architectural permits for a privately financed, roughly 36,000-square-foot YMCA building with indoor and outdoor pools.
The Redwood City Public Library opened its Schaberg branch in 1957, part of its postwar expansion, and it still sits next to Roosevelt School on Euclid Avenue. Two creeks cross the neighborhood toward the bay, Redwood Creek on the Valota Road side and Arroyo Ojo de Agua near Red Morton Park, and FEMA maps much of Roosevelt as shaded Zone X, a 0.2 percent annual chance flood area rather than a high-risk zone.
streets and homes
The streets and the houses
The grid runs on a diagonal between Jefferson Avenue and Goodwin Avenue. Roosevelt Avenue, Madison Avenue, Vera Avenue and Valota Road are the long through streets; Euclid Avenue, Fairview Avenue, Junipero Avenue, Saint Francis Street, Taft Street, Truman Street and Dewey Street fill in between. Upton Street, Wessex Way and Windsor Way sit along the Alameda side, and a three-block wedge west of the Alameda (Carson and Fernside streets, below Roosevelt Avenue) also belongs to Roosevelt.
Houses span the decades rather than one tract. A 2019 walk-through found homes from about 1940 to the present, from a 1940 two-bedroom under 1,000 square feet with its living space behind the garage to brand-new larger houses, and no one dominant style. The bulk are detached single-family houses, with some duplexes (a side-by-side pair on Madison Avenue near Valota Road, for one) and small apartment buildings.
Shops cluster at two corners: the Roosevelt Center strip and Dehoff's Key Market around Roosevelt Avenue and Upton Street, and Jefferson Plaza at Jefferson Avenue and the Alameda. Red Morton Park takes up a large block on the Jefferson side, so a lot of daily life here routes past it.
streets in roosevelt
- Jefferson Avenue
- Roosevelt Avenue
- Madison Avenue
- Vera Avenue
- Valota Road
- Goodwin Avenue
- Alameda de las Pulgas
- Euclid Avenue
- Fairview Avenue
- Junipero Avenue
- Saint Francis Street
- Taft Street
- Truman Street
- Dewey Street
- Upton Street
- Wessex Way
- Windsor Way
- McGarvey Avenue
- Myrtle Street
- Hawes Street
- Redwood Avenue
- Sanchez Way
- Carson Street
- Fernside Street
- Ruby Street
- Sapphire Street
parks and places
Parks, shops and landmarks near Roosevelt
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Red Morton Community Park
About 28.6 acres in city parks data (a local writer puts it near 32) at 1120 Roosevelt Avenue, with several ballfields, the Phil Shao Memorial Skatepark, playgrounds, picnic areas with barbecues, a community center and the parks department offices.
- park
Magical Bridge Playground
An all-abilities playground at the Valota Road end of Red Morton Park (939 Valota Road), built by the city with the Magical Bridge Foundation and opened at the end of 2020.
- landmark
Schaberg Branch Library
A small Redwood City Public Library branch at 2140 Euclid Avenue, opened in 1957, right next to Roosevelt School.
- shopping
Roosevelt Avenue and Upton Street
The Roosevelt Center strip and Dehoff's Key Market, an independent grocery at 1063 Upton Street; Jefferson Plaza at Jefferson Avenue and the Alameda adds a market and a few shops.
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Stulsaft Park
About 42 mostly wild acres with creek trails, roughly 0.8 mile southwest in Farm Hill (straight-line); the main entrance is at 3737 Farm Hill Boulevard.
schools and commute
School districts and getting around
School districts
Roosevelt is in the Redwood City School District for TK-8 and the Sequoia Union High School District for high school. Roosevelt School, a district school at 2223 Vera Avenue, sits on the rise in the middle of the neighborhood, and Kennedy Middle School (2521 Goodwin Avenue) is just across Goodwin Avenue in Woodside Plaza. The district widened Roosevelt's attendance area in its 2018 consolidation, and boundaries can change again, so check the exact address with the districts.
Getting around
- Redwood City Caltrain and the downtown transit center are about 1.4 miles northeast (straight-line), via Jefferson Avenue or Roosevelt Avenue.
- US 101 is about 2 miles away at Woodside Road or Whipple Avenue, and I-280 at Farm Hill Boulevard is about 1.9 miles southwest (straight-line).
- SamTrans Routes 278 (Cañada College to the Redwood City Transit Center) and 295 (Hillsdale to the Redwood City Transit Center) stop in the neighborhood; check SamTrans for current stops and times.
- The Alameda de las Pulgas runs along the west edge, north to San Carlos and south toward Atherton.
- Woodside Road (State Route 84) is about 0.6 mile southeast of Valota Road and Silver Avenue (straight-line), past Woodside Plaza.
nerd notes
Buying or selling in Roosevelt: what we check
Buying here
- Flood maps: FEMA shows much of Roosevelt, along the Redwood Creek and Arroyo Ojo de Agua corridors, as shaded Zone X (0.2 percent annual chance), outside the high-risk zones. Check the exact parcel and get an insurance quote if the house sits low or near a creek channel.
- Mixed ages: with houses from about 1940 on, judge each one on its own. In older houses check wiring and panels, original plumbing, foundations and the sewer lateral; in remodeled ones check permits and the quality of the additions.
- Next to the park: homes near Red Morton Park see ballfield and event traffic, and the senior center and YMCA campus work will bring demolition and construction over the next few years. Visit at game time and check the city's project schedule.
- Duplexes and ADUs: the neighborhood already mixes single-family houses, duplexes and small apartment buildings. Check the parcel's zoning and current ADU and SB 9 rules before planning a second unit.
- Edges: Census ZIP maps put a few blocks near the Jefferson Avenue and Alameda corner in 94062, and the unincorporated Kensington Square pocket is just north of Jefferson Avenue in Eagle Hill. Confirm the parcel's jurisdiction and ZIP on the county record.
Selling here
- Pull your permit history early; buyers comparing 1940s originals with rebuilt houses will ask about additions and conversions.
- If you're near Red Morton Park, give buyers the facts on the approved YMCA and senior center work rather than letting them guess.
- MLS area names vary here (Roosevelt, plus West Redwood, Redwood Terrace, Jefferson Acres, Westwood Terrace and Kensington Square on the edges); make sure the listing is in the right one.
- Note the walking distances to Red Morton Park, Roosevelt School, the Schaberg library and the Roosevelt Avenue shops.
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faq
Roosevelt questions, answered
Where are Roosevelt's boundaries?
Roughly Jefferson Avenue on the north, the Alameda de las Pulgas on the west, Goodwin Avenue and Valota Road on the south, and a stepped line along Myrtle Street, Hawes Street and Redwood Avenue on the east. The city's map also gives Roosevelt three blocks west of the Alameda below Roosevelt Avenue.
What's at Red Morton Community Park?
Ballfields, a skate park, playgrounds including the all-abilities Magical Bridge Playground, picnic areas, a community center and the parks department offices. A new senior center is the first phase of a campus there, and a YMCA building was approved in November 2025.
Which schools serve Roosevelt?
The Redwood City School District for TK-8 and the Sequoia Union High School District for high school. Roosevelt School is in the middle of the neighborhood and Kennedy Middle School is just across Goodwin Avenue. Attendance areas change, so confirm the address with the districts.
Is any of Roosevelt unincorporated?
No. Census maps put all of it inside Redwood City. The nearest county land is the small Kensington Square pocket just north of Jefferson Avenue in Eagle Hill.
Is Roosevelt in a flood zone?
Not a high-risk one. FEMA maps much of it as shaded Zone X (0.2 percent annual chance) along the creek corridors and the rest as minimal hazard. Check the exact address.
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