The Intersection Apartments are located in Emeryville, three miles from campus, with easy access to public transportation.
The living room of an Intersection apartment --- light-filled, airy and modern, with oversized windows.
Intersection Apartments are fully furnished, including washer and dryer, as well as a full kitchen with microwave and dishwasher
A two-bedroom unit. Options include studios, one-bedroom, two-bedroom, and four-bedroom units.
A bathroom in a two-bedroom unit.
Architectural details in exterior entry area of the Intersection Apartments.
Eligible students
Single graduate students
Optometry students receive first priority
Berkeley/Chancellor’s fellowship recipients second priority
Intersection Apartments’ modern, light-filled units offer graduate students single-occupancy bedrooms in a variety of shared and private layouts with in-unit laundry. Located three miles from campus in Emeryville, the community offers excellent access to public transit and is within walking distance of shopping and restaurants.
Walking distance to shops, restaurants, and cafes in the heart of Emeryville.
Apartment types
All bedrooms are single-occupancy.
Apartments have one to four bedrooms or studio layout.
36 two-bedroom, two-bath apartments
35 studio apartments
20 junior one-bedroom, one-bath apartments
20 three-bedroom, one-bath apartments
10 two-bedroom, one-bath apartments
10 four-bedroom, three-bath apartments
Apartments are fully furnished and include a full kitchen and appliances for preparing your own meals. For details, visit Furnishings in My Room.
All apartments are single-gender.
Special features
Bright, modern living: Modern apartments offer an airy and contemporary feel in a vibrant neighborhood just three miles from campus.
Prime location: Walking distance to shops, restaurants, and cafes in the heart of Emeryville.
Easy campus access: A 15-minute drive or 30-minute bus ride to campus, with free shuttle service to BART.
Close to public transit lines: Ideal for easy access to the greater Bay Area.
AC Transit Transbay F Bus: Picks up a few blocks away (40th St. and Adeline St.) with routes to UC Berkeley and San Francisco. Additional AC Transit lines also serve the area.
MacArthur BART Station: A 15-minute walk, providing access to the entire Bay Area. The Emery Go-Round free shuttle connects MacArthur station to key Emeryville destinations.
Amenities and services
Campus housing rates for Intersection Apartments include essential amenities and services for graduate students.
Amenities:
Utilities: Internet, gas, hot water, garbage, and recycling (electricity is separate)
*While Intersection is a campus-managed building, it is not part of the campus-managed Internet network. The university’s helpdesk will be available to troubleshoot residents’ devices where possible.
Please read the Environmental Health Disclosure below.
The Intersection Apartments property previously contained two underground storage tanks that leaked hydrocarbons into the surrounding soil; these tanks were removed in 2002, and a third tank that showed no evidence of leaking was removed in 2012. The former property owner undertook site investigations and, with the oversight and approval of the Alameda County Department of Environmental Health (ACDEH), performed cleanup activities to address the residual contamination. In June 2021, ACDEH determined that the cleanup activities were properly completed and that the Property now requires no further remedial action to protect human health, safety, and the environment pursuant to the State Water Resources Control Board’s Low-Threat Underground Storage Tank Closure Policy. More comprehensive information on this cleanup is available at: https://geotracker.waterboards.ca.gov/profile_report?global_id=T06019788682. The Intersection Apartments property is also undergoing cleanup for residual soil vapor, overseen by ACDEH, and the University expects that the responsible parties will complete this process in the near future. ACDEH and the University will not allow any occupancy of buildings on the site until tests confirm that contamination is and will remain below levels that would pose a threat to human health, safety, and the environment. More comprehensive information on this cleanup is available at: https://geotracker.waterboards.ca.gov/profile_report.asp?global_id=T10000010062.
Room layouts
Note: Room size, layout, and furniture configuration may vary.
Two images represent variations of studio apartments in Intersection Apartments. The first image represents a studio apartment with a balcony.
Entry: The door opens inward. On the left is a closet with a sliding door, followed by a door that opens into the entryway, providing access to the washer/dryer. To the right, a sliding door opens into the bathroom. Ahead, the entryway opens to the kitchen on the left, space for a bed on the right, the dining on the far left, and the living area on the far right. In the first image, a sliding door opens to a balcony in the far wall. In the second image, there is an exterior window in the far wall.
Bathroom: The bathroom includes a bathtub with a showerhead on the near wall opposite a sink on the left and a toilet on the right against the far wall.
Kitchen: The kitchen, built into the left wall, contains a top-freezer refrigerator followed by a dishwasher. A countertop with a built-in sink extends to a four-burner stove ahead. Beyond the stove is another small countertop.
Entry: The door opens into a hallway leading forward. To the left, a door opens into the hallway to reveal a closet. Ahead, a door to the left opens into the hallway to reveal a washer and dryer. To the right is a door that opens to the bathroom.
Kitchen/dining: The kitchen/dining area is beyond the entryway. On the left wall are kitchen appliances and built-in cabinetry. A top-freezer refrigerator is followed by a countertop with a built-in sink and four-burner stove. Beyond the stove is another small countertop.
Living room: The living room is beyond the kitchen/dining area. A sliding door in the exterior wall opens to a balcony.
Bedroom: To the left of the door upon entering is a built-in closet. The sample bedroom plan lists the bedroom as 141 square feet of space.
Bathroom: Upon entering, the bathroom contains a bathtub with a shower to the right, and a sink and toilet to the left.
Entry: The door opens inward to the kitchen. To the right is a transitional space for a closet, a washer-dryer, and bathroom access. Ahead is the dining room, followed by the living room. The far wall contains a window.
Kitchen: On the left wall is a counter with a sink. The counter wraps 90 degrees to the right at the corner and continues to a four-burner stove. Beyond the stove is a small counter, followed by a top-freezer refrigerator.
Bedroom A, 164 square feet: From the living room, a door in the right wall opens into a bedroom. Upon entering, a walk-in closet with two doors opening into the bedroom is visible in the wall to the right.
Bedroom B, 184 square feet: From the living room, a door on the left opens into a bedroom. Upon entering, a sliding-door closet is built into the left wall.
Transitional space: A transitional space opens off the kitchen to the right. To the left is a washer/dryer behind a door that swings open into the transitional space. On the right, a door opens into the transitional space, revealing a closet. Ahead is a door that opens inward to the bathroom.
Bathroom: The left wall in the bathroom contains two sinks and a broad counter. Ahead is a toilet. To the right is a bathtub with a shower.
Two images represent the layout of an Intersection Apartments two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment. The first image shows an apartment with a hallway entry layout, and the second shows an apartment with an open kitchen entry layout.
Hallway Entry Layout
Entry: The door opens into a hallway. On the left is a laundry closet with a washer/dryer, the door opening into the hallway. Following, on the left is a door to a shared bathroom. On the right is a door to a bedroom with a private bath.
Transitional space: Ahead, the hallway turns to the right and opens into the kitchen and living/dining rooms. To the left of the living room is a door to the second bedroom.
Kitchen: Along the near wall, upon entering the living/kitchen/dining space, a counter leads to a sink. Beyond the sink is a counter, then a stove, followed by a short counter and a full-size top-freezer refrigerator.
Dining area: The dining room is to the right of the living room.
Living room: The living room is to the left of the dining room.
Bedroom A, 184 square feet with private bath: The bedroom is entered through a door on the right just after the entrance. On the left wall from the entrance is a walk-in closet with double doors that open into the bedroom. The private bath has a bathtub with a showerhead along the left wall and a toilet and sink along the right wall.
Bedroom B, 142 square feet: The bedroom is entered straight ahead from the entrance to the left of the living/dining and kitchen area. On the left wall from the entrance is a closet with two sliding doors.
Shared bath: Accessed via a sliding door. On the right is a bathtub with a showerhead, and ahead is a toilet with a sink against the far wall.
Open Kitchen Entry Layout
Entry: The door opens inward to the kitchen on the left and a closet with a washer/dryer straight ahead. Beyond the kitchen is the dining room. Beyond the dining room is the living room. A broad window is seen in the far wall.
Kitchen: On the near wall is a counter with a sink. The counter wraps 90 degrees to the right at the corner and continues along the left wall to a four-burner stove. Beyond the stove is a small counter, followed by a top-freezer refrigerator. On the left wall beyond the refrigerator, a door opens inward to Bedroom A.
Shared bathroom: To the right of the kitchen is a door that leads to a shared bathroom. To the left of the door is a sliding door that provides access to bedroom B. The bathroom includes a bathtub with a showerhead along the near wall and a sink and toilet along the right wall.
Bedroom A, 196 square feet: A door opens inward from the dining room in the left wall to the second bedroom. Upon entering, to the right is the bedroom, ahead is a closet, and to the left is a private bathroom. The closet ahead is accessed via a sliding door. Upon entering, the private bathroom contains two sinks ahead, a toilet in the far wall to the right, and a tub built into the near wall to the right.
Bedroom B, 152 square feet: The first bedroom has a sliding door to the shared bathroom. Beyond the sliding door is a closet built into the right wall with a sliding door. Beyond the closet is the main room. In the left wall, there is a door that opens to a transitional space adjoining the living/dining rooms.
For current residents in campus housing
If you’re a current resident, please refer to our Resident Resources for details about your front desk, mailing address, packages, maintenance requests, IT services, and answers to your questions about living in campus housing. To connect with resources and graduate student communities, explore Intersection Apartments at Graduate and Family Living.
The Intersection Apartments are located in Emeryville, three miles from campus, with easy access to public transportation.
