Directions
Our office is located at 2999 Regent Street, Suite 520, a large medical building across from the Alta Bates Hospital, in Berkeley, just north of the Oakland border. We are at the intersection of Regent Street and Ashby Avenue, between Telegraph Avenue and College Avenue.
We encourage patients coming to the office to consider the use of an alternative to the automobile. Tips for biking, walking, or taking public transportation to the office are given below, following the driving directions.
We recommend that all new patients arrive at least 15 minutes before their scheduled appointment to fill out paperwork. We have a comfortable waiting room with a variety of reading material, magazines and an album of Before/After pictures to occupy you until your appointment. Feel free to arrive early!
Driving
For driving time estimates and traffic conditions please visit http://511.org/.
From San Francisco:
Take I-80 East and exit at Ashby Avenue. Drive East for approximately 2.5 miles and turn right onto Regent Street. Parking will be on your left. Please bring your parking ticket into the office, as we validate parking in the building for a reduced rate.
From Albany and the North:
Take I-80 west to Berkeley and exit at Ashby Avenue. Go East for approximately 2.5 miles and turn right onto Regent Street. Parking will be on your left. Please bring your parking ticket into the office, as we validate parking in the building for a reduced rate.
From Piedmont, Oakland and the South:
Take Hwy. 24 to the 51st Street exit. Turn right onto 51st Street, then left onto Telegraph Avenue; turn right onto Ashby Avenue, then right again onto Regent Street. Parking will be on your left. Please bring your parking ticket into the office, as we validate parking in the building for a reduced rate.
From Walnut Creek, Orinda and the East:
Take Highway 24 to the Telegraph Avenue exit. Turn right onto Telegraph Avenue. Turn right onto Ashby Avenue, then turn right again onto Regent Street. Parking will be on your left. Please bring your parking ticket into the office, as we validate parking in the building for a reduced rate.
Biking
The office is just a few blocks west of the Hillegass Street 'Bicycle Boulevard' in Berkeley, which provides easy access from Elmwood, Rockridge, Oakland, and Piedmont, as well as from the UC Berkeley campus. Safe routes are also available from many other parts of the Oakland-Berkeley-Albany area.
Once you've arrived, you can leave your bike in a secure, covered bicycle rack inside the parking garage attached to the building. This rack is located immediately to the right of the parking attendant station. Additional secured bike racks are in front of our building.
Remember that bicycles can be taken on BART trains (although access is restricted at certain times) and all bus routes serving the vicinity of the office. For details see the websites listed below.
Public Transportation
The office is well served by public transportation, both BART and AC Transit buses.
BART
The office is about a 15 minute walk from the Ashby BART station and slightly more (20 minutes) from the Rockridge station.
A free shuttle van runs between the Ashby station and the Alta Bates Medical Center every 15 minutes, Monday through Friday, from 5:45 a.m. to 9 p.m. A free shuttle van runs between the Rockridge station and the Alta Bates Medical Center every 30 minutes, Monday through Friday, from 5:45 a.m. to 9 p.m.
For schedules and bicycle information, please visit BART's website at www.bart.gov.
AC transit
Lines 40, 6, 51, and 43 all serve the vicinity of the office. All buses on these routes are equipped with bicycle racks, so a bike/bus combination is possible.
For schedules, route maps, and bicycle information, see AC Transit's website at www.actransit.org.