• MacArthur Boulevard
• Laurel Elementary School
• Laurel District Association
• Mountain Boulevard
• Montclair District
• Dimond Park

Upper Laurel occupies the elevated terrain above the Laurel District, its residential streets developed circa 1923 among the California bay laurel woodland that gives both the upper and lower neighborhoods their name. The neighborhood developed as a hillside complement to the Laurel District's MacArthur Boulevard commercial corridor below, its hillside homes attracting the families who valued the elevated quiet of the upper slopes while remaining connected to the Laurel District's community life. Laurel Elementary School — an Oakland Unified School District campus serving the combined Laurel and Upper Laurel community — has anchored the neighborhood's family character across generations of demographic change. The Laurel District Association's active stewardship of MacArthur Boulevard — one of East Oakland's most community-sustained independent retail streets — connects Upper Laurel residents to shops, restaurants, and community gathering spaces within easy reach of the hillside streets above. Mountain Boulevard connects the neighborhood to the broader upper Oakland hills network and to the Montclair District above. That combination of laurel woodland character, Laurel District community anchoring, and hillside residential quiet defines the MY-NHD Upper Laurel collection.