Hercules By the Bay

Hercules by the Bay is the neighborhood on the far western end of Hercules that stretches from San Pablo Avenue to Chelsea by the Bay, which is right by the Bay’s edge. (Really, I think I would have have just included Chelsea by the Bay as part of Hercules by the Bay--renamed them both Chelsea by the Bay. Chelsea is just too small to be a neighborhood by itself and Hercules by the Bay just feels as if it should naturally extend to the Bay as the name indicates.)

Hercules by the Sea was built just a bit before Chelsea by the Sea to the north (mid-80’s mostly I think). The homes here are almost all nicely kept Contemporary style homes and typically these homes sell for around $300K. Like in Chelsea by the Sea, virtually 100% of homes here sell due to foreclosure, which explains, a bit, why they sell for such relatively low prices.

The streets here are nicely kept and quiet enough where kids could conceivably ride bikes. Like most of the rest of Hercules the schools are okay, it is relatively safe and the commute kind of sucks.

Given the low prices however, this area is still a steal if you have a job that is somewhere in the mid Bay or north.