• Late afternoon aerial view of the Golden Gate Bridge, looking west into the sun, with the Berkeley Pier in the foreground.
  • Public Pier — No Fishing License Required. The Berkeley Pier is closed for renovation and no one seems to know when or if it will be reopened.
  • The pier was the very heart of Berkeley marina, the only place where you could walk 3,000 feet onto San Francisco Bay.
  • Berkeley Pier is popular among Bay Area locals because it's convenient with easy access and parking.
  • Until the city closed the pier in 2015, the Berkeley pier had primarily been used as a fishing pier. But decades ago it had a very different purpose.
  • The mile of land was filled in with the creation of the Berkeley Marina. The pier is now mostly used for fishing, where anyone can fish without a license.
  • The Berkeley Pier was constructed in 1926 to provide a deep water landing for an auto ferry to the Hyde Street Pier in San Francisco.
  • Lately, the Berkeley Pier has primarily been used as a fishing pier, but decades ago it had a very different purpose. Berkeley’s Population Boom.
  • The Berkeley Pier is in Berkeley, California. When constructed in 1926, the pier extended 3.5 miles into San Francisco Bay from the end of University Avenue.
  • When constructed, the Berkeley Pier extended 3.5 miles into San Francisco Bay from the end of University Avenue.