Bay Farm Island is the southern "island" of Alameda. In fact, it used to be an island, but is now a peninsula due to landfill connecting it to Oakland at the southeastern end. At the northern end of the island lies the Bay Farm Island bridge, connecting it to the main island of Alameda.
"The first white settlers were four squatters - Powell McDonald, Benja Benedict, William S. See, and Asaph Cleveland, the latter reputedly a cousin of President Grover Cleveland - who established their claims in the early fifties."1
The island includes a business park, housing developments, two elementary schools, a small shopping center, and a ferry terminal. It is also home to the Chuck Corica Golf Complex and the Bill Osborne Model Airplane Field.
The island is also adjacent to the Oakland International Airport, which unfortunately results in noise pollution from the airport.
References
Workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in Northern California. Alameda: The Island City. California State Department of Education: Federal Works Agency, 1941. Print.
