Hayward dispensaries: licensed shops near BART (2026)

Take BART to Hayward station for the downtown store, and drive or take a bus to the Foothill and Lewelling stores. Hayward BART at 699 B Street and South Hayward BART at 28601 Dixon Street are both served by the Richmond to Berryessa/North San Jose line and the Berryessa/North San Jose to Daly City line.

AC Transit's line pages list Hayward BART on local Lines 9, 28, 34, 41, 56, 60, 86, 93 and 95 and All Nighter Line 801. Lines 10 and 99, still shown on BART's station-area map of 5 Dec 2022, are no longer active, so check AC Transit before you ride.

Hayward BART sells daily-fee and reserved parking through the BART Official app. Downtown, the city's 13 lots and two garages are free with posted time limits. On Foothill Boulevard, Garden of Eden says curb parking is off limits during the 7 to 9am and 4 to 6pm commute windows.

Downtown Hayward is the walkable cluster. Cookies at 1004 B Street is about 0.3 miles in a straight line from Hayward BART at 699 B Street. The city runs 13 lots and two parking structures downtown with 1,689 free off-street spaces under posted time limits, and City Hall at 777 B Street is a short walk from the store.

Foothill Boulevard north of downtown is easier by car. Garden of Eden at 21227 Foothill Boulevard, in unincorporated Cherryland, is about 1.1 miles in a straight line from Hayward BART. The operator says Foothill curb parking is off limits 7 to 9am and 4 to 6pm; outside those hours park on Foothill, or use Apple Avenue, Locust Street or Ash Street, and keep clear of driveways and neighboring business lots.

We Are Hemp at 913 East Lewelling Boulevard sits in unincorporated Ashland, about 0.8 miles in a straight line from Garden of Eden and about 1.6 miles from Hayward BART. Its state license is adult-use only.

Hayward grew from a Mexican land grant, a roadside store and a hotel. In 1843 the Mexican government granted Guillermo Castro almost 27,000 acres, which he named Rancho San Lorenzo, and in 1852 a failed gold prospector named William Hayward opened a general store at A Street and Mission Boulevard.

The town incorporated on 11 Mar 1876 as Haywards, after the landmark hotel, and later dropped the s. The Hayward Fault had already ruptured on 21 Oct 1868 in a magnitude 7.0 earthquake that damaged or destroyed nearly every building in the area.

Orchards and ranches followed. In the early 20th century the area was known as the Heart of the Garden of Eden for its climate and soil, and by 1950 it was the Apricot City, home to Hunt's Cannery. Between 1950 and 1960 the population grew fivefold, from 14,000 to 72,000. The city calls its Japanese garden on North Third Street California's oldest; it is open daily 8:30am to 4pm except Christmas Day.

Russell City was an unincorporated town west of Hayward where West Coast blues took hold after World War II. KTVU reports it had about 1,400 people and clubs where Big Mama Thornton, Ray Charles and Etta James played.

In 1964 Hayward incorporated the land, tore down the town and built an industrial park. The City of Hayward and the West Coast Blues Society started the Hayward-Russell City Blues Festival in 1999; the Mercury News reported its final edition in downtown Hayward in July 2019, after the organizer cited a lack of city seed money.

For the wider story, the Hayward Area Historical Society museum at 22380 Foothill Boulevard is open Thursday to Saturday, 11am to 3pm, with free parking behind the building off Russell Way.