The Monastery Gardens neighborhood is located in Santa Clara’s 95050 zip code and is made up of two distinct housing tracts: El Camino Manor and Monastery Gardens. Interestingly enough, the neighborhood is named after the Carmelite Monastery on Benton and Lincoln. The Monastery Gardens neighborhood, located at Scott Boulevard and El Camino, was established in the late 1940s and early 1950s and contains around 350 single-family homes. It was one of the first housing tracts built in Santa Clara after World War II. The majority of the homes began as 2 or 3-bedroom 1-bath homes with attached or detached 1 or 2-car garages, all situated on lots ranging in size from about 5,000 to over 6,000 square feet. The homes feature raised foundations, well-proportioned bedrooms and living areas, and traditional California bungalow style architecture, with many properties having been renovated and modified throughout the years.

The neighborhood falls within the enrollment boundaries of Haman Elementary, Buchser Middle, and Santa Clara High School.