1Hours

Day	Hours
Monday	8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Tuesday	8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Wednesday	9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (opens one hour late)
Thursday	8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Friday	8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday – Sunday	Closed

Hours per the official DMV office page. State holidays can change hours — confirm on dmv.ca.gov before you go.

2Services at this office

• Licensing Services (driver licenses, ID cards, REAL ID)
• Testing (knowledge/written tests — note: not offered after 4:30 PM statewide)
• Title Transfers
• Registration
• Plates, Permits, & Placards
• Replace Lost/Stolen/Damaged (plates, registration, title)
• Records
• Request miscellaneous original documents
• Self Service Terminals — this office has a self-serve kiosk (quick registration services, no appointment)

Drive tests: the office lists generic “Testing.” Whether behind-the-wheel drive-test slots are currently offered here is only visible inside the official scheduler’s appointment-type step — check there rather than driving over on a guess.

Payments accepted: Cash, Check, Credit Card, Debit Card, Digital Wallet, Money order.

3Booking an appointment here

1. Go to the official DMV appointment scheduler.
2. Choose your appointment type (field-office visit vs. behind-the-wheel drive test).
3. Search by ZIP (92506) or “Riverside” and pick this office.
4. Booking is free — the DMV never charges to make an appointment.
5. Prefer phone? Call 1-800-777-0133 (automated 24/7; live reps Mon–Fri 8 AM–5 PM).

Booking difficulty — honest notes: Riverside’s main office is busy — if Brockton Avenue shows no availability, try Chula Vista or El Cajon in the same scheduler search. Also confirm whether your task needs a visit: renewals and many records requests get no counter service.

For the full walkthrough — which type to pick, what to do when nothing’s available — see our California DMV appointment guide.

4Nearby DMV offices

• Riverside (Normal Street) — 3960 Normal Street, Riverside, CA 92103
• Chula Vista — 30 N Glover Avenue, Chula Vista, CA 91910 (kiosk available)
• El Cajon — 1450 Graves Avenue, El Cajon, CA 92021 (kiosk available)

5Frequently asked questions

Office: 6280 Brockton Ave, Riverside, CA 92506 (Magnolia Center district) Research date: October 18, 2026 Scope: NEW extra data only — address/hours already verified in a prior brief and not re-researched here.

Google / Yelp / Third-Party Reviews — What Real People Say

Google rating snapshot: 3.5 stars across ~1,410 reviews. Its sister office, Riverside East (6425 Sycamore Canyon Blvd), scores higher at 3.8 stars across ~1,459 reviews, and Hemet also scores 3.8 — so the Brockton Ave office is the lowest-rated of the three Riverside-area field offices.

• The office is generally described as a “lower wait time” location when visiting during off-peak hours — the same source that flags Riverside East as the area’s shortest-wait office notes the Brockton office “tends to have lower wait times, especially if you visit during off-peak hours.”
• DMV’s own live wait-time snapshot (crawled ~Oct 2, 2026) showed appt 17 min / no-appt 49 min at this office — notably shorter than many big-city offices.

• The most pointed negative signal found in this research is not about the lobby at all — it is about the drive test. A May 21, 2025 reviewer on the Hemet office’s review page wrote that they “came over from Riverside to do my Drivers test, and it was definitely the right choice… Much better drive test experience than Riverside.” The reviewer praised Hemet’s examiner (named “Jeremiah”) as professional and calming, explicitly contrasting the experience with Riverside’s.
• Older Gethuman complaint threads include visitors to “the Riverside DMV on Brockton Avenue” reporting routine bureaucratic problems (registration tag delays, license-suspension paperwork) — the generic DMV complaint mix, not office-specific patterns.

No invented quotes policy: No verbatim reviewer quotes are reproduced above beyond the two short attributed excerpts; both carry names/dates/sources. No additional review text could be verified for the Brockton office specifically, so none is claimed.

Drive Test Info — Routes and Examiner Reputation

No verified street-level test route could be found for this office. Searches across Reddit, YouTube, and driving-school sites returned no route map with named streets for the Brockton Ave office. Per the brief’s rules, specific streets are unverified — omitted rather than guessed. What *is* established:

• A commercial vendor (dmvroadtestroutes.com / Route-LED) publishes paid satnav route files specifically for “Riverside West DMV” at 6280 Brockton Ave, built with local instructors — which confirms examiners run rotating routes around the office (the vendor itself warns “your DMV instructor will not follow the same route on your second time”).
• The office sits in a mixed commercial/residential grid (Magnolia Center district): the vendor’s page advises test-takers to practice “one-way streets, difficult intersections and busy roads” near this test center.
• Reported examiner-reputation signal: the Hemet comparison above (Section 1) suggests at least some test-takers perceive Riverside’s drive-test experience as stricter or less comfortable than neighboring offices. Frame only as “one reviewer reported,” never as an office-wide fact. *Confidence: reported (single anecdote).*
• ACE Driving & Traffic School operates at 6281 Brockton Ave — directly across the street from the DMV — and its reviews mention instructors preparing students “for passing my driving test at the DMV.” Students booking local lessons likely practice the surrounding streets.
• General CA test structure (applies here): ~20-minute test, pre-drive safety check, maneuvers graded on a state score sheet; examiners vary.

Services Unique to This Office / Local Alternatives

• Two full field offices serve Riverside: this office (6280 Brockton Ave) and Riverside East, 6425 Sycamore Canyon Blvd, Riverside, CA 92507 — both have self-service kiosks. Riverside East additionally hosts a Commercial Drive Test Center at the same address, and is repeatedly described as the area’s shortest-wait office. For CDL/commercial drive tests, Riverside East — not Brockton — is the relevant site.
• Moreno Valley has no field office (confirmed): the nearest DMV touchpoints there are kiosks only — Superior Grocers, 23857 Sunnymead Blvd, and Food 4 Less, 24440 Alessandro Blvd (kiosks handle registration services and driver/vehicle records). Moreno Valley residents needing in-person licensing/testing must travel to Riverside, Hemet, or Redlands.
• Kiosk alternatives in Riverside itself (for registration renewals without the lobby line): Ralphs Magnolia (6155 Magnolia Ave), Ralphs Canyon Crest (5225 Canyon Crest Dr.), Ralphs La Sierra (3350 La Sierra Ave), Vons Eastvale (6170 Hamner Ave), Vons Corona McKinley (535 N. McKinley).
• The Brockton office’s own dmv.ca.gov page lists the full standard service set (Licensing, Testing, Title Transfers, Registration, Plates/Permits/Placards, Replacements, Records, Self-Service Terminals) plus “Get in Line” same-day queueing.
• Nearby-office ratings for alternative framing: Hemet 3.8 (1,347), Palm Springs 4.1 (527), Norco 3.3 (1,290), Temecula 3.3 (1,143), Redlands 3.4 (939). If the page ever lists “nearby alternatives,” Hemet is the highest-rated within ~30 miles and has the positive drive-test anecdote.

Best / Worst Times — Reviewers Report (Never Official Fact)

• Reviewers and guide writeups consistently frame this office’s waits as “lower during off-peak hours” without naming a specific magic window — do not invent one.
• Concrete morning anecdote (Riverside East, for contrast/calibration): reviewer Robert T. reported arriving Monday Dec 15, 2025 at 8:58 a.m. and walking out at 9:32 a.m. with a Real ID renewal done (34 minutes total, application started online Friday). Reviewer Nico Navarro reported a sub-30-minute no-appointment visit (Nov 26, 2025); Ahmad Rahim reported the “Get in Line” feature yielding a 5-minute wait on a packed Friday (Apr 2024). These are Riverside East data points — useful context for the market, but do not attribute them to the Brockton office.
• Hemet timing anecdotes (nearest higher-rated office): Harold Bell reported arriving 7:30 a.m., out by 8:30; Debra Stafford reported 1 hr 15 min with the get-in-line option on a crowded day (June 2025) and flagged parking as an issue there.
• The dmv.ca.gov live snapshot (~Oct 2026) showed 49 minutes without an appointment at Brockton — usable as an “officially displayed at the time” reference only. Do not claim same-day availability or specific wait times as facts. *Confidence: verified-official snapshot, time-bound.*

Nearby Practical Info — Parking and Food

• The test-routes vendor page notes parking “could be possible at the test centre; if not, park nearby and head by foot” — weak and generic. No verified third-party source describes the Brockton lot’s size or typical fill level, so specific parking claims are unverified — omitted. *Confidence: insufficient data; recommend satellite/street-view check via live browser (not available to this subagent).*

• The office sits in the Magnolia Center / Brockton Arcade commercial district. OpenTable’s “Restaurants near Brockton Arcade Shopping Center” landmark page (updated Aug 2026) lists the area’s dining scene; its top-rated pick is Mandi Xpress Yemeni Restaurant and Coffee – Riverside (5.0, “Exceptional reviews,” most-popular-cuisine: Mexican per the page’s tags, average check $40 or less). Also named in the area: Dapper Dine & Lounge (American), El Torito (Riverside Plaza, Mexican), The Outpost (Italian).
• Do not claim any specific restaurant is walking distance — distances not verified.

Public Transit

• Riverside Transit Agency (RTA): Moovit’s stop data shows the “Brockton + Terracina” stop on Brockton Avenue is served by RTA routes 1, 14, 15, and 13 (stop ID 1746). RTA Route 1 runs Corona–UC Riverside via Magnolia Ave and connects to the Riverside–Downtown Metrolink station area; routes 13/14/15 connect the Galleria at Tyler, downtown Riverside, and the Vine Street Mobility Hub.
• Metrolink: The Riverside–Downtown station is the nearest rail hub, but the geocoder returned an ambiguous result (Perris), so no distance claim is made — unverified, omitted. Do not publish a Metrolink distance/time without a live-browser check. *Confidence: unverified.*
• Practical note for the page: transit in this corridor is bus-based; visitors relying on transit should check current RTA schedules at riderta.com, as Moovit data may be stale.

Confidence Summary & Gaps

• Verified (official): Riverside East address/services/kiosk; Moreno Valley kiosk-only locations + addresses; Brockton office service list; dmv.ca.gov wait snapshot (time-bound); Riverside East commercial drive test center.
• Reported (third-party, usable with attribution): Google ratings (3.5 Brockton / 3.8 East / 3.8 Hemet); shorter-wait reputation of East; Hemet-over-Riverside drive-test anecdote; RTA routes via Moovit; Brockton Arcade dining via OpenTable; AC

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Official office page: dmv.ca.gov/portal/field-office/san-diego-clairemont/

Last verified against dmv.ca.gov: October 2026