Neighborhoods in San Francisco, California
Encyclopedia
San Francisco has both major, well-known neighborhoods and districts as well as smaller, specific subsections and developments. While there is considerable fluidity among the sources, one guidebook identifies five major districts, corresponding to the four quadrants plus a south central district. These five broad districts, counterclockwise are: Central/downtown, Richmond, Sunset, Upper Market & beyond (south central) and Bernal Heights/Bayview & beyond (southeast). Within each of these five districts are located major neighborhoods, and again there is considerable fluidity seen in the sources, though the San Francisco Planning Department identifies 36 major neighborhoods. A group of researchers at Theory.org did a study of classified advertising of housing rentals to extract neighborhood names in the vernacular, and identified 40 neighborhood names in common use. Among these 36-40 major neighborhoods there are a large number of minor neighborhoods, some of which are historical, and some of which are overlapping, with a total of about 120 neighborhoods mentioned in the various sources.
building and the tops of the Golden Gate Bridge and Bay Bridge can be seen from the park’s center. San Francisco’s City Hall can be seen directly down Fulton Street. A row of Victorian houses facing the park on Steiner Street, known as the painted ladies
, are often shown in the foreground of panoramic pictures of the city's downtown area.
neighborhood.
, Monterey Avenue, Aptos Street and Ocean Avenue along the southern edge of the exclusive St. Francis Wood
development.
neighborhood. The Anna E. Waden Library, which is scheduled for major renovations and improvements, is located on Third Street and Revere, where the Neighborhood History Preservation Project is housed. Within a block or two of the library are three urban gardens and public art projects, developed entirely by residents, known as the Quesada Gardens Initiative (the Quesada Garden, Bridgeview Garden, and Latona Garden). The Bayview is known for its diverse population, warmer weather and community gardens. The area is served by the T-Third light rail line, and is home to the Bayview Opera House and City College Evans and Southeast Campus. The area is part of a $8 billion dollar redevelopment plan by Lennar Corporation.
and the Haight-Ashbury
neighborhood. Market Street is to the south, and Corona Heights Park and neighborhood is to the east.
neighborhood surrounding Saint Mary's Cathedral
on Geary Boulevard
near Gough Street. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco
and Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory
are located in Cathedral Hill.
The area is serviced by the Cathedral Hill Hotel, a historic building previously named the Jack Tar Hotel.
, Outer Mission, and Ingleside. The Muni
streetcar historic "car barn" is at one corner of this neighborhood. Cayuga Park is located in this neighborhood.
The Cayuga Improvement Association (CIA) covers the area bounded by Interstate 280
, Mission Street, Sickles and Onondaga.
along the San Francisco Bay
. It lies north of Mission Creek
and the Mission Bay
neighborhood, and includes AT&T Park
, numerous restaurants and the Caltrain
railroad station. It borders on the South-of-Market (SOMA) neighborhood to the northwest and the South Beach neighborhood to the north. The term China Basin also refers to the body of water the neighborhood takes its name from. This inlet where Mission Creek flows into the bay, home to a number of houseboats, was once an active industrial waterfront
, though in recent decades the shore has been developed with residential condominiums.
and east of Mount Sutro
. It stretches down to Corbett Avenue or Market Street, and Clarendon Avenue borders the north and west side.
, south of Buena Vista Park
and west of the Duboce Triangle
. The Randall Museum
is located at the end of Museum Way, in Corona Heights Park. It is roughly bordered by Roosevelt Way to the north, Castro to the east, Clayton to the west, and Market to the south. Corona Heights is officially designated as part of District 5 (Central), subdistrict G, also known as neighborhood 5g, by the San Francisco Association of Realtors. The community is in close proximity to The Castro neighborhood.
and The Presidio
, and bordering the Marina District
on one side and Pacific Heights on the other. The land was used for cow grazing (as its name would imply) and a settlement for fishermen (the coast line was much closer to this area than it is now). The main shopping thoroughfare is Union Street, known for its restaurants, boutique shopping, health spas and wellness centers.
.
. It borders The Castro to the north, Dolores Park to the east, Noe Valley to the south, and Upper Market to the west. Parts of it are so steep that the Muni Metro
J Church
line has to be routed through Dolores Park and into the Liberty Hill area before rejoining Church Street in Noe Valley at 22nd street.
Many streets within Dolores Heights are dead-end cul de sacs connected by steep staircases with beautiful views. As a result, the area has become a favorite for morning boot camps. It is a relatively affluent and quiet neighborhood with a mixture of Victorian
s, apartment buildings, and detached houses. In part due to its elevation, Dolores Heights does not have homeless issues visible in The Castro and Mission District. Benefiting from Twin Peaks blocking the strong winds and fog found almost year-round in San Francisco, Dolores Heights remains relatively warm, sunny and fog-free.
. This neighborhood is adjacent to Yerba Buena.
, near the main UCSF
campus. Warren Drive is the southern and western border of Forest Knolls, Mount Sutro is the northern border and the Midtown Terrace neighborhood is to the east.
house, and Luther Hall. The neighborhood offers access to public transportation, shopping, Buena Vista Park
and Golden Gate Park
as well as views of the Farallon Islands
.
. It is roughly bordered by Kirkham Street to the north, Rivera Street to the south, 8th Avenue to the east and 17th Avenue to the west. Grand View Park
is a park on a hill on the northern side of the neighborhood; Golden Gate Heights Park and Hawk Hill Park are on hills on the southern side of the neighborhood.
. It is bordered by Ocean Avenue to the north, Ashton Avenue to the west, Lakeview Avenue to the south and Interstate 280
to the east. The Ingleside Library is located on Ocean Avenue at Plymouth, and the Bay Area Rapid Transit
Balboa Park Station is at the edge of the neighborhood on Geneva Avenue at I-280 toward San Jose Ave. The neighborhood is served by 3 Muni rail lines and several bus lines. The commercial center of the neighborhood runs along Ocean Avenue, which offers a range of shopping and dining institutions.
to the west. The main local event that occurs is the Annual Sundial Park Picnic, in which the local residents host bicycle, chariot, and wagon racing. There is a large sundial
/ located on Entrada Court, surrounded by oval
-shaped Urbano Drive, which was once a horse race track.
. The commercial district around 9th Avenue and Irving Street is its general center. The neighborhood features the historic Catholic church, St. Anne of the Sunset, which was the original Catholic parish for the Sunset District and has stood at 14th and Judah for more than 100 years. The Inner Sunset is west of Stanyan Street, south of Golden Gate Park
, and north of Kirkham Street (the northern border for Golden Gate Heights) but may encompass some parts south all the way to Ortega (at 8th and 9th Avenues). Today, most would place the Inner Sunset's western border at 19th Avenue. However, historically, the Inner Sunset's borders extend out to 20th Avenue where the former Market Street Railway Company's #17 line used to run.
and Mount Davidson. Laguna Honda Hospital and the Muni Metro
Forest Hill Station are both located at the neighborhood's northeast corner near the intersection of Laguna Honda Boulevard and Dewey Boulevard. School of the Arts high school is in the southeast corner of the neighborhood on Portola Drive.
The Lake District offers large and traditional San Franciscan homes with many Grand Edwardians, Victorians, Queen Annes, and others. The Lake District provides ease of access and a safe and conservative neighborhood. "Old SF Money"
to the south of Sloat Boulevard. San Francisco State University
and the Stonestown Galleria
shopping mall are both located opposite the neighborhood on 19th Avenue, and the Merced Library is located in the Lakeside on Stonecrest Drive at Winston Drive.
and east of the Richmond District
. It is bordered by Geary Boulevard
or the University of San Francisco
campus to the south, Arguello Boulevard to the west, California Street to the north and Presidio Avenue to the east. The Laurel Village shopping center is located on California between Laurel and Spruce, the California Pacific Medical Center
is on California between Arguello and Maple, and a UCSF
campus is located in the north eastern corner of the neighborhood.
station is just south of the neighborhood, on Tunnel Avenue.
, to the north by Holloway Avenue, and to the east by Orizaba Avenue. The Oceanview Library is located on Randolph Street at Ramsell Street, and there are two public parks on Shields Avenue. Brooks Park is at Arch Street, and Merced Heights Playground is at Byxbee Street.
and Lake Merced
. It is bordered by 19th Avenue (State Route 1) to the east, Sloat Boulevard to the north, 26th Avenue to the west and Eucalyptus Drive to the south. Lowell High School
is located on Eucalyptus Drive, and the Merced Manor reservoir is on Sloat between 22nd and 23rd Avenues. The Stonestown Galleria
shopping mall and San Francisco State University
are both on 19th Avenue to the south of Merced Manor.
. It was created as a single housing development in the late 1950s. Clarendon Avenue where it joins Twin Peaks Boulevard borders the neighborhood on the north and west. Panorama Drive winds through the neighborhood. Portola Drive borders the neighborhood's southern edge. Sutro Tower
is on the northern side of Midtown Terrace, and the winding portion of Twin Peaks Boulevard that takes viewers to the Twin Peaks lookout forms the neighborhood's eastern edge. The Midtown Terrace Recreation Center is on Olympia Way at Clarendon.
and Mount Davidson. Portola Drive borders Miraloma Park to the north, and the Sunnyside is to the south. Miraloma Playground is located on Omar Way at Rockdale, and Sunnyside Playground is south of Teresita Boulevard near Foerster Street.
located on San Francisco Bay south of Mission Creek, east of the I-280 freeway and north of 16th Street. The new UCSF
research campus at Mission Bay
has led to the rapid growth of an affluent new neighborhood of office buildings and luxury condominiums. The Dogpatch
neighborhood lies to the south of it.
, Valencia Street, Twentieth Street, and Church/Sanchez Streets (transitioning at Eighteenth Street), is the oldest neighborhood in San Francisco and therefore its birthplace. It is named after the Spanish Mission Dolores
settlement of 1776, and is a sub-area of the Mission District neighborhood. The location of the Mission Dolores was chosen because of proximity to the Yelamu grouping of the Ramaytush
band of Ohlone
-speaking peoples living in the villages of Chutchui and Sitlintac on Mission Creek
which date to approximately A.D. 500. The Ohlone people together with the Coast Miwok
served as laborers to build the Mission San Francisco de Asís
as part of the Spanish colonization. On March 17, 2010, the San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) unanimously adopted the final Mission Dolores Neighborhood Historic Context Statement and Survey. That document outlines the historic importance of the neighborhood. It can be found on the Planning Department's web site.
, to the east by Mission St. and to the south by Geneva Ave. Mission Terrace borders Glen Park
and Bernal Heights
to the north, Excelsior
to the east, Outer Mission to the south, and Sunnyside, City College
, and Ingleside to the west. Balboa Park
and the Balboa Park Station are located in its southwest corner.
. It is bordered by Interstate 280
to the south and east, Lakeview Avenue to the north and Orizaba Avenue to the west. Oceanview Playground and Minnie and Lovie Ward Recreation Center is located in the middle of the neighborhood, between Plymouth, Capitol, Lobos and Montana. Ocean View Branch Library is located at 345 Randolph St. Ocean View is served by MUNI Routes M and 54. Oceanview, also referred to as Lakeview by the natives of the community, has a rich history. Particularly noteworthy is its African American community that migrated there in the 1960s from the Western Addition and Bayview
neighborhoods. Until the mid 1990s African Americans accounted for over 50% of its residents, many of which were forced out due to rising cost of living in San Francisco.
Approximately 45,000 people live in the OMI(Oceanview-Merced-Ingleside),
and, as of the 2000 United States Census, 45% of the population
identifies itself as Asian-American, 25% as African-American,
14% as Latino and 13% as white.
The demographic character of the OMI neighborhoods began to
change after World War II. Many African-Americans, who had
migrated to the Bay Area for work during the war, secured goodpaying
jobs and settled permanently in new homes in Ingleside,
Merced Heights and Ocean View when the war ended. In 1950,
African-Americans made up 5% of the population in the Ingleside,
Merced Heights and Ocean View census tracts, and by 1970 the
percentage had increased to 62%.
Fueled by vacant land in Merced Heights and Ocean View, the
post-war housing boom, the desire to own their own home, and
the already significant presence of African-Americans in the
neighborhoods, the black population exploded from 1950 to 1960.
By 1960, African-Americans made up 40% of Merced Heights,
32% of Ingleside and 59% of Ocean View.161 While some whites
moved out,162 generally to suburban tracts heavily marketed to
them, the number of blacks living in OMI increased twelvefold
(from 602 in 1950 to 7,273 in 1960), while the citywide black
population less than doubled (43,000 in 1950 to 74,000 in 1960).163
There is anecdotal evidence that African-Americans moved
to the OMI after being displaced by the first phase of urban
renewal in the Western Addition (the A-1 Project) in the late
1950s. Relocation records, while incomplete, show that the vast
majority of displaced residents of the Western Addition found
nearby accommodations. Of the 3,700 households of all races
(family and single households) living in the project area in 1957,
about 2,010 moved without relocation assistance and to unknown
whereabouts. Of the remaining 1,602, 67% moved to other parts
of the Western Addition and only 2.6%, or 34 households, moved
to the West of Twin Peaks area.
By 1970, the OMI had matured into a middle-class district
of single family, owner occupied homes. Seventy-six percent of
the land area in the Ingleside, Ocean View, and Merced Heights
neighborhoods was residential (100% was residential in Ingleside
Terraces), compared with 39% citywide. The housing stock
was overwhelming single family (95% vs. 68% citywide) and
owner occupied (72% vs. 31% citywide), while the population
was mostly African-American (63% compared with 13%
citywide).168 In recent years, the OMI has witnessed an influx
of Asian-American and other ethnic groups, making it one of
San Francisco’s most diverse neighborhoods. The OMI is more
Hispanic, Black, and Asian than San Francisco as a whole.
, mainly south of Quintara Street between 19th Avenue and Sunset Boulevard. Abraham Lincoln High School
is located on 24th Avenue, and the Parkside Library is located on Taraval Street at 23rd Avenue. Stern Grove borders the neighborhood to the south.
. It is roughly bordered by San Bruno Avenue and the James Lick Freeway (U.S. Route 101) to the east, Mansell Street to the south, University Street to the west and the Southern Freeway (Interstate 280
) to the north. The adjacent Portola Heights extension lies west uphill from University Street to the Excelsior District, bordering McLaren Park to the south.
Phillip and Sala Burton Academic High School (formerly Wilson High School) is located on Mansell Street, and the Portola Library is at Bacon Street and Goettingen Street (380 Bacon Street), between the Edward Robeson Taylor Elementary School and the Martin Luther King Middle School (which replaced the former Portola Junior High School). The large University Mound Reservoir is located along University Street, between Felton Street and Woolsey Street.
Portola was named after the old Portola School, which in turn was named after the Spanish explorer Gaspar de Portolá
(credited by some as the discoverer of San Francisco Bay). Originally settled after the 1906 earthquake by Jewish and Italian immigrants, the area evolved into a community populated by nurserymen and their families who grew much of the city’s flower crop there and uphill to the west in the Portola Heights extension. "The Road," as San Bruno Avenue was affectionately referred to by the locals, still hosts businesses that include bakeries, grocery stores, pharmacies, and in earlier times a theater, now a large restaurant. The Portola was also once home to a significant population of Maltese immigrants and settlers and at one time the Maltese Consulate. According to the U.S. Census, the Asian population in the Portola has been steadily increasing since the 1990s. The Portola is marked by Census Tract 257.
and Laurel Heights neighborhood. It is bordered by Pacific Avenue and the Presidio to the north, Arguello Boulevard to the west, California Street to the south and Presidio Avenue to the east.
The Consulate-General of South Korea in San Francisco is located at 3500 Clay Street.
runs under Silver Terrace.
and Interstate 80
, and the streets that run beneath. In many places, historic tracks are still visible from when the area was a distribution hub for the Southern Pacific Railroad
.
neighborhood, and from south of Townsend Street and west of 3rd Street begins China Basin. The most notable feature of South Beach is AT&T Park
in its south-east corner.
and the Cow Palace
. It is bordered by Geneva Avenue to the south, Sawyer Street to the east, Sunnydale Avenue to the north and McLaren Park to the west. It was known for its notorious high crime rate and housing projects on Sunnydale Avenue, also known as "Swampy Desert".
The neighborhood was developed in 1898 as land lots for single family houses and sold through the Sunnyside Land Development Company. This company installed a street car line to access the new neighborhood from downtown San Francisco. This allowed expansion and created "suburbs" of the day. Houses were built as individual custom homes and developers also purchased multiple lots and usually built with 3–10 houses of similar look and size. The neighborhood was 75% built out by 1940 when WW2 began. The balance of the land was built out from about 1946-1980s.
The Sunnyside Neighborhood Association is the "voice" of Sunnyside and incorporated in 1975.
The residents are very diverse, from all walks of life. It is primarily a middle- to upper-middle class neighborhood with 75% of residents owning their home. Sunnyside Park was remodeled in 2009 by the City and offers a Recreation Center, Children's Play Area and Dog Park.
The Sunnyside Conservatory (at Monterey Boulevard and Congo Street) is an 1890s botanical garden and restored hot house, completely restored in 2009, which now serves as a meeting room for community groups.
The Sunnyside Conservatory is located inside the neighborhood.
Everything east of 19th Avenue is thought of as the Inner Sunset. (19th Avenue is a six-lane thoroughfare that is designated as part of California State Route 1
, as it connects the Golden Gate Bridge
to San Mateo County and points south. ... Within the Inner Sunset is a sub-district called Sunset Heights.
The current efforts to develop a comprehensive plan for this neighborhood of San Francisco is the Ocean Beach Master Plan
(OBMP). The OBMP is an interagency effort to develop a long-term vision for Ocean Beach that will address a multitude of issues.
. For the neighborhood immediately to the west of Twin Peaks, see Midtown Terrace.
, and is part of the Portola district. It is roughly bordered by Silver Avenue to the north, University Street to the east, McLaren Park to the south and the Excelsior District to the west. Once considered as a location for a university campus, many of the streets running north-south in University Mound are named after universities, while those running east and west are named for famous educators. University Mound is a primarily residential neighborhood; however it contains a large reservoir
, the University Mound Ladies Home, and Phillip & Sala Burton High School
. The neighborhood is significantly diverse in its population it and has a varying landscape.
mainly spanning Corbett Avenue and Burnett Avenue. Clayton Street is on the north side of Upper Market, and Portola Drive is to the south.
neighborhood is to the south, Saint Francis Wood
is to the west, Sherwood Forest is to the north and Sunnyside is to the east.
, stretches from 2nd to 5th and Market to Harrison Streets. It is enhanced through the work of the Yerba Buena Community Benefit District (YBCBD). This east boundary of this neighborhood is adjacent to the Financial District South.
Alamo Square
Alamo Square is a subset of the Western Addition neighborhood. Its boundaries are not well-defined, but are generally considered to be Webster Street on the east, Golden Gate Avenue on the north, Divisadero Street on the west, and Oak Street on the south. It is characterized by Victorian architecture that was left largely untouched by the urban renewal projects in other parts of the Western Addition. On a clear day, the Transamerica PyramidTransamerica Pyramid
The Transamerica Pyramid is the tallest skyscraper in the San Francisco skyline and one of its most iconic. Although the building no longer houses the headquarters of the Transamerica Corporation, it is still strongly associated with the company and is depicted in the company's logo...
building and the tops of the Golden Gate Bridge and Bay Bridge can be seen from the park’s center. San Francisco’s City Hall can be seen directly down Fulton Street. A row of Victorian houses facing the park on Steiner Street, known as the painted ladies
Painted ladies
"Painted ladies" is a term used for Victorian and Edwardian houses and buildings painted in three or more colors that embellish or enhance their architectural details. The term was first used for San Francisco Victorian houses by writers Elizabeth Pomada and Michael Larsen in their 1978 book...
, are often shown in the foreground of panoramic pictures of the city's downtown area.
Ashbury Heights
Ashbury Heights is a neighborhood on the hill to the south of the Haight-AshburyHaight-Ashbury, San Francisco, California
Haight-Ashbury is a district of San Francisco, California, named for the intersection of Haight and Ashbury streets. It is also called The Haight and The Upper Haight.-Location:...
neighborhood.
Balboa Terrace
Balboa Terrace is a small residential neighborhood in southwestern San Francisco bounded by Junipero Serra BoulevardJunipero Serra Boulevard
Junipero Serra Boulevard is a major boulevard in and south of San Francisco. Within the city, it forms part of the route of State Route 1, the shortest connection between Interstate 280 and the Golden Gate Bridge. The remainder, in San Mateo County, has been bypassed or replaced by I-280, the...
, Monterey Avenue, Aptos Street and Ocean Avenue along the southern edge of the exclusive St. Francis Wood
St. Francis Wood, San Francisco, California
St. Francis Wood is an affluent residential neighborhood located in southwestern San Francisco, California, south of the West Portal neighborhood and west of Mount Davidson....
development.
Bayview
The Bayview stretches along Third Street south of Evans Avenue, west of the Hunters PointHunters Point, San Francisco, California
Bayview-Hunters Point or The Bayview, is a neighborhood in the southeastern corner of San Francisco, California, United States. The decommissioned Hunters Point Naval Shipyard is located within its boundaries and Candlestick Park is on the southern edge....
neighborhood. The Anna E. Waden Library, which is scheduled for major renovations and improvements, is located on Third Street and Revere, where the Neighborhood History Preservation Project is housed. Within a block or two of the library are three urban gardens and public art projects, developed entirely by residents, known as the Quesada Gardens Initiative (the Quesada Garden, Bridgeview Garden, and Latona Garden). The Bayview is known for its diverse population, warmer weather and community gardens. The area is served by the T-Third light rail line, and is home to the Bayview Opera House and City College Evans and Southeast Campus. The area is part of a $8 billion dollar redevelopment plan by Lennar Corporation.
Belden Place
A small neighborhood near the Financial District being the historical location of the French Quarter in San Francisco.Bernal Heights
Bernal Heights is a neighborhood perched on a hill in between the Mission district, Bayview, and the Portola district. The neighborhood is known for its community feeling and progressive vibe. The majority of the neighborhood is white, but there are significant Latino and black populations in the area as well. The main shopping area in Bernal Heights is Cortland Street, with a variety of storefronts that include a health food store, a community center, a yoga studio, bars, bakeries, and restaurants. Many of the quaint, hilly streets in the neighborhood are so narrow that two cars cannot pass in opposite directions without one car pulling over to the side of the road.Buena Vista
The Buena Vista neighborhood is to the south of Buena Vista ParkBuena Vista Park
Buena Vista Park is a park in the Haight-Ashbury and Buena Vista Heights neighborhoods of San Francisco, California, United States. It is the oldest official park in San Francisco, established in 1867 as Hill Park and renamed Buena Vista in 1894. It is bounded by Haight Street to the north, and...
and the Haight-Ashbury
Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco, California
Haight-Ashbury is a district of San Francisco, California, named for the intersection of Haight and Ashbury streets. It is also called The Haight and The Upper Haight.-Location:...
neighborhood. Market Street is to the south, and Corona Heights Park and neighborhood is to the east.
Cathedral Hill
Cathedral Hill is a small area in the Western AdditionWestern Addition, San Francisco, California
The Western Addition is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California, United States.-Location:The Western Addition is sandwiched between Van Ness Avenue, Golden Gate Park, the Upper and Lower Haight neighborhoods, and Pacific Heights....
neighborhood surrounding Saint Mary's Cathedral
Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption
The Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption, also known locally as Saint Mary's Cathedral, is the principal church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco in San Francisco, California...
on Geary Boulevard
Geary Boulevard
Geary Boulevard is a major east-west thoroughfare in San Francisco, California, beginning downtown at Market Street near Market Street's intersection with Montgomery Street, and running westbound through downtown, the Civic Center area, the Western Addition, and running for most of its length...
near Gough Street. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the northern California region of the United States. It covers the City and County of San Francisco and the Counties of Marin and San Mateo...
and Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory
Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory
Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory, commonly known as SH, SHC, or SHCP is a Catholic school located in the Cathedral Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California. Founded in 1852, Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory is the oldest Catholic secondary school in San Francisco...
are located in Cathedral Hill.
The area is serviced by the Cathedral Hill Hotel, a historic building previously named the Jack Tar Hotel.
Cayuga Terrace
Cayuga Terrace, a subset neighborhood of the larger Mission Terrace neighborhood, is bounded by Geneva Avenue, San Jose Avenue, and Alemany Boulevard. It is bordered by the ExcelsiorExcelsior District, San Francisco, California
-Location:The Excelsior District is located along Mission Street, east of San Jose Ave, south of Interstate 280 Southern Fwy, west of John McLaren Park, and north of Geneva Avenue,This link includes a map including all areas considered part of the Excelsior....
, Outer Mission, and Ingleside. The Muni
San Francisco Municipal Railway
The San Francisco Municipal Railway is the public transit system for the city and county of San Francisco, California. In 2006, it served with an operating budget of about $700 million...
streetcar historic "car barn" is at one corner of this neighborhood. Cayuga Park is located in this neighborhood.
The Cayuga Improvement Association (CIA) covers the area bounded by Interstate 280
Interstate 280
Interstate 280 may refer to:* Interstate 280 , a north–south freeway running from San Jose to San Francisco* Interstate 280 , part of the beltway around the Quad Cities...
, Mission Street, Sickles and Onondaga.
China Basin
China Basin is a neighborhood built on landfillLand reclamation
Land reclamation, usually known as reclamation, is the process to create new land from sea or riverbeds. The land reclaimed is known as reclamation ground or landfill.- Habitation :...
along the San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary through which water draining from approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean...
. It lies north of Mission Creek
Mission Creek
Mission Creek is a river in San Francisco, California that has been largely culverted. The only remaining portion above ground is in the Mission Creek Channel that drains into China Basin....
and the Mission Bay
Mission Bay, San Francisco, California
Mission Bay is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California.-Location:Mission Bay is roughly bounded by Townsend Street on the north, Third Street and San Francisco Bay on the east, Mariposa Street on the south, and 7th Street and Interstate 280 on the west.-History:It was created in 1998 by the...
neighborhood, and includes AT&T Park
AT&T Park
AT&T Park is a ballpark located in the South Beach neighborhood of San Francisco, California. Located at 24 Willie Mays Plaza, at the corner of Third and King Streets, it has served as the home of the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball since 2000....
, numerous restaurants and the Caltrain
Caltrain
Caltrain is a California commuter rail line on the San Francisco Peninsula and in the Santa Clara Valley in the United States. The northern terminus of the rail line is in San Francisco, at 4th and King streets; its southern terminus is in Gilroy...
railroad station. It borders on the South-of-Market (SOMA) neighborhood to the northwest and the South Beach neighborhood to the north. The term China Basin also refers to the body of water the neighborhood takes its name from. This inlet where Mission Creek flows into the bay, home to a number of houseboats, was once an active industrial waterfront
Port of San Francisco
The Port of San Francisco lies on the western edge of the San Francisco Bay near the Golden Gate. It has been called one of the three great natural harbors in the world, but it took two long centuries for navigators from Spain and England to find the anchorage originally called Yerba Buena...
, though in recent decades the shore has been developed with residential condominiums.
Clarendon Heights
The Clarendon Heights neighborhood is in the central part of San Francisco, to the north of Twin PeaksTwin Peaks, San Francisco, California
The Twin Peaks are two hills with an elevation of about near the geographic center of San Francisco, California. Except for Mount Davidson, they are the highest points in the city.-Location and climate:...
and east of Mount Sutro
Mount Sutro
Mount Sutro is a hill in San Francisco, California. Most of Mount Sutro remains private property owned by the University of California, San Francisco , but a parcel, including the summit, has been set aside as the Mount Sutro Open Space Reserve and is open to the public. It is one of San...
. It stretches down to Corbett Avenue or Market Street, and Clarendon Avenue borders the north and west side.
Corona Heights
The Corona Heights neighborhood is a small affluent district in San Francisco that surrounds the Corona Heights hill and parkCorona Heights Park
Corona Heights Park is a park in the Castro and Corona Heights neighborhoods of San Francisco, California, United States. It is situated immediately to the south of Buena Vista Park. Corona Heights is bounded in part by Flint Street on the east, Roosevelt Way to the north, and 16th Street to the...
, south of Buena Vista Park
Buena Vista Park
Buena Vista Park is a park in the Haight-Ashbury and Buena Vista Heights neighborhoods of San Francisco, California, United States. It is the oldest official park in San Francisco, established in 1867 as Hill Park and renamed Buena Vista in 1894. It is bounded by Haight Street to the north, and...
and west of the Duboce Triangle
Duboce Triangle, San Francisco, California
The Duboce Triangle neighborhood is located near the center of San Francisco, just below the hilly slopes of Buena Vista between the neighborhoods of the Castro/Eureka Valley, the Mission District, and the Lower Haight....
. The Randall Museum
Randall Museum
The Randall Museum is a museum in San Francisco, California and is owned and operated by the City's Recreation and Parks Department. It focuses on the arts, crafts, sciences, and natural history. On view are a number of live native and domestic animals and interactive displays...
is located at the end of Museum Way, in Corona Heights Park. It is roughly bordered by Roosevelt Way to the north, Castro to the east, Clayton to the west, and Market to the south. Corona Heights is officially designated as part of District 5 (Central), subdistrict G, also known as neighborhood 5g, by the San Francisco Association of Realtors. The community is in close proximity to The Castro neighborhood.
Cow Hollow
Cow Hollow is a generally affluent neighborhood located between Russian HillRussian Hill, San Francisco, California
Russian Hill is a neighborhood of San Francisco, California, in the United States. It is one of San Francisco's 44 hills, and one of its original "Seven Hills."-Location:...
and The Presidio
Presidio of San Francisco
The Presidio of San Francisco is a park on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula in San Francisco, California, within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area...
, and bordering the Marina District
Marina District, San Francisco, California
The Marina District is a neighborhood located in San Francisco, California. The neighborhood sits on the site of the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition, staged after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake to celebrate the reemergence of the city...
on one side and Pacific Heights on the other. The land was used for cow grazing (as its name would imply) and a settlement for fishermen (the coast line was much closer to this area than it is now). The main shopping thoroughfare is Union Street, known for its restaurants, boutique shopping, health spas and wellness centers.
Design District
The Design District is located in the low-lying area between Townsend Street and 16th Street, west of Mission Bay. It is a mixed industrial-office-retail area, with a concentration of showrooms and upscale shops, as well as the San Francisco campus of the California College of the ArtsCalifornia College of the Arts
California College of the Arts , founded in 1907, is known for its broad, interdisciplinary programs in art, design, architecture, and writing. It has two campuses, one in Oakland and one in San Francisco, California, USA...
.
Dolores Heights
Dolores Heights is a hilly neighborhood named after Dolores ParkDolores Park
Mission Dolores Park is a San Francisco, California, city park located in the neighborhood of Mission Dolores, at the western edge of the Mission District, which lies to the east of the park. To the west of the park is a hillside referred to as "Dolores Heights" or considered a part of the Castro...
. It borders The Castro to the north, Dolores Park to the east, Noe Valley to the south, and Upper Market to the west. Parts of it are so steep that the Muni Metro
Muni Metro
Muni Metro is a light rail system serving San Francisco, California, operated by the San Francisco Municipal Railway , a division of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency...
J Church
J Church
The J Church is a Muni Metro railway line in San Francisco, California mainly serving the Noe Valley and Balboa Park neighborhoods, connecting them to downtown. It began as one of San Francisco's streetcar lines in 1917, and was converted to modern light rail operation with the creation of the Muni...
line has to be routed through Dolores Park and into the Liberty Hill area before rejoining Church Street in Noe Valley at 22nd street.
Many streets within Dolores Heights are dead-end cul de sacs connected by steep staircases with beautiful views. As a result, the area has become a favorite for morning boot camps. It is a relatively affluent and quiet neighborhood with a mixture of Victorian
Victorian architecture
The term Victorian architecture refers collectively to several architectural styles employed predominantly during the middle and late 19th century. The period that it indicates may slightly overlap the actual reign, 20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901, of Queen Victoria. This represents the British and...
s, apartment buildings, and detached houses. In part due to its elevation, Dolores Heights does not have homeless issues visible in The Castro and Mission District. Benefiting from Twin Peaks blocking the strong winds and fog found almost year-round in San Francisco, Dolores Heights remains relatively warm, sunny and fog-free.
Financial District South
This new neighborhood stretches from Market to Brannan and Main to 3rd Streets, and will be anchored by the new Transbay Transit CenterSan Francisco Transbay development
The San Francisco Transbay development plan consists of three supertall skyscrapers and ten other skyscrapers and highrises proposed in San Francisco. The towers are proposed to fund the replacement of the San Francisco Transbay Terminal in the South of Market neighborhood near the Financial...
. This neighborhood is adjacent to Yerba Buena.
Forest Knolls
Forest Knolls is built on the southwestern side of Mount SutroMount Sutro
Mount Sutro is a hill in San Francisco, California. Most of Mount Sutro remains private property owned by the University of California, San Francisco , but a parcel, including the summit, has been set aside as the Mount Sutro Open Space Reserve and is open to the public. It is one of San...
, near the main UCSF
University of California, San Francisco
The University of California, San Francisco is one of the world's leading centers of health sciences research, patient care, and education. UCSF's medical, pharmacy, dentistry, nursing, and graduate schools are among the top health science professional schools in the world...
campus. Warren Drive is the southern and western border of Forest Knolls, Mount Sutro is the northern border and the Midtown Terrace neighborhood is to the east.
Frederick Knob
Frederick Knob is a residential neighborhood located between Cole Valley and Ashbury Heights. Upper Frederick Street runs directly through the center of Frederick Knob, between Clayton Street and Ashbury Street. Frederick Knob is home to the Ashbury Market, the Curtis D. WilburCurtis D. Wilbur
Curtis Dwight Wilbur was born in Iowa. He was appointed to the United States Naval Academy in 1884. Shortly after graduation, Curtis Wilbur resigned his commission, a common practice at the time, and moved to Riverside, California. He was admitted to the California bar in 1890 and served as Los...
house, and Luther Hall. The neighborhood offers access to public transportation, shopping, Buena Vista Park
Buena Vista Park
Buena Vista Park is a park in the Haight-Ashbury and Buena Vista Heights neighborhoods of San Francisco, California, United States. It is the oldest official park in San Francisco, established in 1867 as Hill Park and renamed Buena Vista in 1894. It is bounded by Haight Street to the north, and...
and Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park, located in San Francisco, California, is a large urban park consisting of of public grounds. Configured as a rectangle, it is similar in shape but 20% larger than Central Park in New York, to which it is often compared. It is over three miles long east to west, and about half a...
as well as views of the Farallon Islands
Farallon Islands
The Farallon Islands, or Farallones , are a group of islands and sea stacks in the Gulf of the Farallones, off the coast of San Francisco, California, USA. They lie outside the Golden Gate and south of Point Reyes, and are visible from the mainland on clear days...
.
Golden Gate Heights
Golden Gate Heights is a hilly neighborhood south of the Inner Sunset and northwest of Forest HillForest Hill, San Francisco, California
-Location:Forest Hill is located near the middle of the city, south of the Inner Sunset and northeast of West Portal. Boundaries are roughly Seventh Avenue/Laguna Honda Boulevard to the east, Taraval Street to the south, and 14th Avenue to the west.-History:...
. It is roughly bordered by Kirkham Street to the north, Rivera Street to the south, 8th Avenue to the east and 17th Avenue to the west. Grand View Park
Grand View Park
Grand View Park, also referred to as Turtle Hill by local residents, is a small, elevated park in the Sunset District, San Francisco, California...
is a park on a hill on the northern side of the neighborhood; Golden Gate Heights Park and Hawk Hill Park are on hills on the southern side of the neighborhood.
Ingleside
The Ingleside neighborhood is located in the south western part of San Francisco, near City CollegeCity College of San Francisco
City College of San Francisco, or CCSF, is a two-year community college in San Francisco, California. The Ocean Avenue campus, in the Ingleside neighborhood, is the college's primary location...
. It is bordered by Ocean Avenue to the north, Ashton Avenue to the west, Lakeview Avenue to the south and Interstate 280
Interstate 280 (California)
Interstate 280 is a 57-mile long north–south Interstate Highway in the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California. It connects San Jose and San Francisco, running along just to the west of the cities of San Francisco Peninsula for most of its route.I-280 from its northern end at King...
to the east. The Ingleside Library is located on Ocean Avenue at Plymouth, and the Bay Area Rapid Transit
Bay Area Rapid Transit
Bay Area Rapid Transit is a rapid transit system serving the San Francisco Bay Area. The heavy-rail public transit and subway system connects San Francisco with cities in the East Bay and suburbs in northern San Mateo County. BART operates five lines on of track with 44 stations in four counties...
Balboa Park Station is at the edge of the neighborhood on Geneva Avenue at I-280 toward San Jose Ave. The neighborhood is served by 3 Muni rail lines and several bus lines. The commercial center of the neighborhood runs along Ocean Avenue, which offers a range of shopping and dining institutions.
Ingleside Terraces
Ingleside Terraces (map) is an affluent neighborhood of approximately 750 homes built at the former location of the Ingleside Racetrack in the southwestern part of San Francisco. It is adjacent to the Ingleside neighborhood, and is bordered by Ocean Avenue to the north, Ashton Avenue to the east, Holloway Avenue to the south and Junipero Serra BoulevardJunipero Serra Boulevard
Junipero Serra Boulevard is a major boulevard in and south of San Francisco. Within the city, it forms part of the route of State Route 1, the shortest connection between Interstate 280 and the Golden Gate Bridge. The remainder, in San Mateo County, has been bypassed or replaced by I-280, the...
to the west. The main local event that occurs is the Annual Sundial Park Picnic, in which the local residents host bicycle, chariot, and wagon racing. There is a large sundial
Sundial
A sundial is a device that measures time by the position of the Sun. In common designs such as the horizontal sundial, the sun casts a shadow from its style onto a surface marked with lines indicating the hours of the day. The style is the time-telling edge of the gnomon, often a thin rod or a...
/ located on Entrada Court, surrounded by oval
Oval
An oval is any curve resembling an egg or an ellipse, such as a Cassini oval. The term does not have a precise mathematical definition except in one area oval , but it may also refer to:* A sporting arena of oval shape** a cricket field...
-shaped Urbano Drive, which was once a horse race track.
Inner Sunset
The Inner Sunset is the north eastern-most corner of the Sunset DistrictSunset District, San Francisco, California
The Sunset District is a large neighborhood in the west-central part of San Francisco, California, United States.-Location:The Sunset District is the largest district within the city of San Francisco. Golden Gate Park forms the neighborhood's northern border, and the Pacific Ocean forms its...
. The commercial district around 9th Avenue and Irving Street is its general center. The neighborhood features the historic Catholic church, St. Anne of the Sunset, which was the original Catholic parish for the Sunset District and has stood at 14th and Judah for more than 100 years. The Inner Sunset is west of Stanyan Street, south of Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park, located in San Francisco, California, is a large urban park consisting of of public grounds. Configured as a rectangle, it is similar in shape but 20% larger than Central Park in New York, to which it is often compared. It is over three miles long east to west, and about half a...
, and north of Kirkham Street (the northern border for Golden Gate Heights) but may encompass some parts south all the way to Ortega (at 8th and 9th Avenues). Today, most would place the Inner Sunset's western border at 19th Avenue. However, historically, the Inner Sunset's borders extend out to 20th Avenue where the former Market Street Railway Company's #17 line used to run.
Jackson Square
A six block neighborhood, adjacent to the North Beach and Chinatown located immediately north of the Trans America Building.Jordan Park
Jordan Park is a small, upscale neighborhood in the northern portion of San Francisco, bordered by Arguello Boulevard to the west, Geary Boulevard to the south, California Street to the north and Parker Street to the east. It is sometimes included as part of Laurel Heights neighborhood.Laguna Honda
Laguna Honda (or Forest Hill Extension) is a small neighborhood between Forest HillForest Hill, San Francisco, California
-Location:Forest Hill is located near the middle of the city, south of the Inner Sunset and northeast of West Portal. Boundaries are roughly Seventh Avenue/Laguna Honda Boulevard to the east, Taraval Street to the south, and 14th Avenue to the west.-History:...
and Mount Davidson. Laguna Honda Hospital and the Muni Metro
Muni Metro
Muni Metro is a light rail system serving San Francisco, California, operated by the San Francisco Municipal Railway , a division of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency...
Forest Hill Station are both located at the neighborhood's northeast corner near the intersection of Laguna Honda Boulevard and Dewey Boulevard. School of the Arts high school is in the southeast corner of the neighborhood on Portola Drive.
Lake
The Lake District is bound by the Presidio of San Francisco to the north, Presidio Heights to the east (Arguello Boulevard), the Inner Richmond to the south (California Street), and Sea Cliff to the west (27th Avenue)The Lake District offers large and traditional San Franciscan homes with many Grand Edwardians, Victorians, Queen Annes, and others. The Lake District provides ease of access and a safe and conservative neighborhood. "Old SF Money"
Lakeside
Lakeside is a long, narrow neighborhood between 19th Avenue (Highway 1) and Junipero Serra BoulevardJunipero Serra Boulevard
Junipero Serra Boulevard is a major boulevard in and south of San Francisco. Within the city, it forms part of the route of State Route 1, the shortest connection between Interstate 280 and the Golden Gate Bridge. The remainder, in San Mateo County, has been bypassed or replaced by I-280, the...
to the south of Sloat Boulevard. San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University is a public university located in San Francisco, California. As part of the 23-campus California State University system, the university offers over 100 areas of study from nine academic colleges...
and the Stonestown Galleria
Stonestown Galleria
Stonestown Galleria is a shopping mall in San Francisco, California, anchored by Nordstrom, Macy's, and Ode Books, formerly Borders Books & Music...
shopping mall are both located opposite the neighborhood on 19th Avenue, and the Merced Library is located in the Lakeside on Stonecrest Drive at Winston Drive.
Lakeshore
The Lakeshore district is located between Sloat Blvd and Eucalyptus Drive between 26th Avenue and Sunset Blvd to Lake Merced. Towards the west, the borders a more skewed out to border Lake Merced. Lakeshore is north of Stonestown, south of Parkside, west of Lakeside, and east of the Zoo. Lowell High School and Lakeshore Elementary are located in Lakeshore. Lakeshore Plaza is also located here.Laurel Heights
Laurel Heights is a neighborhood to the south of the PresidioPresidio of San Francisco
The Presidio of San Francisco is a park on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula in San Francisco, California, within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area...
and east of the Richmond District
Richmond District, San Francisco, California
The Richmond District is a neighborhood in the northwest corner of San Francisco, California.-Location:Lying directly north of Golden Gate Park, "the Richmond" is bounded roughly by Fulton Street to the south, Arguello Boulevard and Laurel Heights to the east, The Presidio National Park and Lincoln...
. It is bordered by Geary Boulevard
Geary Boulevard
Geary Boulevard is a major east-west thoroughfare in San Francisco, California, beginning downtown at Market Street near Market Street's intersection with Montgomery Street, and running westbound through downtown, the Civic Center area, the Western Addition, and running for most of its length...
or the University of San Francisco
University of San Francisco
The University of San Francisco , is a private, Jesuit/Catholic university located in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1855, USF was established as the first university in San Francisco. It is the second oldest institution for higher learning in California and the tenth-oldest university of...
campus to the south, Arguello Boulevard to the west, California Street to the north and Presidio Avenue to the east. The Laurel Village shopping center is located on California between Laurel and Spruce, the California Pacific Medical Center
California Pacific Medical Center
California Pacific Medical Center is one of the largest private, non-profit, academic medical centers in Northern California. The Medical Center is a combination of four of San Francisco's oldest medical institutions: Pacific Presbyterian Hospital, Children's Hospital of San Francisco, Davies...
is on California between Arguello and Maple, and a UCSF
University of California, San Francisco
The University of California, San Francisco is one of the world's leading centers of health sciences research, patient care, and education. UCSF's medical, pharmacy, dentistry, nursing, and graduate schools are among the top health science professional schools in the world...
campus is located in the north eastern corner of the neighborhood.
Little Hollywood
Little Hollywood is a small neighborhood in the southeastern edge of San Francisco. It is centered around Blanken Avenue between Bayshore Boulevard and U.S. Route 101. Little Hollywood Park is located on Lathrop Avenue, and the Bayshore CaltrainCaltrain
Caltrain is a California commuter rail line on the San Francisco Peninsula and in the Santa Clara Valley in the United States. The northern terminus of the rail line is in San Francisco, at 4th and King streets; its southern terminus is in Gilroy...
station is just south of the neighborhood, on Tunnel Avenue.
Little Russia
Little Russia is a concentration of Russian-speaking immigrants along Geary Boulevard between 14th and 26th Avenues, in the Richmond District. The term is not in local use.Lower Pacific Heights
Lower Pacific Heights is located south of Pine Street until Geary Boulevard. The area is bordering Japan Town to the east, Western Addition to the south, Pacific Heights to the north and Laurel Heights to the west.Lower Nob Hill
Lower Nob Hill is generally bounded by Post Street to the south, California Street to the north, Hyde Street to the west, and Powell Street to the east. Lower Nob Hill was originally built as a high-end area and is historically part of Nob Hill. Lower Nob Hill is also home to the first condominium in California and is also an official historic district called the San Francisco Apartment and Hotel National Register Historic District. The successful nomination was written by architectural historian Anne Buenger Bloomfield in the 1980s.Merced Heights
Merced Heights is a neighborhood in the south western part of the city, west of the Ingleside and Oceanview neighborhoods. It is bordered to the south by Brotherhood Way, to the west by Junipero Serra BoulevardJunipero Serra Boulevard
Junipero Serra Boulevard is a major boulevard in and south of San Francisco. Within the city, it forms part of the route of State Route 1, the shortest connection between Interstate 280 and the Golden Gate Bridge. The remainder, in San Mateo County, has been bypassed or replaced by I-280, the...
, to the north by Holloway Avenue, and to the east by Orizaba Avenue. The Oceanview Library is located on Randolph Street at Ramsell Street, and there are two public parks on Shields Avenue. Brooks Park is at Arch Street, and Merced Heights Playground is at Byxbee Street.
Merced Manor
Merced Manor is a neighborhood in southwestern San Francisco, between Stern GroveSigmund Stern Recreation Grove
Sigmund Stern Recreation Grove, locally called Stern Grove, is a recreational site in the Sunset District, San Francisco, California. It is administered by the city's Recreation and Parks Department, and is the concert setting for the 74-year-old Stern Grove Festival.The site, along Sloat...
and Lake Merced
Lake Merced
Lake Merced is a freshwater lake in the southwest corner of San Francisco. It is surrounded by three golf courses , as well as residential areas, Lowell High School, San Francisco State University, Fort Funston and the Pacific Ocean...
. It is bordered by 19th Avenue (State Route 1) to the east, Sloat Boulevard to the north, 26th Avenue to the west and Eucalyptus Drive to the south. Lowell High School
Lowell High School (San Francisco)
Lowell High School is a public magnet school in San Francisco, California. The school opened in 1856 as the Union Grammar School and attained its current name in 1896. Lowell moved to its current location in the Merced Manor neighborhood in 1962....
is located on Eucalyptus Drive, and the Merced Manor reservoir is on Sloat between 22nd and 23rd Avenues. The Stonestown Galleria
Stonestown Galleria
Stonestown Galleria is a shopping mall in San Francisco, California, anchored by Nordstrom, Macy's, and Ode Books, formerly Borders Books & Music...
shopping mall and San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University is a public university located in San Francisco, California. As part of the 23-campus California State University system, the university offers over 100 areas of study from nine academic colleges...
are both on 19th Avenue to the south of Merced Manor.
Midtown Terrace
Midtown Terrace is a neighborhood in central San Francisco, on the western slope of Twin PeaksTwin Peaks, San Francisco, California
The Twin Peaks are two hills with an elevation of about near the geographic center of San Francisco, California. Except for Mount Davidson, they are the highest points in the city.-Location and climate:...
. It was created as a single housing development in the late 1950s. Clarendon Avenue where it joins Twin Peaks Boulevard borders the neighborhood on the north and west. Panorama Drive winds through the neighborhood. Portola Drive borders the neighborhood's southern edge. Sutro Tower
Sutro Tower
Sutro Tower is a three-pronged antenna tower near Clarendon Heights in San Francisco, California. Rising from a hill between Twin Peaks and Mount Sutro, it is a prominent part of the city skyline and a landmark for city residents and visitors...
is on the northern side of Midtown Terrace, and the winding portion of Twin Peaks Boulevard that takes viewers to the Twin Peaks lookout forms the neighborhood's eastern edge. The Midtown Terrace Recreation Center is on Olympia Way at Clarendon.
Miraloma Park
The Miraloma Park neighborhood is in the central part of San Francisco, between Glen Canyon ParkGlen Canyon Park
Glen Canyon Park is a city park in San Francisco, California. It occupies about along a deep canyon adjacent to the Glen Park, Diamond Heights, and neighborhoods...
and Mount Davidson. Portola Drive borders Miraloma Park to the north, and the Sunnyside is to the south. Miraloma Playground is located on Omar Way at Rockdale, and Sunnyside Playground is south of Teresita Boulevard near Foerster Street.
Mission Bay
The Mission Bay neighborhood is built on landfillLand reclamation
Land reclamation, usually known as reclamation, is the process to create new land from sea or riverbeds. The land reclaimed is known as reclamation ground or landfill.- Habitation :...
located on San Francisco Bay south of Mission Creek, east of the I-280 freeway and north of 16th Street. The new UCSF
University of California, San Francisco
The University of California, San Francisco is one of the world's leading centers of health sciences research, patient care, and education. UCSF's medical, pharmacy, dentistry, nursing, and graduate schools are among the top health science professional schools in the world...
research campus at Mission Bay
Mission Bay, San Francisco, California
Mission Bay is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California.-Location:Mission Bay is roughly bounded by Townsend Street on the north, Third Street and San Francisco Bay on the east, Mariposa Street on the south, and 7th Street and Interstate 280 on the west.-History:It was created in 1998 by the...
has led to the rapid growth of an affluent new neighborhood of office buildings and luxury condominiums. The Dogpatch
Dogpatch, San Francisco, California
-Location:Dogpatch is located on the eastern side of the city, adjacent to the waterfront of San Francisco Bay, and to the east of, and below, Potrero Hill. Its boundaries are Mariposa Street to the north, I-280 to the west, Cesar Chavez to the south, and the waterfront to the east...
neighborhood lies to the south of it.
Mission Dolores
Mission Dolores, bounded by Market Street, the Central FreewayCentral Freeway
The Central Freeway is a roughly one-mile elevated freeway in San Francisco, California, United States, connecting the Bayshore/James Lick Freeway with the Hayes Valley neighborhood. Most of the freeway is part of US 101, which exits at Mission Street on the way to the Golden Gate Bridge...
, Valencia Street, Twentieth Street, and Church/Sanchez Streets (transitioning at Eighteenth Street), is the oldest neighborhood in San Francisco and therefore its birthplace. It is named after the Spanish Mission Dolores
Mission San Francisco de Asís
Mission San Francisco de Asís, or Mission Dolores, is the oldest surviving structure in San Francisco and the sixth religious settlement established as part of the California chain of missions...
settlement of 1776, and is a sub-area of the Mission District neighborhood. The location of the Mission Dolores was chosen because of proximity to the Yelamu grouping of the Ramaytush
Ramaytush
The Ramaytush are one of the linguistic subdivisions of the Ohlone Native Americans of Northern California. Historically, the Ramaytush inhabited the San Francisco Peninsula between San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean in the area which is now San Francisco and San Mateo Counties.The Ramaytush...
band of Ohlone
Ohlone
The Ohlone people, also known as the Costanoan, are a Native American people of the central California coast. When Spanish explorers and missionaries arrived in the late 18th century, the Ohlone inhabited the area along the coast from San Francisco Bay through Monterey Bay to the lower Salinas Valley...
-speaking peoples living in the villages of Chutchui and Sitlintac on Mission Creek
Mission Creek
Mission Creek is a river in San Francisco, California that has been largely culverted. The only remaining portion above ground is in the Mission Creek Channel that drains into China Basin....
which date to approximately A.D. 500. The Ohlone people together with the Coast Miwok
Coast Miwok
The Coast Miwok were the second largest group of Miwok Native American people. The Coast Miwok inhabited the general area of modern Marin County and southern Sonoma County in Northern California, from the Golden Gate north to Duncans Point and eastward to Sonoma Creek...
served as laborers to build the Mission San Francisco de Asís
Mission San Francisco de Asís
Mission San Francisco de Asís, or Mission Dolores, is the oldest surviving structure in San Francisco and the sixth religious settlement established as part of the California chain of missions...
as part of the Spanish colonization. On March 17, 2010, the San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) unanimously adopted the final Mission Dolores Neighborhood Historic Context Statement and Survey. That document outlines the historic importance of the neighborhood. It can be found on the Planning Department's web site.
Mission Terrace
Mission Terrace is a neighborhood in the south-central part of San Francisco. It is bounded on the north and west by Interstate 280Interstate 280 (California)
Interstate 280 is a 57-mile long north–south Interstate Highway in the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California. It connects San Jose and San Francisco, running along just to the west of the cities of San Francisco Peninsula for most of its route.I-280 from its northern end at King...
, to the east by Mission St. and to the south by Geneva Ave. Mission Terrace borders Glen Park
Glen Park, San Francisco, California
Glen Park is a small neighborhood in San Francisco, California, named for the adjacent Glen Canyon Park.-Location:It is at the southern edge of the hills in the interior of the city, to the south of Diamond Heights and Noe Valley, west of Bernal Heights, and east of Glen Canyon Park...
and Bernal Heights
Bernal Heights, San Francisco, California
-Location:Bernal Heights lies to the south of San Francisco's Mission District. Its most prominent feature is the open parkland and microwave tower on its large rocky hill, Bernal Heights Summit...
to the north, Excelsior
Excelsior District, San Francisco, California
-Location:The Excelsior District is located along Mission Street, east of San Jose Ave, south of Interstate 280 Southern Fwy, west of John McLaren Park, and north of Geneva Avenue,This link includes a map including all areas considered part of the Excelsior....
to the east, Outer Mission to the south, and Sunnyside, City College
City College of San Francisco
City College of San Francisco, or CCSF, is a two-year community college in San Francisco, California. The Ocean Avenue campus, in the Ingleside neighborhood, is the college's primary location...
, and Ingleside to the west. Balboa Park
Balboa Park, San Francisco, California
Balboa Park is a neighborhood and public park in San Francisco, California. It was created in 1909 and parts of it were built over time. The neighborhood is located between Mission Street and Interstate 280 north of Geneva Avenue and the park is located on San Jose Avenue, north of Ocean Avenue...
and the Balboa Park Station are located in its southwest corner.
Monterey Heights
Monterey Heights is a small neighborhood on the western slope of Mount Davidson. It is bounded on the south by Monterey Boulevard and to the east by Yerba Buena Avenue.North of Panhandle
Also called NoPa, is a neighborhood bound by Divisadero, Fell, Turk, and Stanyan Streets, and is located between the Western Addition and Haight/Ashbury.Oceanview
The Oceanview neighborhood is located in southern San Francisco, south of the Ingleside neighborhood and the Ocean Avenue campus of City CollegeCity College of San Francisco
City College of San Francisco, or CCSF, is a two-year community college in San Francisco, California. The Ocean Avenue campus, in the Ingleside neighborhood, is the college's primary location...
. It is bordered by Interstate 280
Interstate 280 (California)
Interstate 280 is a 57-mile long north–south Interstate Highway in the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California. It connects San Jose and San Francisco, running along just to the west of the cities of San Francisco Peninsula for most of its route.I-280 from its northern end at King...
to the south and east, Lakeview Avenue to the north and Orizaba Avenue to the west. Oceanview Playground and Minnie and Lovie Ward Recreation Center is located in the middle of the neighborhood, between Plymouth, Capitol, Lobos and Montana. Ocean View Branch Library is located at 345 Randolph St. Ocean View is served by MUNI Routes M and 54. Oceanview, also referred to as Lakeview by the natives of the community, has a rich history. Particularly noteworthy is its African American community that migrated there in the 1960s from the Western Addition and Bayview
Bayview
-Places:Australia* Bayview, New South Wales* Bayview, Northern TerritoryCanada* Bayview, Calgary, a neighborhood in Alberta* Bayview Avenue , a road in Ontario** Bayview , a subway station located on the above roadNew Zealand...
neighborhoods. Until the mid 1990s African Americans accounted for over 50% of its residents, many of which were forced out due to rising cost of living in San Francisco.
Approximately 45,000 people live in the OMI(Oceanview-Merced-Ingleside),
and, as of the 2000 United States Census, 45% of the population
identifies itself as Asian-American, 25% as African-American,
14% as Latino and 13% as white.
The demographic character of the OMI neighborhoods began to
change after World War II. Many African-Americans, who had
migrated to the Bay Area for work during the war, secured goodpaying
jobs and settled permanently in new homes in Ingleside,
Merced Heights and Ocean View when the war ended. In 1950,
African-Americans made up 5% of the population in the Ingleside,
Merced Heights and Ocean View census tracts, and by 1970 the
percentage had increased to 62%.
Fueled by vacant land in Merced Heights and Ocean View, the
post-war housing boom, the desire to own their own home, and
the already significant presence of African-Americans in the
neighborhoods, the black population exploded from 1950 to 1960.
By 1960, African-Americans made up 40% of Merced Heights,
32% of Ingleside and 59% of Ocean View.161 While some whites
moved out,162 generally to suburban tracts heavily marketed to
them, the number of blacks living in OMI increased twelvefold
(from 602 in 1950 to 7,273 in 1960), while the citywide black
population less than doubled (43,000 in 1950 to 74,000 in 1960).163
There is anecdotal evidence that African-Americans moved
to the OMI after being displaced by the first phase of urban
renewal in the Western Addition (the A-1 Project) in the late
1950s. Relocation records, while incomplete, show that the vast
majority of displaced residents of the Western Addition found
nearby accommodations. Of the 3,700 households of all races
(family and single households) living in the project area in 1957,
about 2,010 moved without relocation assistance and to unknown
whereabouts. Of the remaining 1,602, 67% moved to other parts
of the Western Addition and only 2.6%, or 34 households, moved
to the West of Twin Peaks area.
By 1970, the OMI had matured into a middle-class district
of single family, owner occupied homes. Seventy-six percent of
the land area in the Ingleside, Ocean View, and Merced Heights
neighborhoods was residential (100% was residential in Ingleside
Terraces), compared with 39% citywide. The housing stock
was overwhelming single family (95% vs. 68% citywide) and
owner occupied (72% vs. 31% citywide), while the population
was mostly African-American (63% compared with 13%
citywide).168 In recent years, the OMI has witnessed an influx
of Asian-American and other ethnic groups, making it one of
San Francisco’s most diverse neighborhoods. The OMI is more
Hispanic, Black, and Asian than San Francisco as a whole.
Parkside
Parkside is the southern part of the Sunset DistrictSunset District, San Francisco, California
The Sunset District is a large neighborhood in the west-central part of San Francisco, California, United States.-Location:The Sunset District is the largest district within the city of San Francisco. Golden Gate Park forms the neighborhood's northern border, and the Pacific Ocean forms its...
, mainly south of Quintara Street between 19th Avenue and Sunset Boulevard. Abraham Lincoln High School
Abraham Lincoln High School (San Francisco)
Abraham Lincoln High School is a California Distinguished, fully accredited comprehensive public high school located in the Sunset District of San Francisco, California...
is located on 24th Avenue, and the Parkside Library is located on Taraval Street at 23rd Avenue. Stern Grove borders the neighborhood to the south.
Parnassus
South of Cole Valley and Ashbury Heights; north of Claredon Heights and Forest Knolls; east of Inner Sunset; west of Corona Heights.Polk Gulch
Polk Gulch is sometimes defined as the commercial section of Polk Street, roughly between Market Street to the south and Geary Street to the north. The Polk Corridor Business Association has announced in June 2006 the local business owners intend to publicize the neighborhood as "Polk Village"..Portola
Portola is a neighborhood in the southeastern part of San Francisco, northeast of McLaren ParkMcLaren Park
McLaren Park is a park in south-eastern San Francisco. McLaren Park is the second largest park in San Francisco after Golden Gate Park. The park is surrounded mostly by the Excelsior, Crocker-Amazon, Visitacion Valley, Portola and University Mound neighborhoods.-History:McLaren Park was once a...
. It is roughly bordered by San Bruno Avenue and the James Lick Freeway (U.S. Route 101) to the east, Mansell Street to the south, University Street to the west and the Southern Freeway (Interstate 280
Interstate 280 (California)
Interstate 280 is a 57-mile long north–south Interstate Highway in the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California. It connects San Jose and San Francisco, running along just to the west of the cities of San Francisco Peninsula for most of its route.I-280 from its northern end at King...
) to the north. The adjacent Portola Heights extension lies west uphill from University Street to the Excelsior District, bordering McLaren Park to the south.
Phillip and Sala Burton Academic High School (formerly Wilson High School) is located on Mansell Street, and the Portola Library is at Bacon Street and Goettingen Street (380 Bacon Street), between the Edward Robeson Taylor Elementary School and the Martin Luther King Middle School (which replaced the former Portola Junior High School). The large University Mound Reservoir is located along University Street, between Felton Street and Woolsey Street.
Portola was named after the old Portola School, which in turn was named after the Spanish explorer Gaspar de Portolá
Gaspar de Portolà
Gaspar de Portolà i Rovira was a soldier, governor of Baja and Alta California , explorer and founder of San Diego and Monterey. He was born in Os de Balaguer, province of Lleida, in Catalonia, Spain, of Catalan nobility. Don Gaspar served as a soldier in the Spanish army in Italy and Portugal...
(credited by some as the discoverer of San Francisco Bay). Originally settled after the 1906 earthquake by Jewish and Italian immigrants, the area evolved into a community populated by nurserymen and their families who grew much of the city’s flower crop there and uphill to the west in the Portola Heights extension. "The Road," as San Bruno Avenue was affectionately referred to by the locals, still hosts businesses that include bakeries, grocery stores, pharmacies, and in earlier times a theater, now a large restaurant. The Portola was also once home to a significant population of Maltese immigrants and settlers and at one time the Maltese Consulate. According to the U.S. Census, the Asian population in the Portola has been steadily increasing since the 1990s. The Portola is marked by Census Tract 257.
Portola Place
Portola Place is a new development located in the Bayview district, and used to be a brewery. Portola Place is bound by Williams Avenue to the north, Egbert Avenue to the south, Kalmanovitz Street and the CalTrain railroad tracks to the east, and Newhall Street to the west.Presidio Heights
Presidio Heights is a small, affluent neighborhood between the PresidioPresidio of San Francisco
The Presidio of San Francisco is a park on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula in San Francisco, California, within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area...
and Laurel Heights neighborhood. It is bordered by Pacific Avenue and the Presidio to the north, Arguello Boulevard to the west, California Street to the south and Presidio Avenue to the east.
The Consulate-General of South Korea in San Francisco is located at 3500 Clay Street.
Rincon Hill
Rincon Hill, one of the hills of San Francisco, was a former industrial, and now a developing highrise neighborhood located south of the Financial District, in the South of Market area, as it also serves as an anchor to the Bay Bridge. Due to its proximity to downtown, following the Gold Rush this was San Francisco's first affluent neighborhood, but later became mostly industrial. Most of the natural landscape was demolished in the 1930s to make way for the Bay Bridge. After several iterations of comprehensive planning, the hill is transitioning into a pedestrian oriented, high density, mixed use neighborhood. However, the economic downturn of the late 2000s have put many of the construction projects on hold and future development plans in jeopardy.Sherwood Forest
Sherwood Forest is a small neighborhood on the south western slope of Mount Davidson. It is in the area with Dalewood way to the north and east and Lansdale Avenue to the south and west.Silver Terrace
Silver Terrace is a neighborhood in the south eastern corner of San Francisco, between the Bayview and Portola neighborhoods. It is roughly bordered by Third Street to the east, Palou Avenue and Silver Avenue to the north, Williams Avenue to the south and Bayshore Boulevard and U.S. Route 101 to the west. A tunnel used by CaltrainCaltrain
Caltrain is a California commuter rail line on the San Francisco Peninsula and in the Santa Clara Valley in the United States. The northern terminus of the rail line is in San Francisco, at 4th and King streets; its southern terminus is in Gilroy...
runs under Silver Terrace.
Somisspo
Somisspo is small industrial area at the intersection of three other neighborhoods, from which it draws its name, South of Market, the Mission District and Potrero Hill. It is distinctly different from any one of these neighborhoods, while also sharing certain aspects of each. Somisspo is characterized by the jumble of elevated freeway interchange ramps from U.S. Route 101U.S. Route 101
U.S. Route 101, or U.S. Highway 101, is an important north–south U.S. highway that runs through the states of California, Oregon, and Washington, on the West Coast of the United States...
and Interstate 80
Interstate 80
Interstate 80 is the second-longest Interstate Highway in the United States, following Interstate 90. It is a transcontinental artery running from downtown San Francisco, California to Teaneck, New Jersey in the New York City Metropolitan Area...
, and the streets that run beneath. In many places, historic tracks are still visible from when the area was a distribution hub for the Southern Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific Railroad
The Southern Pacific Transportation Company , earlier Southern Pacific Railroad and Southern Pacific Company, and usually simply called the Southern Pacific or Espee, was an American railroad....
.
South Beach
The South Beach neighborhood encompasses the moderately affluent, medium-density mixed-use blocks which border The Embarcadero and King Street from south of the Bay Bridge down to 3rd Street. From two blocks inland westward is the South of MarketSouth of Market, San Francisco, California
South of Market is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California, United States.-Name and location:Its boundaries are Market Street to the northwest, San Francisco Bay to the northeast, Mission Creek to the southeast, and Division Street, 13th Street and U.S. Route 101 to the southwest...
neighborhood, and from south of Townsend Street and west of 3rd Street begins China Basin. The most notable feature of South Beach is AT&T Park
AT&T Park
AT&T Park is a ballpark located in the South Beach neighborhood of San Francisco, California. Located at 24 Willie Mays Plaza, at the corner of Third and King Streets, it has served as the home of the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball since 2000....
in its south-east corner.
Sunnydale
Sunnydale is a small neighborhood located between McLaren ParkMcLaren Park
McLaren Park is a park in south-eastern San Francisco. McLaren Park is the second largest park in San Francisco after Golden Gate Park. The park is surrounded mostly by the Excelsior, Crocker-Amazon, Visitacion Valley, Portola and University Mound neighborhoods.-History:McLaren Park was once a...
and the Cow Palace
Cow Palace
Cow Palace is an indoor arena, in Daly City, California, situated on the city's border with neighboring San Francisco, notable as a sporting arena.-History:...
. It is bordered by Geneva Avenue to the south, Sawyer Street to the east, Sunnydale Avenue to the north and McLaren Park to the west. It was known for its notorious high crime rate and housing projects on Sunnydale Avenue, also known as "Swampy Desert".
Sunnyside
Sunnyside is a medium-sized neighborhood to the north of Highway 280, bordered by the neighborhoods of Glen Park to the east, Miraloma Park to the north, and Westwood Park/Highlands to the west. In addition, San Francisco Community College (CCSF) has its main campus on the border of Sunnyside to the south. CCSF was built on a hillside formerly occupied by the City jail in the 1920s. It has been extensively remodeled and modernized since 2000 and offers superior sports facilities, modern buildings, BART and MUNI access, and is the largest city community college in the United States. The primary shopping street is Monterey Boulevard, from Acadia Street to Ridgewood Avenue, with small businesses, restaurants, cafes, and a Safeway.The neighborhood was developed in 1898 as land lots for single family houses and sold through the Sunnyside Land Development Company. This company installed a street car line to access the new neighborhood from downtown San Francisco. This allowed expansion and created "suburbs" of the day. Houses were built as individual custom homes and developers also purchased multiple lots and usually built with 3–10 houses of similar look and size. The neighborhood was 75% built out by 1940 when WW2 began. The balance of the land was built out from about 1946-1980s.
The Sunnyside Neighborhood Association is the "voice" of Sunnyside and incorporated in 1975.
The residents are very diverse, from all walks of life. It is primarily a middle- to upper-middle class neighborhood with 75% of residents owning their home. Sunnyside Park was remodeled in 2009 by the City and offers a Recreation Center, Children's Play Area and Dog Park.
The Sunnyside Conservatory (at Monterey Boulevard and Congo Street) is an 1890s botanical garden and restored hot house, completely restored in 2009, which now serves as a meeting room for community groups.
The Sunnyside Conservatory is located inside the neighborhood.
Sunset District
The Outer Sunset district, including the corridor from 46th Avenue to Ocean Beach, is increasingly referred to as Beachtown due to the surf culture. Some definitions also include everything west of Sunset Boulevard from Lincoln Boulevard south to Vicente Street. On the other hand: this term is little known to 98% of the residents of the Sunset, which is the biggest of SF's districts.Everything east of 19th Avenue is thought of as the Inner Sunset. (19th Avenue is a six-lane thoroughfare that is designated as part of California State Route 1
California State Route 1
State Route 1 , more often called Highway 1, is a state highway that runs along much of the Pacific coast of the U.S. state of California. It is famous for running along some of the most beautiful coastlines in the world, leading to its designation as an All-American Road.Highway 1 does not run...
, as it connects the Golden Gate Bridge
Golden Gate Bridge
The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening of the San Francisco Bay into the Pacific Ocean. As part of both U.S. Route 101 and California State Route 1, the structure links the city of San Francisco, on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula, to...
to San Mateo County and points south. ... Within the Inner Sunset is a sub-district called Sunset Heights.
The current efforts to develop a comprehensive plan for this neighborhood of San Francisco is the Ocean Beach Master Plan
Ocean Beach Public Policy
Ocean Beach is a beach that runs along the west coast of San Francisco, California, United States, at the Pacific Ocean. It is adjacent to Golden Gate Park, the Richmond District and the Sunset District. The Great Highway runs alongside the beach, and Cliff House and the site of the former Sutro...
(OBMP). The OBMP is an interagency effort to develop a long-term vision for Ocean Beach that will address a multitude of issues.
Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks refers to the hill summits near the center of San Francisco, south of Mount SutroMount Sutro
Mount Sutro is a hill in San Francisco, California. Most of Mount Sutro remains private property owned by the University of California, San Francisco , but a parcel, including the summit, has been set aside as the Mount Sutro Open Space Reserve and is open to the public. It is one of San...
. For the neighborhood immediately to the west of Twin Peaks, see Midtown Terrace.
University Mound
University Mound is a neighborhood to the north of McLaren ParkMcLaren Park
McLaren Park is a park in south-eastern San Francisco. McLaren Park is the second largest park in San Francisco after Golden Gate Park. The park is surrounded mostly by the Excelsior, Crocker-Amazon, Visitacion Valley, Portola and University Mound neighborhoods.-History:McLaren Park was once a...
, and is part of the Portola district. It is roughly bordered by Silver Avenue to the north, University Street to the east, McLaren Park to the south and the Excelsior District to the west. Once considered as a location for a university campus, many of the streets running north-south in University Mound are named after universities, while those running east and west are named for famous educators. University Mound is a primarily residential neighborhood; however it contains a large reservoir
Reservoir
A reservoir , artificial lake or dam is used to store water.Reservoirs may be created in river valleys by the construction of a dam or may be built by excavation in the ground or by conventional construction techniques such as brickwork or cast concrete.The term reservoir may also be used to...
, the University Mound Ladies Home, and Phillip & Sala Burton High School
Phillip & Sala Burton High School
Phillip and Sala Burton Academic High School is an American secondary school in San Francisco, California. The founding of the school is a result of a consent decree ruling in 1984 between the City of San Francisco and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People...
. The neighborhood is significantly diverse in its population it and has a varying landscape.
Upper Market
Upper Market is the area between the southern end of Market Street and Twin PeaksTwin Peaks, San Francisco, California
The Twin Peaks are two hills with an elevation of about near the geographic center of San Francisco, California. Except for Mount Davidson, they are the highest points in the city.-Location and climate:...
mainly spanning Corbett Avenue and Burnett Avenue. Clayton Street is on the north side of Upper Market, and Portola Drive is to the south.
Vista del Mar
Vista del Mar is a small neighborhood of the Outer Richmond. It is bordered by 45th and 48th avenues, and Seal Rock Drive and Balboa Street. It is also referred to as Sutro Heights.Westwood Highlands
Westwood Highlands is a small neighborhood northeast of the intersection of Monterey Boulevard and Plymouth Avenue. The Westwood ParkWestwood Park, San Francisco, California
Westwood Park is an affluent residential neighborhood located in southwestern San Francisco, California, near St. Francis Wood and City College of San Francisco. Westwood Park was built as an upperclass neighborhood for downtown merchants. Most streets in this neighborhood have a suffix of "wood,"...
neighborhood is to the south, Saint Francis Wood
St. Francis Wood, San Francisco, California
St. Francis Wood is an affluent residential neighborhood located in southwestern San Francisco, California, south of the West Portal neighborhood and west of Mount Davidson....
is to the west, Sherwood Forest is to the north and Sunnyside is to the east.
Yerba Buena
This new neighborhood, anchored by the Yerba Buena GardensYerba Buena Gardens
Yerba Buena Gardens is the name for two blocks of public parks located between Third and Fourth, Mission and Folsom Streets in downtown San Francisco, California. The first block bordered by Mission and Howard Streets was opened in 1993. The second block, between Howard and Folsom Streets was...
, stretches from 2nd to 5th and Market to Harrison Streets. It is enhanced through the work of the Yerba Buena Community Benefit District (YBCBD). This east boundary of this neighborhood is adjacent to the Financial District South.
External links
- The Neighborhood Project
- Justinsomnia SF neighborhood map
- San Francico Planning Department map
- San Francisco Neighborhoods, at Properties San Francisco site. (Map of San Francisco Association of Realtors designations of San Francisco neighborhoods.)
- Burrito Justice's: The Islands of San Francisco
- SF Gate San Francisco Neighborhood guide.
- Not For Tourists, Inc. San Francisco neighborhood guide
Specific neighborhoods
- San Francisco Neighborhoods (Cole Valley)
- Cole Valley Home Page
- Ingleside Terraces Homes Association
- Midtown Terrace Home Owners Association
- Mission Dolores Neighborhood Association
- Mission Terrace Neighborhood
- Miraloma Park Improvement Club
- Monterey Heights Homes Association
- Sunnyside Neighborhood Association