NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Neighborhoods in San Francisco, California

There are approximately 90 neighborhoods in San Francisco, California, USA. â€œSan Franciscoâ€ redirects here. ...

Alamo Square

Anza Vista

Anza Vista (Also known as the Upper Haight) is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California. ...

Ashbury Heights

Ashbury Heights is a neighborhood on the hill to the south of the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, east of Stanyan Street, north of Belgrave Avenue and west of Clayton Street. Tank Hill is located in the southeast corner of Ashbury Heights. Corner of Haight and Ashbury The Haight-Ashbury is a district of San Francisco, California, USA named for the intersection of Haight and Ashbury Streets, commonly known as The Haight. ...

Balboa Park

Balboa Terrace

Balboa Terrace is a small residential neighborhood in southwestern San Francisco bounded by Junipero Serra Boulevard, Monterey Avenue, Aptos Street and Ocean Avenue along the southern edge of the exclusive St. Francis Wood development. St. ...

Bayview

The Bayview stretches along Third Street south of Evans Avenue, west of the Hunters Point neighborhood. The Waden Library is located on Third Street, between Quesada and Revere. Hunters Point or Bayview-Hunters Point is a neighborhood in the southeastern portion of San Francisco, California. ...

Bernal Heights

The Bernal Heights neighborhood, familiarly called Bernal, lies to the south of San Franciscos Mission District. ...

Buena Vista

The Buena Vista neighborhood is to the south of Buena Vista Park and the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood. Market Street is to the south, and Corona Heights Park and neighborhood is to the east. The view from Buena Vista Park. ... Corner of Haight and Ashbury The Haight-Ashbury is a district of San Francisco, California, USA named for the intersection of Haight and Ashbury Streets, commonly known as The Haight. ... An F Market streetcar turns around at the foot of Market Street, in front of the Ferry Building. ...

Castro

Cathedral Hill

Cathedral Hill is a small area in the Western Addition 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. A southern view from Alta Plaza Park, which is in the Pacific Heights neighborhood. ... The Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption, also known locally as Saint Marys Cathedral, is the principal church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco in San Francisco, California. ... Geary Boulevard, looking eastbound at 36th Avenue, in a residential part of the Richmond District Geary Boulevard (known as Geary Street east of Gough Street) is a major east-west thoroughfare in San Francisco, California, running from Sutro Heights Park at 48th Avenue (near the Cliff House above Ocean Beach... The Most Reverend George Hugh Niederauer, the current Archbishop of San Francisco The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the northern California region of the United States. ... Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory, commonly known as SH, SHC, or SHCP is a Catholic school in San Francisco, California. ...

Cayuga Terrace

Cayuga Terrace, a subset neighborhood of the larger Mission Terrace neighborhood, is bounded by Geneva Avenue, Mission Street, I-280, and Daly City. It is bordered by the Excelsior, Crocker-Amazon, and Oceanview. The Muni streetcar historic "car barn" is at one corner of this neighborhood. The award-winning Cayuga Park is located in this neighborhood. The Excelsior District in San Francisco is the area along Mission Street, south of Interstate 280 and north of Geneva Avenue. ... The Crocker-Amazon is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California bordering the Excelsior District. ... The San Francisco Municipal Railway, or Muni as it is commonly known, is the public transit system for the city and county of San Francisco, California. ...

China Basin

China Basin is a neighborhood built on landfill along the San Francisco Bay. It is south of Mission Creek and the Mission Bay neighborhood, and north of the Dogpatch neighborhood. AT&T Park is across Mission Creek. Land reclamation is either of two distinct practices. ... San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay, and the Golden Gate San Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary through which water draining approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean. ... Mission Bay is a 303 acre neighborhood on the central bayshore of San Francisco, bounded by Townsend Street on the north, San Francisco Bay on the east, Mariposa Street on the south, and 7th Street and Interstate 280 on the west. ... Dogpatch is a neighborhood on San Franciscos eastern side, adjacent to the waterfront of San Francisco Bay, and to the east of, and below, Bernal Heights. ... AT&T Park (also called China Basin) is an open-air baseball park, home to the San Francisco Giants of the Major League Baseball. ...

Chinatown

Civic Center

San Francisco City Hall on Civic Center plaza in 2004 San Franciscos Civic Center is an area of a few blocks north of the intersection of Market Street and Van Ness Avenue that contains many of the citys largest government and cultural institutions. ...

Clarendon Heights

The Clarendon Heights neighborhood is in the central part of San Francisco, to the north of Twin Peaks and east of Mount Sutro. It stretches down to Corbett Avenue or Market Street, and Clarendon Avenue borders the north and west side. The Twin Peaks. ... Mount Sutro (elevation: 909 ft. ... An F Market streetcar turns around at the foot of Market Street, in front of the Ferry Building. ...

Cole Valley

Corona Heights

The Corona Heights neighborhood surrounds the Corona Heights hill and park, 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. Street view of Corona Heights Park Corona Heights Park is a park in the Haight-Ashbury and Corona Heights neighborhoods of San Francisco, California, United States. ... The view from Buena Vista Park. ... Tree-lined sidewalk access to parking, Victorians, and more modern buildings on Sanchez Street near 14th Street in Duboce Triangle. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Cow Hollow

Cow Hollow is a generally affluent neighborhood located between Russian Hill 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 being much closer to the area back then than it is now). A view of Lombard Street and Russian Hill from Telegraph Hill. ... The Parade Grounds at the Presidio of San Francisco. ... The Marina District is one of the northern districts of San Francisco, California. ...

Crocker-Amazon

The Crocker-Amazon is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California bordering the Excelsior District. ...

Diamond Heights

San Franciscos urban renewal projects undertaken during the 1950s and 1960s were aimed at wholesale change in their environments. ...

Dogpatch

Dogpatch is a neighborhood on San Franciscos eastern side, adjacent to the waterfront of San Francisco Bay, and to the east of, and below, Bernal Heights. ...

Dolores Heights

The Dolores Heights neighborhood is built on top of a hill that is to the south of Dolores Park, west of the Mission District, east of The Castro and north of Noe Valley. Dolores Park is a San Francisco, California city park that offers a clear view of the downtown skyline when there is no fog. ... New Mission Theatre on Mission Street The Inner Mission, often called The Mission or The Heart of the Mission (La MisiÃ³n or El CorazÃ³n de la MisiÃ³n in Spanish) is a neighborhood in the Mission District of San Francisco. ... The flag at the corner of Market, Castro, and 17th St. ... Noe Valley is a neighborhood in the central part of San Francisco, California. ...

Duboce Triangle

Tree-lined sidewalk access to parking, Victorians, and more modern buildings on Sanchez Street near 14th Street in Duboce Triangle. ...

Embarcadero

The Embarcaderos Ferry Building The Embarcadero is the name given the eastern waterfront roadway of the Port of San Francisco, San Francisco, California, along San Francisco Bay. ...

Eureka Valley

Excelsior

The Excelsior District in San Francisco is the area along Mission Street, south of Interstate 280 and north of Geneva Avenue. ...

Fillmore

The Fillmore District, also called The Fillmore or The Lower Fillmore, is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California. ...

Financial District

Fisherman's Wharf

Fishermans Wharf sign Fishermans Wharf is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California, U.S. Roughly speaking it encompasses the northern waterfront area of San Francisco from Ghirardelli Square or Van Ness Street east to Pier 35 or Kearney Street. ...

Forest Hill

Stairway into Forest Hill from Pacheco Street and Dewey Boulevard up to Castenada Avenue Forest Hill is a very wealthy neighborhood in San Francisco, California. ...

Forest Knolls

Forest Knolls is built on the southwestern side of Mount Sutro, 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. Mount Sutro (elevation: 909 ft. ... UCSF in 1908, with the streetcar that used to run on Parnassus Avenue The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is one of the worlds leading centers of health sciences research, patient care, and education. ...

French Quarter (Belden Place)

The French Quarter in downtown San Francisco, California is an historic enclave of restaurants, cafes, hotels and institutions centered on Bush Street and in the adjacent alleys of Belden Place and Claude Lane near San Franciscos Chinatown (Chinatown, San Francisco) and Union Square. ...

Glen Park

Golden Gate Heights

Golden Gate Heights (Sometimes called Sunset Heights) is a hilly neighborhood south of the Inner Sunset and northwest of Forest Hill. It is roughly bordered by Kirkham Street to the north, Quintara 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, and Golden Gate Heights Park is a park on a hill on the southern side of the neighborhood. Stairway into Forest Hill from Pacheco Street and Dewey Boulevard up to Castenada Avenue Forest Hill is a very wealthy neighborhood in San Francisco, California. ... Grand View Park is a small, elevated park in the Inner Sunset District, San Francisco, California. ...

Haight-Ashbury

Corner of Haight and Ashbury The Haight-Ashbury is a district of San Francisco, California, USA named for the intersection of Haight and Ashbury Streets, commonly known as The Haight. ...

Hayes Valley

Looking south along Octavia Boulevard from Fell Street, where the Central Freeway once was. ...

Hunters Point

Hunters Point or Bayview-Hunters Point is a neighborhood in the southeastern portion of San Francisco, California. ...

India Basin

India Basin is the easternmost neighborhood of San Francisco, CA. The parameters of India Basin are roughly the neighborhood surrounding Cargo Way, Third Street, Evans and Innes Avenues to the Hunters Point Shipyard, from the top of the hill to the water. ...

Ingleside

The Ingleside neighborhood is located in the south western part of San Francisco, near City College. 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, and the Bay Area Rapid Transit Balboa Park Station is at the edge of the neighborhood on Geneva Avenue and San Jose. City College of San Francisco, or CCSF, is a two-year community college in San Francisco, California. ... A view of the scenic portion of Interstate 280 Interstate 280 (abbreviated I-280) is a 57-mile-long interstate highway in the San Francisco Bay Area metropolitan area of Northern California. ... A westbound BART train with aerodynamic design A car in downtown San Francisco. ... Muni Muni Metro lines loop around the yard nearby Platforms Island Bicycle facilities 12 Lockers Other information Opened November 3, 1973 Accessible Balboa Park Station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit station located south of Balboa Park in San Francisco, California. ...

Ingleside Terrace

Ingleside Terrace is a small, affluent neighborhood built atop the former location of the Ingleside Racetrack. It is adjacent to the Ingleside neighborhood, bordered by Ocean Avenue to the north, Ashton Avenue to the east, Holloway Avenue to the south and Junipero Serra Boulevard to the west. There is a large sundial located on Entrada Court, surrounded by oval-shaped Urbano Drive, which was once a horse race track. For other uses, see Sundial (disambiguation). ... This oval, with only one axis of symmetry, resembles a chicken egg. ...

Inner Sunset

The Inner Sunset is the north eastern-most corner of the Sunset District. The commercial district around 9th Avenue and Irving Street is its general center. The Inner Sunset is west of the UCSF medical center, south of Golden Gate Park and north of Golden Gate Heights. The Outer Sunset from Grand View Park The Sunset District is a neighborhood in the west-central part of San Francisco, California, USA that is primarily residential and is built along a grid pattern. ... UCSF in 1908, with the streetcar that used to run on Parnassus Avenue The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is one of the worlds leading centers of health sciences research, patient care, and education. ... Golden Gate Park, located in San Francisco, California, is a large urban park. ...

Jackson Square

Jackson Square is a San Francisco, California compact neighborhood bounded by Pacific Ave. ...

Japantown

The commercial district along Geary Boulevard is bookended by the Japan Center pagoda and the AMC Kabuki 8 movie theater complex. ...

Jordan Park

Jordan Park is a small, somewhat upscale neighborhood in the north 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. This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...

Laguna Honda

Laguna Honda (Or Forest Hill Extension) is a small neighborhood between Forest Hill and Mount Davidson. Laguna Honda Hospital and the Muni Metro Forest Hill Station are both located at the north east corner of Laguna Honda near the intersection of Laguna Honda Boulevard and Dewey Boulevard. School of the Arts high school is in the south east corner of the neighborhood on Portola Drive. Stairway into Forest Hill from Pacheco Street and Dewey Boulevard up to Castenada Avenue Forest Hill is a very wealthy neighborhood in San Francisco, California. ... The cross atop Mt. ... Muni Metro is a mass transit system operated in the City and County of San Francisco by the San Francisco Municipal Railway, managed by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. ... Platforms Two side Other information Opened 1916-1918 Rebuilt November 1982 (Muni Metro) Accessible See Forest Hill railway station for the station in London. ... For other uses of the word, please see Sota. ...

Lake

The Lake District is bound by the Presidio of San Francisco to the north, Presidio Heights to the East (Arguello Street), the Inner Richmond to the south (California Street), and Sea Cliff to the West (22nd Avenue). The Lake District provides easy access to the Presidio, especially the golf course, Mountain Lake Park, Bay Area Ridge Trail and Baker Beach.

Lakeside

Lakeside is a long, narrow neighborhood between 19th Avenue (Highway 1) and Junipero Serra Boulevard to the south of Sloat Boulevard. San Francisco State University and the Stonestown Galleria shopping mall are both located on 19th Avenue, and the Merced Library is located in the Lakeside on Stonecrest Drive at Mercedes Way. JUNCTION POSTMILE I-5 ORA 0. ... San Francisco State University (commonly referred to as San Francisco State, SF State, State and SFSU) is a public university located in the southwestern San Francisco, California, bordering Lake Merced and Lowell High School, near Fort Funston and Daly City, near the San Mateo County line. ... The Stonestown Galleria is a shopping mall in San Francisco, California, U.S. There are over 130 stores in the mall, including Macys and Nordstrom. ...

Laurel Heights

Laurel Heights is a neighborhood to the south of the Presidio 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. The Parade Grounds at the Presidio of San Francisco. ... Geary Boulevard, looking eastward from 36th Avenue The Richmond District is a neighborhood in the northwest corner of San Francisco, California. ... Geary Boulevard, looking eastbound at 36th Avenue, in a residential part of the Richmond District Geary Boulevard (known as Geary Street east of Gough Street) is a major east-west thoroughfare in San Francisco, California, running from Sutro Heights Park at 48th Avenue (near the Cliff House above Ocean Beach... University of San Francisco (USF) is a private Jesuit and Catholic University in San Francisco, California, United States. ... California Pacific Medical Center is one of the largest private, not-for-profit, academic medical centers in Northern California. ... UCSF in 1908, with the streetcar that used to run on Parnassus Avenue The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is one of the worlds leading centers of health sciences research, patient care, and education. ...

Little Hollywood

Little Hollywood is a small neighborhood in the south eastern edge of San Francisco. It is centered around Blanken Avenue between Bayshore Boulevard and U.S. Highway 101. Little Hollywood Park is located on Lathrop Avenue, and the Bayshore Caltrain station is just south of the neighborhood, on Tunnel Avenue. U.S. Highway 101, or U.S. Route 101 (often just U.S. 101), is a north-south highway that is aligned along the Pacific West Coast of the United States. ... Caltrain is a commuter rail line on the San Francisco Peninsula and the Santa Clara Valley in the United States. ...

Little Manila

Little Russia

Little Russia is a section of the Richmond District. The area consists of (mostly Jewish) Russian-speaking immigrants living along Geary Boulevard between 14th and 26th Avenues.

Little Saigon

// Little Saigon is a name given to any of several overseas Vietnamese immigrant and descendant communities outside Vietnam, usually in the United States. ...

Lone Mountain

Lower Haight

The Lower Haight, sometimes known as the Haight-Fillmore, is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California. ...

Lower Pacific Heights

Lower Pacific Heights is located south of California 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 Pacific Heights, also known as the Upper Fillmore is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California. ...

Lower Nob Hill

Lower Nob Hill is the area south of California Street until Sutter Street which is located below Nob Hill. The name surfaced among realtors in order to describe the upper area of the Tenderloin bordering Nob Hill. This area is also occasionally called the Tender Nob.

Marina District

The Marina District is one of the northern districts of San Francisco, California. ...

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 Boulevard, 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. One is at Arch Street, and the other is at Byxbee Street.

Merced Manor

Merced Manor is a neighborhood in south western San Francisco, between Stern Grove and Lake Merced. It is bordered by 19th Avenue (Highway 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 the 19th Avenue to the south of Merced Manor. Sigmund Stern Recreation Grove, locally called Stern Grove, is a 33-acre recreational site two miles south of the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California administered by the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department. ... Lake Merced Lake Merced is a freshwater lake located in the southwest corner of San Francisco, California. ... JUNCTION POSTMILE I-5 ORA 0. ... Lowell High School (San Francisco) Lowell High School, a public magnet school in San Francisco, is the oldest public high school west of the Mississippi. ... The Stonestown Galleria is a shopping mall in San Francisco, California, U.S. There are over 130 stores in the mall, including Macys and Nordstrom. ... San Francisco State University (commonly referred to as San Francisco State, SF State, State and SFSU) is a public university located in the southwestern San Francisco, California, bordering Lake Merced and Lowell High School, near Fort Funston and Daly City, near the San Mateo County line. ...

Midtown Terrace

Midtown Terrace is a neighborhood in the central side of San Francisco, on the western slope of Twin Peaks. Panorama Drive runs through it, between Clarendon Avenue and Twin Peaks Boulevard. Sutro Tower is on the northern side of Midtown Terrace, and the Midtown Terrace Recreation Center is on Olympia Way at Clarendon. The Twin Peaks. ... The Sutro Tower as viewed from the east Sutro Tower is a three-pronged antenna tower on Mount Sutro in the western part of San Francisco, California at 37Â°4519. ...

Miraloma Park

The Miraloma Park neighborhood is in the central part of San Francisco, between Glen Canyon Park 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. Glen Canyon Park is a park in San Francisco, California. ... The cross atop Mt. ... Sunnyside is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California. ...

Mission Bay

The new UCSF research campus at Mission Bay has led to the rapid growth of an affluent new neighborhood of luxury condominiums and fancy restaurants. UCSF in 1908, with the streetcar that used to run on Parnassus Avenue The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is one of the worlds leading centers of health sciences research, patient care, and education. ... Mission Bay is a 303 acre neighborhood on the central bayshore of San Francisco, bounded by Townsend Street on the north, San Francisco Bay on the east, Mariposa Street on the south, and 7th Street and Interstate 280 on the west. ...

Mission District

New Mission Theatre on Mission Street The Inner Mission, often called The Mission or The Heart of the Mission (La MisiÃ³n or El CorazÃ³n de la MisiÃ³n in Spanish) is a neighborhood in the Mission District of San Francisco. ...

Mount Davidson

Nob Hill

Nob Hill refers to a small district in San Francisco, California adjacent to the intersection of California and Powell streets (and the respective cable car lines). ...

Noe Valley

Noe Valley is a neighborhood in the central part of San Francisco, California. ...

North Beach

North of the Panhandle

North of the Panhandle (Or North Panhandle) is the area to the north of Golden Gate Park's Panhandle. It is bordered by Fell Street to the south, Golden Gate Park and Stanyan Street to the west, the University of San Francisco campus and Turk Street to the north and Divisadero Street to the east. Saint Mary's Medical Center is located in the neighborhood on Hayes Street between Stanyan and Shrader. Golden Gate Park, located in San Francisco, California, is a large urban park. ... The Panhandle from Clayton Street The Panhandle is a park in San Francisco, California that forms a panhandle with Golden Gate Park. ... University of San Francisco (USF) is a private Jesuit and Catholic University in San Francisco, California, United States. ...

Oceanview

The Oceanview neighborhood is located in southern San Francisco, south of the Ingleside neighborhood and City College. 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. City College of San Francisco, or CCSF, is a two-year community college in San Francisco, California. ... A view of the scenic portion of Interstate 280 Interstate 280 (abbreviated I-280) is a 57-mile-long interstate highway in the San Francisco Bay Area metropolitan area of Northern California. ...

Outer Mission

see Cayuga Terrace There are approximately 90 neighborhoods in San Francisco, California, USA. Main article: Alamo Square Main article: Anza Vista, San Francisco, California Ashbury Heights is a neighborhood on the hill to the south of the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, east of Stanyan Street, north of Belgrave Avenue and west of Clayton Street. ...

Pacific Heights

Park Merced

Park Merced is a neighborhood and large apartment complex in San Francisco, California. ...

Parkside

Parkside is the southern part of the Sunset District, 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. The Outer Sunset from Grand View Park The Sunset District is a neighborhood in the west-central part of San Francisco, California, USA that is primarily residential and is built along a grid pattern. ... Abraham Lincoln High School is a California Distinguished, fully accredited comprehensive public high school located in the Sunset District of San Francisco, California. ... Sigmund Stern Recreation Grove, locally called Stern Grove, is a 33-acre recreational site in San Francisco, California administered by the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department. ...

Polk Gulch

Polk Gulch is sometimes defined as the commercial section of Polk Street, roughly between California Street to the south and Union 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". June 2006 : â† - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- â†’ Extraordinary renditions. ...

Portola

Portola is a neighborhood in the south eastern part of San Francisco, north east of McLaren Park. It is roughly bordered by San Bruno Avenue and U.S. Highway 101 to the east, Mansell Street to the south, University Street to the west and Interstate 280 to the north. Phillip and Sala Burton Academic High School is located on Mansell Street, and the Portola Library is at Silver Avenue and San Bruno. MacLaren Park is a 317-acre park in the south-east corner of San Francisco, USA. It is surrounded mostly by the Excelsior, Crocker-Amazon and Visitacion Valley neighborhoods. ... U.S. Highway 101, or U.S. Route 101 (often just U.S. 101), is a north-south highway that is aligned along the Pacific West Coast of the United States. ... A view of the scenic portion of Interstate 280 Interstate 280 (abbreviated I-280) is a 57-mile-long interstate highway in the San Francisco Bay Area metropolitan area of Northern California. ... Phillip & Sala Burton High School Phillip and Sala Burton Academic High School is an American secondary school in San Francisco, California. ...

Potrero Hill

Potrero Hill is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California, located on the east side of the city, east of the Mission District and south of the South of Market area. ...

Presidio

Presidio Heights

Presidio Heights is a small, affluent neighborhood between the Presidio and Laurel Heights neighborhood. It is bordered by Pacific Street and the Presidio to the north, Arguello Boulevard to the west, California Street to the south and Lyon Street to the east. California Pacific Medical Center is located on California between Arguello and Maple, and the Presidio Library is at Sacramento and Lyon. The Parade Grounds at the Presidio of San Francisco. ... California Pacific Medical Center is one of the largest private, not-for-profit, academic medical centers in Northern California. ...

Richmond District

Geary Boulevard, looking eastward from 36th Avenue The Richmond District is a neighborhood in the northwest corner of San Francisco, California. ...

Rincon Hill

Rincon Hill is a developing highrise neighborhood located south of the Financial District, within the larger envolope of South of Market. Due to its proximity to downtown, following the Gold Rush this was San Francisco's first affluent neighborhood. After several iterations of comprehensive planning, the hill is transitioning into a pedestrian oriented, high density, mixed use neighborhood. However, as current plans contain virtually no affordable housing element, it remaines to be seen whether the hill will blossom into the diverse area envisioned, or stagnate as a pied a terre zone for the regional and global elite. A pied a terre is a small second home in the city (typically an apartment or a condominium). ...

Rincon Hill is one of many hills located in the greater South of Market in San Francisco, located just south of the Financial District. ...

Russian Hill

Saint Francis Wood

Sea Cliff

Sea Cliff (sometimes spelled Seacliff) is a very affluent neighborhood located in northwestern San Francisco, California. ...

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. The cross atop Mt. ...

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. Highway 101 to the west. A tunnel used by Caltrain runs under Silver Terrace. U.S. Highway 101, or U.S. Route 101 (often just U.S. 101), is a north-south highway that is aligned along the Pacific West Coast of the United States. ... Caltrain is a commuter rail line on the San Francisco Peninsula and the Santa Clara Valley in the United States. ...

South Beach

The South Beach neighborhood encompasses the mixed-use blocks which border The Embarcadero from south of the Bay Bridge down to 3rd Street. From two blocks inland westward is the South of Market neighborhood, and from south of Townsend Street and west of 3rd Street begins Mission Bay. The most notable feature of South Beach is AT&T Park in its south-east corner. The Embarcaderos Ferry Building The Embarcadero is the name given the eastern waterfront of San Francisco, California, along San Francisco Bay. ... The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge ( ; known locally as the Bay Bridge) is a toll bridge which spans San Francisco Bay and links the California cities of Oakland and San Francisco in the United States, as part of Interstate 80. ... SoMa (South of Market) is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California. ... Mission Bay is a 303 acre neighborhood on the central bayshore of San Francisco, bounded by Townsend Street on the north, San Francisco Bay on the east, Mariposa Street on the south, and 7th Street and Interstate 280 on the west. ... AT&T Park (also called China Basin) is an open-air baseball park, home to the San Francisco Giants of the Major League Baseball. ...

South of Market

South Park

Sunnyside

Sunnyside is a neighborhood to the south of Mount Davidson and north of City College. The Westwood Highlands neighborhood is to the west, and Interstate 280 is to the east. The Sunnyside Conservatory is located inside the neighborhood. The cross atop Mt. ... City College of San Francisco, or CCSF, is a two-year community college in San Francisco, California. ... A view of the scenic portion of Interstate 280 Interstate 280 (abbreviated I-280) is a 57-mile-long interstate highway in the San Francisco Bay Area metropolitan area of Northern California. ...

Sunnydale

Sunnydale is a small neighborhood located between McLaren Park and the Cow Palace. It is bordered by Geneva Avenue to the south, Sawyer Street to the east, Sunnyvale Avenue to the north and McLaren Park to the west. MacLaren Park is a 317-acre park in the south-east corner of San Francisco, USA. It is surrounded mostly by the Excelsior, Crocker-Amazon and Visitacion Valley neighborhoods. ... The Cow Palace (originally known as the California State Livestock Pavilion) is an indoor arena in Daly City, California that borders neighboring San Francisco. ...

Sunset District

The Outer Sunset from Grand View Park The Sunset District is a neighborhood in the west-central part of San Francisco, California, USA that is primarily residential and is built along a grid pattern. ...

Telegraph Hill

Tenderloin

Treasure Island

An aerial view of Treasure Island in the foreground, with its link to Yerba Buena Island in the background. ...

Twin Peaks

Union Square

Union Square is the central shopping, hotel and theater district in San Francisco. ...

University Mound

University Mound is a neighborhood to the north of McLaren Park. It is roughly bordered by Silver Avenue to the north, University Street to the east, McLaren Park to the south and Madison Street to the west. Many of the streets running north-south in University Mound are named after universities. University Mound is a primarily residential neighborhood, however it contains a reservoir, a nursing home for elderly women, and Phillip & Sala Burton High School. The Mound is significantly diverse and has a varying landscape. MacLaren Park is a 317-acre park in the south-east corner of San Francisco, USA. It is surrounded mostly by the Excelsior, Crocker-Amazon and Visitacion Valley neighborhoods. ... ... Rest home for seniors in ÄŒeskÃ½ TÄ›Å¡Ãn, Czech Republic SNF redirects here. ... Phillip & Sala Burton High School Phillip and Sala Burton Academic High School is an American secondary school in San Francisco, California. ...

Upper Market

Upper Market is the area between the southern end of Market Street and Twin Peaks mainly spanning Corbett Avenue and Burnett Avenue. Clayton Street is on the north side of Upper Market, and Portola Drive is to the south. An F Market streetcar turns around at the foot of Market Street, in front of the Ferry Building. ... The Twin Peaks. ...

Visitacion Valley

Located in the south eastern quadrant of San Francisco, the Visitacion Valley neighboorhood is roughly defined by McLaren Park to the East, Mansell Blvd to the North, Bayview Hill and Candlestick Cove to the West, and San Francisco / San Mateo county line 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.

West Portal

West Portal is a principal shopping street for much of southwestern San Francisco, California, and is also considered a neighborhood itself. ...

Western Addition

A southern view from Alta Plaza Park, which is in the Pacific Heights neighborhood. ...

Westwood Highlands

Westwood Highlands is a small neighborhood to the north east of the intersection of Monterey Boulevard and Plymouth Avenue. The Westwood Park neighborhood is to the south, Saint Francis Wood is to the west, Sherwood Forest is to the north and the Sunnyside is to the east. Westwood Highlands is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California. ... Westwood Park is an affluent residential neighborhood located in southwestern San Francisco, California, near St. ... St. ... Sunnyside is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California. ...

Westwood Park

Westwood Park is an affluent residential neighborhood located in southwestern San Francisco, California, near St. ...

Zion District

The Zion district is the small neighborhood nestled between The Presidio and the Western Addition. It encompasses the area bordered on the south by Geary Blvd, on the north by California St, on the east by Fillmore St and on the west by Presidio Ave. The neighborhood is named after the Mt. Zion Hospital which was established in 1887. This district is also the location of Kaiser Permanente Hospital, Hamilton Recreation Center, the Western Addition Library, Trader Joe’s and many shops and restaurants. The neighborhood is also renowned for its beautiful vistas and as one of the windiest districts in San Francisco. The Parade Grounds at the Presidio of San Francisco. ...

The term "Zion District" was coined by a San Francisco apartment dweller and Comcast subscriber in June, 2006, who created a fake wikipedia entry to supplement a Craiglist rental listing, hoping to have better luck attracting replacement tenants by bestowing a new name on the Upper Fillmore neighborhood. Cf. Landes, Emily (November 2006). If you Rename It, Will They Come?. Despite the absence of outside sources supporting the existence of any such neighborhood, multiple attempts to remove the entry in late August, 2007, proved futile, as corrections and deletions were promptly undone by other users. Thus readers of this section are observing history in the making, or at least the instigation of new trend in real estate puffery. Look up fake in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Craigslist is a centralized network of online urban communities, featuring free classified advertisements (with jobs, internships, housing, personals, for sale/barter/wanted, services, community, gigs, resume, and pets categories) and forums sorted by various topics. ... Lower Pacific Heights, also known as the Upper Fillmore is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California. ...

See also

49-Mile Scenic Drive sign The 49-Mile Scenic Drive (also known as 49-Mile Drive) in and around San Francisco highlights many of the citys major attractions and historic structures. ...

External links

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