Cole Valley is a small neighborhood in San Francisco , California . It borders Golden Gate Park to the north, Haight-Ashbury to the northeast, The Castro to the east, and Twin Peaks to the south. Near Kezar Stadium , Cole Valley is the smallest neighborhood in the city.
31-566: The neighborhood is bordered on the west by Stanyan Street and the Sutro Forest, on the south by Tank Hill, and on the east by Clayton Street. The main commercial strip is condensed into three blocks along Cole Street and part of Carl Street. This strip includes more than a dozen restaurants and cafés. Cole Valley is surrounded by the neighborhoods of Inner Sunset , Haight Ashbury , Buena Vista/Ashbury Heights, Corona Heights , Clarendon Heights, and Forest Knolls . Cole Valley grew up around
62-554: A median income of $ 112,050. The median sale price of homes in the Sunset District is $ 1.5M. The Central Sunset is bounded by Lincoln Way to the north, 19th Avenue to the east, Ortega Street to the south, and Sunset Boulevard to the west. This area is mostly residential with cookie-cutter homes and large lots and a commercial strip along Irving Street from 19th Avenue to 27th Avenue and on Noriega Street from 19th Avenue to 27th Avenue and 30th Avenue to 33rd Avenue. Features of
93-605: Is Fort Funston , an old coastal battery , now part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area . Fort Funston notably has some of the last remnants of the sand dune ecosystem that once covered the entire Sunset District. There is a year-round, Sunday morning farmers' market which is located at 1315 8th Avenue (the parking lot between 8th and 9th Avenues). The market is operated by the Pacific Coast Farmers' Market Association and
124-415: Is Grand View Park (also referred to as Turtle Hill) a small, elevated park surrounded by 14th and 15th Avenues, as well as Noriega Street; moving south, next is Golden Gate Heights Park, just east of 14th Avenue north of Quintara; and Hawk Hill Park, also east of 14th Avenue at Santiago. These natural areas belong to a remnant ridge-top system and include some of the last-remaining sand-dune communities in
155-541: Is a major east–west thoroughfare in western San Francisco , California . It has two lanes for traffic and two tracks for streetcars. The street's eastern end starts at Arguello Boulevard and runs westbound through the Sunset District to the Great Highway at Ocean Beach. Lincoln Way runs along and defines the entire southern side of Golden Gate Park . Lincoln Way starts at the Great Highway near
186-434: Is along Irving Street from 5th Avenue to 12th Avenue, and along 9th Avenue from Lincoln Way to Judah Street, much of which is dotted with a variety of restaurants and shops. The Inner Sunset hosts a variety of local businesses, including restaurants, bars, breweries, book stores, bakeries, coffee shops, ice cream parlors, clothes and shoe stores, a tattoo parlor, and a wine bar. Many of these establishments are clustered around
217-496: Is sponsored by the Inner Sunset Park Neighbors. The Inner Sunset Farmers' Market offers California-grown produce, fish, eggs, and meat, as well as local food vendors and artisans. Stern Grove , a heavily wooded park and amphitheater located on Sloat Boulevard between 19th and 34th avenues, is known for its annual summer festival . Three parks lie on the far east border of the district: the northernmost
248-502: Is strongly influenced by the Pacific Ocean and therefore has even cooler summers and milder winters than downtown San Francisco. Rainfall follows a seasonal pattern with plentiful precipitation in the winter (almost all of this falling as rain) and extremely dry albeit foggy summers. 37°45′N 122°29′W / 37.75°N 122.49°W / 37.75; -122.49 Lincoln Way (San Francisco) Lincoln Way
279-563: The Handover of Hong Kong motivated many Chinese to immigrate to the U.S. due to the political and economic uncertainties. In 1999, around 60% of the homeowners in the Sunset and Richmond districts were Chinese. The Inner Sunset is bordered by Lincoln Way to the north, 2nd Ave to the east, Quintara Street to the south, and 19th Avenue to the west. This far-east section of the Sunset is located just west of Mount Sutro . The main commercial area
310-610: The Mississippi . The strip near the Pacific Ocean has a notable population of surfers who take advantage of the sometimes excellent surf conditions of Ocean Beach . Because of the cold Pacific current that brings ocean water from Alaska , it is usually necessary to wear a wetsuit when surfing at Ocean Beach. Several surf shops can be found near the beach in the Outer Sunset. Several playgrounds are located in
341-582: The Spanish–American War and Philippine–American War , and for directing the U.S. Army response to the 1906 San Francisco earthquake . The east–west streets in the Sunset appear mostly in alphabetical order. These streets are: Lincoln Way (bordering the south side of Golden Gate Park), Hugo (from Arguello to 7th Avenue only), Irving, Judah , Kirkham, Lawton , Moraga , Noriega , Ortega , Pacheco , Quintara, Rivera, Santiago, Taraval , Ulloa , Vicente , Wawona , Yorba , and Sloat Boulevard. "X"
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#1732780749920372-496: The Twin Peaks Tunnel in 1917, the Sunset was a vast, sparsely inhabited area of large sand dunes and coastal scrub land known as the " Outside Lands ." Development was initiated in the 1870s and 1880s with construction of Golden Gate Park, but it did not reach a full scale until after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, when small lots of tract homes and row homes now characteristic of the neighborhood were built into
403-460: The 1950s saw the last of the sand dunes leveled down and replaced with more single – and multifamily homes. In these developments, built mostly by Henry Doelger , entire blocks consist mainly of houses of the same general character, differentiated by variations in their stucco facades and mirrored floorplans, with most built upon 25-foot-wide (7.6 m) lots with no free space between houses. Later, Oliver Rousseau built more individualistic homes in
434-406: The Sunset District, much of the area was covered by sand dunes and was originally referred to by 19th century San Franciscans as the " Outside Lands ." The Sunset District and the neighboring Richmond District (on the north side of Golden Gate Park) are often collectively known as The Avenues , because the majority of both neighborhoods are spanned by numbered north–south avenues. When the city
465-453: The Sunset borders the cold northern California Pacific Ocean coastline, so it tends to get much of the fog San Francisco is famous for. The Sunset can be foggy and chilly for some days during summer. The Sunset's finest weather is usually from August through December, when regional air patterns transition from onshore to offshore weather and the area is free of fog. Sand carried by Pacific Ocean winds can be found on roadways and driveways within
496-606: The Sunset, including Sunset Playground and Recreation Center, Blue Boat Playground, West Sunset, McCoppin Square, and South Sunset. Like much of the coast of Northern California, the Sunset district has a cool summer Mediterranean-type climate, albeit with an unusual annual temperature distribution. The warmest days of the year occur in October and then the coldest nights of the year occur just two months later in December. Its climate
527-609: The area include the Sunset Reservoir (which takes up eight square blocks between Ortega and Quintara streets and 24th and 28th avenues), which has a small park surrounding its outer rim; Golden Gate Park; and the Sunset Recreation Center. The Central Sunset is often considered part of the Outer Sunset, including by the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services. The Outer Sunset is bordered by Lincoln Way to
558-537: The center of the Sunset District; St. Ignatius College Preparatory (a private, coeducational school educating men and women for others in the Jesuit tradition in San Francisco since 1855; one of the oldest, most prestigious, high achieving, top performing secondary schools in the state of California) located since 1969 adjacent to Sunset Boulevard; and Lowell High School , the oldest public high school west of
589-587: The city. The San Francisco Unified School District operates public K–12 schools. Educational institutions include the Parnassus campus and medical center of the University of California, San Francisco , located in Inner Sunset; the main campus of San Francisco State University , located in the southwestern corner of the neighborhood across from Lake Merced; Abraham Lincoln High School , located in
620-523: The district. Historically, the Sunset has been an Irish and Italian ethnic enclave . Beginning in the late 1960s the neighborhood saw a steady influx of Asian (mostly Chinese) immigrants following the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 which lifted racial quotas allowing for more nationals of countries outside Western and Northern Europe to immigrate to the United States. Additionally,
651-399: The early 1960s. [REDACTED] Media related to Cole Valley, San Francisco at Wikimedia Commons 37°45′53″N 122°26′59″W / 37.76485°N 122.44975°W / 37.76485; -122.44975 Inner Sunset The Sunset District is a neighborhood located in the southwest quadrant of San Francisco , California , United States . The Sunset District is
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#1732780749920682-498: The first five to ten blocks east of Ocean Beach. The Sunset District contains several large park and recreation areas. The San Francisco Zoo is located in the southwestern corner of the neighborhood by Lake Merced , the largest lake within San Francisco. Also within the Lake Merced area are several golf courses : the private Olympic Club and San Francisco Golf Club , and the public TPC Harding Park . Across from Lake Merced
713-413: The intersection of 9th Avenue and Irving Street. Food offered by the restaurants located in the Inner Sunset includes pizza, Mexican, Thai, Persian, Korean, Malaysian, Hawaiian, Greek, Ethiopian, Pakistani, Cajun/Creole, Dim Sum, Turkish, Peruvian, Chinese, Vietnamese, California Cuisine, Mediterranean, Indian, Japanese, Vegetarian. The Inner Sunset is the 12th wealthiest neighborhood in San Francisco with
744-474: The largest neighborhood within the city and county of San Francisco. Golden Gate Park forms the neighborhood's northern border, and the Pacific Ocean (or, more specifically, the long, flat strand of beach known as Ocean Beach ) forms its western border. A section of the Sunset District towards its southeastern end is known as the Parkside neighborhood. Prior to the residential and commercial development of
775-498: The north, Sunset Boulevard (between 36th and 37th avenues) to the east, Sloat Boulevard to the south, and Ocean Beach to the west. The primary commercial avenues are Judah, Noriega, and Taraval. The Outer Sunset is the foggiest section in San Francisco due to its close proximity to Ocean Beach . The area's main attractions include the San Francisco Zoo , Golden Gate Park, Ocean Beach, and Lake Merced . The western part of
806-405: The sand dunes. These tract homes would displace a smaller original settlement built into the dunes called Carville , which was so named for squatters that lived in abandoned horsecars (horse-drawn trolleys) and cable cars that were dumped in the sand dunes. Development increased by the 1930s, as the Sunset was built and developed into a streetcar suburb . The post–World War II baby boom in
837-587: The streetcar stop at the entrance to the Sunset Tunnel at the intersection of Carl and Cole Streets. That intersection is still the center of the neighborhood's small business district, and the N Judah light rail line still stops there. Cole Valley was popular with dot-commers during the late 1990s dot-com bubble . Craig Newmark , founder of Craigslist , is a former resident. The area is home to young professionals, some University of California, San Francisco residents, staff and neighborhood families since
868-481: The western coast of San Francisco. It then intersects with several major streets, including Martin Luther King Junior Drive , California State Route 1 (19th Avenue/Crossover Drive), and Kezar Drive. It crosses over Sunset Boulevard without an interchange. It then terminates at Arguello Boulevard, becoming Frederick Street. Lincoln Way was originally called H Street before 1909. In 1917, there
899-481: Was originally laid out, the avenues were numbered from 1st to 49th, and the east–west streets were lettered A to X. In 1909, to reduce confusion for mail carriers, the east–west streets and 1st Avenue and 49th Avenue were renamed. The east–west streets were named in ascending alphabetical order in a southward direction after prominent 19th-century American politicians, military leaders, or explorers; 19th-century Mexican landowners ; and Spanish conquistadors . 1st Avenue
930-584: Was originally proposed to be Xavier, but was changed to Yorba due to a pronunciation controversy. The origin of the "Sunset" name is not entirely clear. One claim indicates that Aurelius Buckingham, a developer who owned property in the area, coined the term in 1886. Another claim comes from the California Midwinter Exposition , held in Golden Gate Park in 1894 and also known as "The Sunset City." Before construction of
961-446: Was renamed Arguello Boulevard, and 49th Avenue was renamed La Playa Street (Spanish for "the beach"). Today, the first numbered avenue is 2nd Avenue, starting one block west of Arguello Boulevard, and the last is 48th Avenue near Ocean Beach. The avenue numbers increase incrementally, with one exception: what would be 13th Avenue is known as Funston Avenue, named after Frederick Funston , a U.S. Army general known for his exploits during