Bernal Heights

A hilly residential district south of the Mission, built up from the late 19th century with small houses on modest lots.

Bernal Heights is a residential neighborhood in southeastern San Francisco, California. The prominent Bernal Heights hill overlooks the San Francisco skyline and features a microwave transmission tower. The nearby Sutro Tower can be seen from the Bernal Heights neighborhood. Bernal Heights lies to t
Photo: Approaching Bernal Heights, San Francisco, California (26034682802) by Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons; cropped to 3:2 and resized.

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107 documented buildings13 parks and public spacesBoundary: Analysis Neighborhoods (Bernal Heights), DataSF, retrieved 2026-10-23.

Named buildings and landmarks

  1. 1
    37.7447, −122.4200
    Club Puertorriqueño de San Francisco 3247–3249 Mission Street
  2. 2
    37.7449, −122.4175
    R. Mittelstadt Duplex 21–23 Prospect Avenue
  3. 3
    37.7443, −122.4143
    Manchester Townhouses 160 Manchester Street
  4. 4
    37.7479, −122.4205
    Saint Luke's Hospital 3501–3555 Cesar Chavez Street

Streets documented so far

Parks and public spaces

Historic districts here

Adjacent neighborhoods

The hill has a neighborhood on every side. The Mission adjoins north across Cesar Chavez Street, Noe Valley north-west and Glen Park west across San Jose Avenue. South of Alemany Boulevard are the Outer Mission and Portola, and Bayview Hunters Point begins east of Bayshore Boulevard.