North Beach
The blocks between Telegraph Hill and Russian Hill, around Washington Square and the upper reaches of Grant Avenue, which was formerly Dupont Street.
Streets documented so far
- Alta Street
1 building, built 1900; 1 in the Telegraph Hill Historic District. - Bannan Place
4 buildings, built 1906–1909; 4 in the Upper Grant Avenue Historic District. - Bay Street
1 building, built 1970. - Beach Street
1 building. - Bellair Place
1 building, built 1906. - Bob Kaufman Alley
2 buildings, built 1907–1915; 2 in the Upper Grant Avenue Historic District. - Broadway
14 buildings, built 1900–1921; 6 in the Jackson Square Historic District Extension. - Calhoun Terrace
1 building, built 1939; 1 in the Telegraph Hill Historic District. - Chestnut Street
10 buildings, built 1904–1940. - Child Street
1 building, built 1911. - Columbus Avenue
13 buildings, built 1906–1961; 1 in the Washington Square Historic District. - Darrell Place
1 building, built 1986; 1 in the Telegraph Hill Historic District. - Edith Street
2 buildings, built 1907–1915. - Filbert Street
18 buildings, built 1906–1961; 8 in the Upper Grant Avenue Historic District. - Francisco Street
5 buildings, built 1907–1940. - Fresno Street
1 building, built 1906. - Grant Avenue
Three 1907 flats on the Dupont Street site of the First Colored Baptist Church's first building. - Green Street
16 buildings, built 1907–2001; 8 in the Upper Grant Avenue Historic District. - Greenwich Street
6 buildings, built 1907–1933. - Houston Street
1 building, built 1907. - Jasper Place
18 buildings, built 1900–1913; 18 in the Upper Grant Avenue Historic District. - Jefferson Street
1 building, built 1966. - Kearny Street
5 buildings, built 1906–1909; 2 in the Jackson Square Historic District Extension. - Lombard Street
1 building, built 1926. - Mason Street
5 buildings, built 1906–1911. - Medau Place
1 building, built 1909; 1 in the Upper Grant Avenue Historic District. - Montgomery Street
3 buildings, built 1907–1912; 1 in the Southeast Telegraph Hill Historic District. - Nobles Alley
2 buildings, built 1900–1906; 2 in the Upper Grant Avenue Historic District. - North Point Street
1 building, built 1958. - Nottingham Place
4 buildings, built 1907–1912; 4 in the Jackson Square Historic District Extension. - Osgood Place
3 buildings, built 1900–1912; 3 in the Jackson Square Historic District Extension. - Pfeiffer Street
1 building, built 1956. - Powell Street
1 building, built 1906. - Romolo Place
1 building, built 1912. - Ross Alley
1 building, built 1906; 1 in the Chinatown Historic District. - Sansome Street
2 buildings, built 1922–1983; 2 in the Jackson Square Historic District Extension. - Spofford Street
3 buildings, built 1907–1908; 3 in the Chinatown Historic District. - Stockton Street
13 buildings, built 1900–1958; 4 in the Washington Square Historic District. - Telegraph Hill Boulevard
3 buildings, built 1936–1940; 3 in the Gardner Dailey/Telegraph Hill Historic District. - Union Street
1 building, built 1900; 1 in the Telegraph Hill Historic District. - Vallejo Street
8 buildings, built 1906–1955; 2 in the Upper Grant Avenue Historic District. - Vandewater Street
1 building, built 1914. - Varennes Street
13 buildings, built 1903–1914; 13 in the Upper Grant Avenue Historic District. - Walter U Lum Place
2 buildings, built 1907–1913; 2 in the Chinatown Historic District. - Water Street
4 buildings, built 1906–1907. - Waverly Place
16 buildings, built 1906–1911; 16 in the Chinatown Historic District. - Wentworth Place
3 buildings, built 1907; 3 in the Chinatown Historic District.
Parks and public spaces
- Chestnut & Kearny Open Space
Mini park, 2,178 sq ft. - Joe DiMaggio Playground
Neighborhood park or playground, 2.9 acres. - Telegraph Hill - Pioneer Park
Neighborhood park or playground, 4.8 acres. - Washington Square
Civic plaza or square, 2.8 acres.
Historic districts here
- Chinatown Historic District
- Gardner Dailey/Telegraph Hill Historic District
- Jackson Square Historic District
- Jackson Square Historic District Extension
- Northeast Waterfront Historic District
- Powell Street Shops Historic District
- Telegraph Hill Historic District
- Upper Grant Avenue Historic District
- Washington Square Historic District
Adjacent neighborhoods
Chinatown adjoins south along Grant Avenue and Broadway and the Financial District south-east below Telegraph Hill. Russian Hill rises south-west up the Vallejo Street grade.