San Francisco Neighborhoods · Glen Park

Glen Park

also “The Village in the City”Fog zone

A leafy “village in the city” wrapped around a wild canyon — a tiny Diamond Street downtown, a BART stop, and a creek-fed park at the back door.

$2.40M
Median house 21 sold
$775K
Median condo / TIC 3 sold
$1,406
Per square foot
12
Days to sell median
10.0h
Summer fog a day
24
Homes sold 2026

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The story

Glen Park grew around Glen Canyon, a rugged ravine that in the 1880s held an amusement park, a small zoo, and — less charmingly — a dynamite works that occasionally blew up. Streetcars and later BART (1973) turned it into a commuter-friendly enclave. It remains a small, leafy neighborhood with a compact “village” downtown where Diamond and Chenery meet.

Things most people don’t know

A wild canyon in the city

Glen Canyon Park is a rugged ravine with rock-climbing outcrops and Islais Creek — one of the last free-flowing creeks in San Francisco — a pocket of the landscape as it was before the city.

Amusement park & dynamite

In the 1880s the canyon held a popular amusement park and zoo. It also hosted a dynamite-manufacturing works whose periodic explosions rattled the early neighborhood.

Small neighborhood, big transit

Glen Park BART (opened 1973) makes this tiny village one of the most transit-convenient spots in the city — a quick ride to downtown, the East Bay, or SFO.

A bookstore with a beat

The village's anchor is Bird & Beckett Books — a beloved independent bookstore that doubles as one of the city's most dedicated live-jazz venues.

A sheltered sunny pocket

Tucked into a valley east of Twin Peaks, Glen Park catches more sun and less wind than the foggy neighborhoods just over the hill to the west.

Eating and drinking

Restaurants

Bars

  • Glen Park Station · 2816 Diamond St

Getting around and getting care

Transit. Glen Park BART puts downtown, the East Bay, and SFO all within a short ride — the neighborhood's biggest draw. Muni buses 23 Monterey, 35 Eureka, 36 Teresita, and 44 O'Shaughnessy climb the surrounding hills.

Nearest hospital. CPMC Mission Bernal Campus, 3555 Cesar Chavez St (about 1.3 mi)

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