North Beach, San Francisco
North Beach is a neighborhood in the northeast of San Francisco adjacent to Chinatown, the Financial District, and Russian Hill. The neighborhood is San Francisco's "Little Italy" and has historically been home to a large Italian American population, largely from Northern Italy.[5] It still has many Italian restaurants, though many other ethnic groups currently live in the neighborhood. It was also the historic center of the beatnik subculture and has become one of San Francisco's main nightlife districts as well as a residential neighborhood populated by a mix of young urban professionals, families, and Chinese immigrants.
North Beach
San Francisco
0.492 sq mi (1.27 km2)
16 ft (5 m)
18,915
38,000/sq mi (15,000/km2)
UTC-7 (PDT)
The American Planning Association (APA) has named North Beach as one of ten "Great Neighborhoods in America".[6]
Location[edit]
North Beach is bounded by the former Barbary Coast, now Jackson Square, the Financial District south of Broadway, Chinatown to the southwest of Columbus below Green Street, Russian Hill to the west, Telegraph Hill to the east and Fisherman's Wharf at Bay Street to the north.
Main intersections are Union and Columbus, the southwest corner of Washington Square, Grant Avenue, and Vallejo Street.
The neighborhood consists of modern, mid-century apartments, duplexes, and Victorian homes and multiplexes.
Education[edit]
It is in the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) and is within the John Yehall Chin Elementary School (余河小學) attendance area.[25] Chin has a Cantonese language program.[26]
The Academy of Art University has at least one building in the area, across the street from Pier 39.[27]
Prior to its 2022 closure, the San Francisco Art Institute was located in the northern end of North Beach, on Russian Hill.