Castro & Upper Market
Neighborhood Intelligence

Castro & Upper Market (SF Planning's Castro/Upper Market analysis neighborhood) stretches from Duboce Avenue and Market Street south to 21st Street, and from Dolores Street west to the slopes of Twin Peaks and Corona Heights. Beyond the Castro itself, the area includes Eureka Valley, Duboce Triangle, Corona Heights, Dolores Heights, and the blocks around Mission Dolores Park. The Castro Street and Market Street corridors are internationally known as a center of LGBTQ+ history and culture. Roughly 21,900 people live here.

Housing is a mix of Victorian and Edwardian flats, single-family homes, and mid-century apartment buildings, mostly zoned RH-2 and RH-3, with RH-1 on the upper slopes and RM-1 and RTO districts near transit. Commercial frontage falls in the Castro Street NCD and the Upper Market NCT, with NCT-3 parcels along Market Street. Public spaces include Mission Dolores Park, Corona Heights Park, Duboce Park, and Harvey Milk Plaza above Castro Station, and the Castro Theatre anchors the main commercial block.