Explore DBI permits, SFPD incident data, and RH-1 and NCD zoning in the Excelsior, a residential district of single-family homes in southern San Francisco.
Search this neighborhoodThe Excelsior lies in southern San Francisco between Mission Street on the west and John McLaren Park on the east, running from Alemany Boulevard and Silver Avenue south to the San Mateo County line at Daly City. Its streets carry the names of world cities and countries, such as Athens, Vienna, Prague, and Moscow, and SF Planning's analysis neighborhood also includes the Crocker-Amazon area near the county line. Mission Street and Geneva Avenue are its main commercial streets. About 37,100 people live here.
The housing stock is mostly detached and row-style single-family homes built in the early and mid-twentieth century, and zoning reflects that: RH-1 covers the large majority of residential land, with RH-1(D) and RH-2 on some blocks and limited RM-1. Retail along Mission Street falls in the Excelsior Outer Mission NCD, with NC-S parcels at local shopping centers. Neighborhood parks include Crocker Amazon Playground and Excelsior Playground, and McLaren Park borders the district to the east.
CivicScout tracks SFPD incident reports, injury traffic crashes, and open DBI notices of violation across Excelsior for any searched address.
View safety data →DBI permits in the Excelsior are mostly residential: kitchen and bath remodels, garage and ground-floor conversions, accessory dwelling units, and rear additions on single-family homes.
View permits →Major construction and high-impact permits — see what’s changing across the neighborhood.
View new construction →RH-1 single-family zoning dominates the Excelsior, with RH-1(D) and RH-2 blocks and the Excelsior Outer Mission NCD along Mission Street.
View zoning →The zoned public schools assigned by attendance boundary.
View schools →Location reports for Excelsior addresses surface DBI permit history, open 311 cases, DBI notices of violation, and the applicable SF Planning Code zoning district.
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