Noe Valley
Neighborhood Intelligence

Noe Valley sits in a valley south of the Castro and Dolores Heights, running from about 21st Street south to 30th Street, and from Dolores and Guerrero streets west to the slopes below Diamond Heights Boulevard and Portola Drive. SF Planning's Noe Valley analysis neighborhood includes the core Noe Valley blocks around 24th Street and Church Street, the southern edge of Dolores Heights, and the eastern slopes of Diamond Heights. 24th Street is the main commercial corridor, with shops and restaurants between roughly Church and Diamond streets.

Housing is dominated by Victorian and Edwardian single-family homes and two-unit flats, many of which have been expanded or remodeled, alongside some newer hillside homes. Zoning is mostly RH-2, with RH-1 on the hillier western blocks and smaller areas of RM-1 and RH-3. The 24th Street–Noe Valley Neighborhood Commercial District (NCD) covers the 24th Street corridor. Public spaces include Noe Valley Town Square, Douglass Park, Upper Noe Recreation Center, and the Noe Valley branch library on Jersey Street.