North Beach
Neighborhood Intelligence

SF Planning's North Beach analysis neighborhood covers San Francisco's northeast corner, from Columbus Avenue and Pacific Avenue north to the bay at Fisherman's Wharf, and from Leavenworth Street east to Sansome Street and The Embarcadero. Beyond the Italian-American North Beach blocks along upper Columbus Avenue and Grant Avenue, the unit takes in Telegraph Hill with Coit Tower and Pioneer Park, and the North Waterfront, including Fisherman's Wharf and Pier 39. Some blocks of historic North Beach southwest of Columbus Avenue, including parts of the Broadway corridor, are mapped in the neighboring Chinatown unit.

Housing consists mainly of multi-unit buildings, from Victorian and Edwardian flats to cottages on Telegraph Hill's steep lanes and mid-century apartment buildings. Zoning splits between residential and waterfront commercial uses: RH-3, RM-1, RM-2, and RM-3 cover the residential hillsides; the North Beach Neighborhood Commercial District (NCD) runs along Columbus and Grant avenues with a small Broadway NCD; and C-2 community business zoning, along with some M-1, covers the Fisherman's Wharf waterfront. Saints Peter and Paul Church on Filbert Street is a neighborhood landmark.