Pacific Heights
Neighborhood Intelligence

Pacific Heights (SF Planning's Pacific Heights Analysis Neighborhood) occupies the ridge between Van Ness Avenue to the east and Presidio Avenue and Lyon Street to the west, running from Vallejo Street and Broadway at the edge of Cow Hollow south to Sutter Street. It combines Pacific Heights proper, known for its Victorian and Edwardian mansions and bay views, with Lower Pacific Heights on the flatter blocks south of California Street toward Japantown and the Western Addition. The Upper Fillmore shopping street runs through its center. About 23,000 people live here.

Housing ranges from large single-family homes and historic mansions on the ridge to Victorian flats and mid-century apartment buildings. RH-2 is the most common district, with RH-1, RH-1(D), and RH-3 house districts, RM-1 through RM-4 apartment districts, and RTO-C on transit streets. Fillmore Street is zoned as the Upper Fillmore Neighborhood Commercial District (NCD) and, at its southern end, the Fillmore Street NCT, with NC-2, NC-3, and RC-4 parcels elsewhere. Notable places include Lafayette Park, Alta Plaza Park, the Haas-Lilienthal House, the Spreckels Mansion, and the Presidio Branch Library.