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Burlingame Park, Burlingame Homes for sale, recent sales and a Property Nerd’s guide
Burlingame's blocks southwest of El Camino Real, backed up against the Hillsborough line: tree-lined streets of 1910s and 1920s houses, Pershing Park, and a short walk to Burlingame Avenue.
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the story
How Burlingame Park came to be
Burlingame Park is the city's share of the old estate lands west of El Camino Real. A 2008 historic inventory prepared for the city's Downtown Specific Plan says William Ralston acquired land west of El Camino Real, named the town site Burlingame, began laying out streets including Burlingame Avenue, and recommended eucalyptus along the avenues as a windbreak. William Sharon had town lots surveyed in 1876. The city's history page says Francis Newlands began subdividing in 1893, starting with the Burlingame Country Club and five cottages around it. (The club is private and sits in Hillsborough today; membership is separate from owning a home.)
In 1910 the country-club side incorporated as the Town of Hillsborough, the same year Burlingame annexed the Town of Easton, and the line between the two towns now runs behind the back fences of these blocks. County parcel records still describe many lots here by block and lot in 'Burlingame Park,' and two small subdivisions near the San Mateo line keep their own names: Burlingame Heights on Newlands, Cypress and Central avenues, and Glenwood Park on Carol Avenue. The city's General Plan names Burlingame Park, with the Easton Addition, among Burlingame's earliest neighborhoods, still readable in older homes on tree-lined streets.
El Camino Real is part of the story too. The General Plan lists six officially designated historic resources in the city, and two touch this edge: the Howard-Ralston Eucalyptus Tree Rows along El Camino Real, and the Anza Expedition's camp of 1776, which the historic inventory places near today's Burlingame Avenue and El Camino Real. Caltrans' El Camino Real roadway renewal (2026 to 2029) is rebuilding curbs, sidewalks and driveways and replacing aging eucalyptus with new plantings.
streets and homes
The streets and the houses
The streets run from El Camino Real toward the Hillsborough line, and many keep going: Occidental, Pepper, Ralston, Barroilhet, Costa Rica and Elm avenues in the southeast section, and Walnut Avenue, Newhall Road, Forest View Avenue and Willow Avenue in the northwest pocket, all cross into Hillsborough. Howard and Burlingame avenues continue southwest across El Camino Real from downtown, and Chapin Lane, Crescent Avenue, Newlands Avenue, Cypress Avenue and Carol Avenue fill the southeast corner around Pershing Park.
City and county parcel records count about 450 single-family homes, 43 of them recorded with an ADU. The assessor's year-built field puts the median house at 1925, with 64 percent built before 1930 and about 13 percent since 2000, so expect original houses, deep remodels and newer rebuilds on the same block. Lots run larger than in the grids across El Camino: a median of about 7,400 square feet here, against about 5,750 in Burlingame Terrace and Lyon Hoag. The General Plan describes the city's pre-1940 neighborhoods as Craftsman and vernacular houses of the 1910s and 1920s, joined by Tudor and Mediterranean styles by the mid-1920s, and that is the vocabulary you will see here.
The El Camino Real frontage is different. It is zoned R-3, with apartment and condominium buildings set along the boulevard, while about 92 percent of the other parcels are R-1. The city's zoning map now shows its Two-Unit Residential Overlay, Burlingame's version of the state's SB 9 rules, across those R-1 lots.
streets in burlingame park
- El Camino Real
- Sanchez Avenue
- Walnut Avenue
- Newhall Road
- Forest View Avenue
- Willow Avenue
- Arc Way
- Occidental Avenue
- Pepper Avenue
- Chapin Lane
- Ralston Avenue
- Crescent Avenue
- Howard Avenue
- Burlingame Avenue
- Chapin Avenue
- Costa Rica Avenue
- Elm Avenue
- Newlands Avenue
- Cypress Avenue
- Central Avenue
- Carol Avenue
- Barroilhet Avenue
parks and places
Parks, shops and landmarks near Burlingame Park
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Pershing Park
At 138 Crescent Avenue, about 1.2 acres in the city's park map layer. The city lists a basketball court, picnic tables, a playground and a tennis court.
- shopping
Burlingame Avenue
Downtown's shopping street starts across El Camino Real. The main library at 480 Primrose Road is about 0.2 to 0.8 mile from the neighborhood (straight-line).
- park
Washington Park
About half a mile to a mile away across the tracks (straight-line), with a ball diamond, soccer, tennis and pickleball courts, a dog park, a playground and picnic areas; the city's Community Center shares its 850 Burlingame Avenue address.
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Howard-Ralston Eucalyptus Tree Rows
The eucalyptus rows along El Camino Real are on the General Plan's list of six designated historic resources. Caltrans is replacing aging trees with new plantings during its 2026 to 2029 roadway work.
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Burlingame train station
The 1894 Mission Revival depot at 290 California Drive, a California State Landmark and National Register property, is about 0.3 to 1 mile away (straight-line).
schools and commute
School districts and getting around
School districts
Census school district maps put the neighborhood in the Burlingame School District (TK-8) and the San Mateo Union High School District. The Hillsborough City School District line follows the city line, and the Census line puts a couple of edge lots on its side, so check any address next to Hillsborough. No public school sits inside the neighborhood: McKinley Elementary (701 Paloma Avenue) is just across El Camino Real from the northwest pocket, Washington Elementary (801 Howard Avenue) is about 0.4 mile from the nearest edge, and Burlingame High School (1 Mangini Way) about half a mile (straight-line). The Burlingame district says placement is capacity-based and a neighborhood school is not guaranteed. Attendance boundaries change, so check the exact address with each district.
Burlingame School District guide · San Mateo Union High guide · Silicon Valley school districts
Getting around
- Caltrain: Burlingame station, 290 California Drive, is about 0.3 to 1 mile away (straight-line), with weekday and weekend trains and SamTrans ECR and 292 buses. Broadway station (1190 California Drive) is served on weekends only, per Caltrain.
- El Camino Real (SR 82) runs along the whole northeast edge. During Caltrans' renewal work, left turns are currently prohibited between Bellevue and Sanchez avenues and from Hilltop Road to Peninsula Avenue, per Caltrans.
- US 101 is about 0.8 mile from the middle of the neighborhood (straight-line), via Peninsula Avenue (exit 417B) or Broadway; I-280 is about 2 miles west (straight-line).
- On foot: Burlingame Avenue's shops and the main library are roughly 0.2 to 0.8 mile away (straight-line), across El Camino Real.
nerd notes
Buying or selling in Burlingame Park: what we check
Buying here
- Confirm the city. Hillsborough is across the back fence, a dozen streets here cross the line, and ZIP 94010 covers both towns, so check county records for the address: city services, planning rules and the elementary district can all change at the line.
- Check the FEMA flood zone for the address. On the current map (effective April 5, 2019), about 97 percent of parcels here are in shaded Zone X (the 0.2-percent-annual-chance area), while about a dozen lots on Chapin Lane and nearby blocks of Howard, Pepper, Occidental and Ralston avenues are in Zone A, a Special Flood Hazard Area where federally backed loans require flood insurance.
- Plan for design review. The city requires design review for all new houses and most second-story additions, judged against its Residential Design Guidebook and R-1 limits on floor area, lot coverage, height and setbacks.
- Ask for the natural hazard disclosure. The General Plan's liquefaction map shows moderate risk across much of the southeast section and very low risk in the northwest pocket.
- Homes from the 1910s and 1920s deserve the full inspection list: foundation, older wiring, drainage and the sewer lateral. If you are on or near El Camino Real, ask how the Caltrans curb, sidewalk and driveway work affects access and trees.
Selling here
- Lead with lot size and location: a median lot here is about 7,400 square feet, and Burlingame Avenue's shops and Caltrain are within about a mile (straight-line). Give your exact lot dimensions from county records.
- State plainly that the home is in the City of Burlingame, not Hillsborough, with the elementary district from the Burlingame district's lookup.
- Have the flood map ready: most lots are shaded Zone X, and the few Zone A lots (Chapin Lane and nearby) benefit from an elevation certificate so buyers can price insurance.
- Gather permits for remodels, second stories and ADUs (43 ADUs are recorded here); design-review approvals answer questions before they are asked.
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faq
Burlingame Park questions, answered
Is Burlingame Park in Burlingame or Hillsborough?
Both, historically. The original Burlingame Park lands straddle today's line, and this guide covers the City of Burlingame side. The town line runs behind the back fences, many streets continue into Hillsborough, and ZIP 94010 covers both, so confirm the jurisdiction for any address in county records.
Why does the map show two pieces?
Hillsborough reaches El Camino Real between about Oak Grove and Bellevue avenues. That splits the Burlingame side into a northwest pocket around Walnut Avenue and Newhall Road and a southeast section around Occidental Avenue and Pershing Park.
Is it in a flood zone?
Mostly in shaded Zone X on FEMA's 2019 map, the moderate 0.2-percent-annual-chance area. About a dozen lots on Chapin Lane and nearby blocks of Howard, Pepper, Occidental and Ralston avenues are in Zone A. Check the exact address on the FEMA map.
Which schools serve Burlingame Park?
The Burlingame School District for TK-8 and the San Mateo Union High School District, with the Hillsborough City School District line running along the city line. Placement is capacity-based, so check the exact address with each district.
Can you add a second unit here?
Possibly. The city allows ADUs and JADUs with a building permit, and its Two-Unit Residential Overlay (SB 9) applies to most R-1 lots, with exclusions such as recent tenant occupancy and historic properties. Ask the planning division about your lot.
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