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Clearfield Park, San Carlos Homes for sale, recent sales and a Property Nerd’s guide
San Carlos east of El Camino Real: the 1888 depot, a few short streets of homes around Laureola Park and Bayport Avenue, and the industrial and R&D blocks out to Industrial Road.
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Homes for sale, for rent and recently sold in Clearfield Park
Every active listing, rental and closed sale in Clearfield Park from the MLS, updated automatically, with a map of the neighborhood outline.
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the story
How Clearfield Park came to be
This side of San Carlos starts with the railroad. The city's history says that when the San Francisco-to-San Jose line was laid in 1864, the right-of-way across the Brittan land was granted on condition that a station agent and telegraph office be kept here, and that stone masons from Stanford University built the San Carlos depot in 1888, a rare example of the Richardson Romanesque style in California railroad stations. A caption in the city's newsprint collection calls it the first permanent building of the San Carlos Land Company's town. In 1919, the history says, a hangar and flying field went in between San Carlos Avenue and Brittan Avenue east of the railroad, and the tower of the 1929 San Carlos Feed and Fuel still stands near there. The airport moved to its present site in the late 1940s.
After World War II the land east of the tracks filled with industry. A late-1940s news report counts 64 industries between County Road and the Bayshore Highway, among them Lenkurt Electric on County Road, Litton Engineering Laboratories on Brittan Avenue and Ampex at 1155 Howard Avenue, and notes that part of the area toward the highway was still unincorporated. In the 1950s the council made the name 'Industrial Road' official for the street through the district, planned at 80 feet wide from Holly Street to Cordilleras Avenue. A 1950s report places the new Laureola School at the north end of Bayport Avenue; Laureola Park sits by that end of the street today.
The east side is changing again. Much of the land north of Holly Street, historically called the Harbor Industrial Area, was annexed to San Carlos in 1997. The city adopted the East Side Innovation District Vision Plan in October 2021, with goals that include turning Industrial Road into a green boulevard and building an open space network, and in June 2026 it adopted the Northeast Area Specific Plan, effective July 22, 2026, which anticipates 1,890 housing units and about 4.5 million square feet of new research, office, retail and industrial space north of Holly Street.
streets and homes
The streets and the houses
The homes sit in two pockets. North of Holly Street, short parallel streets (Inverness, Northwood, Riverton, Springfield and Sylvan drives) run from Old County Road toward Industrial Road, wrapped by Fairfield Drive; listing records call this pocket 'Clearfield Park.' South of Holly, Bayport Avenue, Bayport Court, McCue Avenue, Montgomery Street, East San Carlos Avenue, Hall Street and the east end of Cherry Street hold the second group, which listing records call 'Harbor Addition,' interleaved with Terminal Way, Tanklage Road, Bransten Road and Commercial Street, which are mostly business streets.
South of Brittan Avenue, Old County Road, the south end of Bayport Avenue and short streets such as American, Center, Washington, Varian and Bing streets fill the wedge down to the Redwood City line. The whole area is low and flat: USGS elevation data puts Sylvan Drive at about 12 feet, Laureola Park at about 20 feet and Industrial Road at about 10 feet.
Sources for when the houses were built did not turn up, so treat era as an address-by-address check in county records. What the public record does show is the setting: the Caltrain line between El Camino and Old County Road, an industrial and research district around the homes, and two adopted plans that expect it to keep changing. The trade-off is plain: the depot is close, and so are businesses and the plans to add more.
streets in clearfield park
- El Camino Real
- Old County Road
- Industrial Road
- Industrial Way
- Holly Street
- East San Carlos Avenue
- Brittan Avenue
- Howard Avenue
- Inverness Drive
- Northwood Drive
- Riverton Drive
- Springfield Drive
- Sylvan Drive
- Fairfield Drive
- Bayport Avenue
- Bayport Court
- McCue Avenue
- Montgomery Street
- Hall Street
- Cherry Street
- Terminal Way
- Tanklage Road
- Bransten Road
- Commercial Street
- American Street
- Center Street
- Washington Street
- Varian Street
- Bing Street
- Taylor Way
- Glenn Way
- Bragato Road
parks and places
Parks, shops and landmarks near Clearfield Park
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Laureola Park
The city lists it at 2.6 acres with sports fields and courts, a playground and picnic areas, near the north end of Bayport Avenue.
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San Carlos depot
The 1888 Richardson Romanesque station at El Camino Real and San Carlos Avenue, still the city's Caltrain stop.
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Hiller Aviation Museum and San Carlos Airport
Across US-101 at the county-owned San Carlos Airport, which the city's history says moved to its present site in the late 1940s; about 0.2 to 1.4 miles straight-line from these blocks.
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Downtown Laurel Street
Across El Camino Real from the depot; the city is rebuilding Harrington Park on Laurel as a plaza, with completion expected in early 2027.
schools and commute
School districts and getting around
School districts
The residential blocks are in the San Carlos School District for elementary and middle grades; the former Harbor Industrial Area north of the homes (Taylor Way, Glenn Way, Bragato Road, Industrial Way) is in the Belmont-Redwood Shores School District, and the far south tip by the Redwood City line is in the Redwood City School District, per county GIS. The whole area is in the Sequoia Union High School District. No public school is inside these lines; Central Middle School (828 Chestnut Street) is about half a mile straight-line west across El Camino. Attendance boundaries change, so check the exact address with the district.
San Carlos School District guide · Belmont-Redwood Shores guide · Sequoia Union guide · Silicon Valley school districts
Getting around
- Caltrain: San Carlos station is inside the area at El Camino Real and San Carlos Avenue, up to about 1.2 miles straight-line from the far corners; Belmont station is about 0.4 to 2.5 miles straight-line.
- SamTrans route ECR serves El Camino Real, and routes 61 (San Carlos Caltrain to Alameda/Ralston) and 260 (San Carlos Caltrain to Carlmont Village) start at the station.
- US-101: the Holly Street interchange is about 0.2 to 1.5 miles straight-line, and Brittan Avenue also has freeway ramps.
- Industrial Road runs the length of the east side; the city's 2021 vision plan calls for making it a green boulevard.
- I-280: the Edgewood Road interchange is about 3.1 to 3.8 miles straight-line to the southwest, reached across town.
nerd notes
Buying or selling in Clearfield Park: what we check
Buying here
- Flood zones: FEMA shows Zone X on the residential streets checked (Inverness, Riverton, Springfield and Sylvan drives, Bayport Avenue and Court, McCue Avenue, Montgomery and Hall streets), a 0.2-percent-annual-chance area at Fairfield Drive, and Zone AE with a 10-foot base flood elevation along Industrial Road and the 800 block of East San Carlos Avenue (panels 06081C0169G and 06081C0188F, effective April 5, 2019). Pull the panel for the exact parcel.
- Ground: USGS regional maps show alluvial fan and bay mud here, rated moderate for liquefaction susceptibility at the points checked and very high near US-101 at the north end. Read the seismic and natural hazard disclosures.
- Neighbors will change: read the Northeast Area Specific Plan (effective July 22, 2026) and the East Side Innovation District Vision Plan for the blocks around any house, since both plan for new buildings nearby.
- District and city lines: confirm San Carlos School District versus Belmont-Redwood Shores for anything north of Holly Street, and note that part of Old County Road just north of the city line runs through unincorporated county land.
- Zoning mix: residential lots here sit next to commercial and industrial zones, and SB 9 'urban infill units' apply only in the city's RS-3 and RS-6 districts. Check the parcel on the city's interactive zoning map before counting on a lot split or ADU.
Selling here
- Put the depot distance in straight-line terms; for many buyers it is the reason to look here.
- Have the FEMA zone and panel ready; the residential streets checked are Zone X, which answers the first question for a low, bayside part of town.
- Summarize what the adopted east-side plans mean for the blocks around the house, with links to the city pages, so buyers don't have to dig.
- Gather the year built, permits and any work on the sewer lateral and foundation, since buyers here will also be reading hazard reports on soils.
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faq
Clearfield Park questions, answered
What area does Clearfield Park cover?
This guide covers San Carlos east of El Camino Real, from the Belmont line to the Redwood City line, out to Industrial Road. Listing records use 'Clearfield Park' for the homes north of Holly Street on streets like Inverness and Northwood drives, and 'Harbor Addition' for the homes around Bayport Avenue and Hall Street.
Is Clearfield Park in a flood zone?
The residential streets checked are FEMA Zone X, with a 0.2-percent-annual-chance area at Fairfield Drive. Zone AE runs along Industrial Road and parts of East San Carlos Avenue. Check the panel for the specific parcel.
Which school district serves Clearfield Park?
San Carlos School District for the residential blocks and Sequoia Union High School District for high school; the industrial area north of the homes is in the Belmont-Redwood Shores district. Confirm any address with the district, since boundaries change.
What is planned for the east side?
The city adopted the East Side Innovation District Vision Plan in October 2021 and the Northeast Area Specific Plan in June 2026. The Northeast plan, effective July 22, 2026, anticipates 1,890 housing units and about 4.5 million square feet of new research, office, retail and industrial space north of Holly Street.
How close is Caltrain?
The San Carlos depot is inside the area at El Camino Real and San Carlos Avenue, and the homes north and south of Holly Street are within about half a mile straight-line of it.
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