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South of SR 92 between the Caltrain line and US 101: the single-family Fiesta Gardens tract by the County Event Center, and Bay Meadows, the transit-oriented district built on the old racetrack at Hillsdale station.
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the story
How Fiesta Gardens & Bay Meadows came to be
For about 75 years the landmark here was a racetrack. Bay Meadows ran its last official race on August 17, 2008, during the San Mateo County Fair, according to a local news report from that spring, which also described the plan to replace it with apartments, condos, commercial space and parkland. The city had already planned for it: the first Bay Meadows Specific Plan, adopted in April 1997, covered the racetrack and the US 101/Hillsdale Boulevard interchange area (about 170 acres), and a Phase II amendment for the main track followed in November 2005, per the city's general plan EIR.
Fiesta Gardens is the older half. City parcel records show its lots recorded as Fiesta Gardens Unit No. 1 (Fiesta Drive, Rossi Way, Sullivan Street) and Unit No. 2 (Annapolis Drive, Lafayette Street, Kent Street and the -way streets), with the blocks nearest Saratoga Drive recorded as San Mateo Village Unit No. 6. The city's association list describes the Fiesta Gardens Homeowners Association area as Delaware Street south of 19th Avenue to the Expo Center, east to Highway 101. Census estimates for the tract show its pre-1970 homes mostly from the 1950s.
In between sits the San Mateo County Event Center: 48 acres with seven buildings and more than 195,000 square feet of indoor exhibit space, home of the San Mateo County Fair, with events on the site going back to a 1926 flower show, per the center. South of it, ground broke on the first Bay Meadows II homes in October 2012, Shea Homes' Landsdowne and TRI Pointe Homes' Amelia townhomes, developed with Wilson Meany. Caltrain's 25th Avenue Grade Separation project (construction 2017 to 2022) then raised the tracks, opened East 28th and 31st Avenues under the rail line and built the elevated Hillsdale station at East 28th Avenue.
streets and homes
The streets and the houses
Fiesta Gardens' streets read like an atlas: Bermuda Drive, Annapolis Drive, Portsmouth Way, Southampton Way, Salisbury Way, Springfield Way, Potomac Way, Dublin Way, Texas Way, Lafayette Street, Kent Street, Trinity Street and Ginnever Street, plus Fiesta Drive, Fiesta Court, Rossi Way and Sullivan Street. Bermuda Drive is the spine, with Fiesta Meadows Park and the elementary school campus on it. The interior is zoned R1-C single-family on the city's map, and city parcel data show the association area as nearly all single-family lots.
Bay Meadows is a different animal: a planned grid east of the tracks, with South Delaware Street as the main north-south street and East 25th, 28th and 31st Avenues crossing toward Saratoga Drive, filled in with lanes and short roads. Some street names borrow the track's vocabulary (Derby Avenue, Paddock Way). The homes sit on Bay Meadows Phase II condominium and townhome plans recorded from 2013 to 2016, zoned under the Bay Meadows Specific Plan, and rental apartment buildings and offices line Delaware Street near the station.
East of Saratoga Drive, the earlier Phase I area around Wayne Way and Yates Way mixes single-family lots recorded as Bay Meadows No. 3 with condominium complexes whose plans were recorded in 2000 and 2001, next to a corporate office campus on Franklin Parkway. Expect attached homes with shared walls and association rules across much of Bay Meadows, and detached single-family houses on their own lots in Fiesta Gardens.
streets in fiesta gardens & bay meadows
- Bermuda Drive
- Fiesta Drive
- Annapolis Drive
- Lafayette Street
- Kent Street
- Portsmouth Way
- Southampton Way
- Salisbury Way
- Springfield Way
- Potomac Way
- Dublin Way
- Texas Way
- Trinity Street
- Ginnever Street
- Rossi Way
- Sullivan Street
- Saratoga Drive
- South Delaware Street
- Pacific Boulevard
- East 28th Avenue
- East 31st Avenue
- Baze Road
- Derby Avenue
- Paddock Way
- Park Place
- Franklin Parkway
- Wayne Way
- Yates Way
parks and places
Parks, shops and landmarks near Fiesta Gardens & Bay Meadows
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Bay Meadows Community Park
A 12-acre city park in Bay Meadows with a soccer field, picnic and restroom facilities, a lawn and a walking path around the park (city general plan EIR; a 2012 trade report also gives 12 acres).
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Fiesta Meadows Park
A 4.7-acre city park at 1141 Bermuda Drive with a soccer field, an asphalt path around it for walking and jogging, and restrooms.
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Bay Meadows pocket parks
Paddock Park (1.5 acres, 2900 Baze Road) has a playground, picnic tables, restrooms, lawn and half basketball court; Saratoga Square (2 acres) and Meadow Square (1.4 acres) near Wayne Way add playgrounds and lawns, and the developer lists Persimmon Park as a community garden.
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San Mateo County Event Center
Home of the San Mateo County Fair, on 48 acres with event parking entrances at 1346 Saratoga Drive and 2701 South Delaware Street.
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Hillsdale Caltrain station
The elevated station at 50 E. 28th Avenue, in Zone 2, with parking lots between 25th and 28th and between 28th and 31st Avenues, bike racks and lockers, and SamTrans ECR, 250, 251, 292, 294 and 295 connections, per Caltrain.
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Bay Meadows retail and Hillsdale
Bay Meadows has a grocery store, coffee and a brewery along Delaware Street, per the developer, and Hillsdale Shopping Center is across the tracks and El Camino Real, about 0.4 mile straight-line from Paddock Park.
schools and commute
School districts and getting around
School districts
Census district maps, checked at several points, put the whole area in the San Mateo-Foster City School District (TK-8) and the San Mateo Union High School District. The public campus inside the outline is at 1001 Bermuda Drive: the district's school list now shows College Park Elementary there, after it moved from Indian Avenue in August 2025, while Fiesta Gardens International School is listed at 715 Indian Avenue. Attendance boundaries change, so check the exact address with the district.
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Getting around
- Hillsdale Caltrain (50 E. 28th Avenue) is about 0.2 mile straight-line from Paddock Park in Bay Meadows and about 0.7 mile from Fiesta Meadows Park.
- Hayward Park Caltrain (401 Concar Drive), just north of SR 92, is about 0.8 mile straight-line from Fiesta Meadows Park.
- US 101 has ramps at Hillsdale Boulevard (exit 414A) and SR 92 (exit 414B); SR 92 has ramps at Delaware Street (exit 12C) plus ramps to Concar Drive and 19th Avenue, per public maps.
- Bikes: the city's bike map shows a shared-use path on 28th Avenue from El Camino Real to Delaware Street through the new rail underpass and a bicycle boulevard on 28th from Kyne Street to Saratoga Drive, with a separated bike lane on Delaware Street (Concar to 28th) and on 19th Avenue (Pacific Boulevard to Fashion Island Boulevard) in progress.
- Hillsdale Shopping Center and El Camino Real are across the tracks via the 28th and 31st Avenue connections.
nerd notes
Buying or selling in Fiesta Gardens & Bay Meadows: what we check
Buying here
- HOA layers in Bay Meadows: the city lists the Bay Meadows Community Association as the master HOA (roughly Delaware Street, 28th Avenue, Saratoga Drive and East 31st Avenue), and many homes also sit in a building or townhome association. Read both budgets, reserve studies and rules, and check current dues and any special assessments.
- Fiesta Gardens association: the Fiesta Gardens Homeowners Association publishes CC&Rs, bylaws, a collection policy and a reserve study, and its website lists a seasonal pool. Ask whether the address is covered by the CC&Rs and what membership and dues apply; lots recorded as San Mateo Village Unit No. 6 are inside the association's mapped area.
- Flood zone: FEMA's layer shows Fiesta Gardens and the eastern part of Bay Meadows as Zone X with reduced flood risk due to levee, the western part of Bay Meadows as Zone X minimal hazard, and a small Zone AO strip at Saratoga Drive and East Hillsdale Boulevard. The city lists capacity and local drainage at the 19th Avenue Channel, which runs along Pacific Boulevard and the Bermuda Drive side of Fiesta Gardens, as a remaining residual-flooding source. Check the exact address, and look for the South Bay Levee assessment on the tax bill.
- Build-out isn't finished: 2025 city planning records include Bay Meadows II site-plan changes for office buildings on South Delaware Street and an annual development-agreement review. Check what's approved next to a unit before you buy.
- Event days at the Event Center bring traffic and parking demand to Delaware Street and Saratoga Drive; check the event calendar and drive it on a fair weekend. For newer Bay Meadows homes, ask about remaining builder warranty coverage and any construction-defect claims disclosed by the HOA.
Selling here
- In Bay Meadows, have the master and sub-association documents, current dues and any special assessments ready before listing; buyers' lenders will ask early.
- In Fiesta Gardens, know which recorded tract your lot is on and whether the association's CC&Rs apply, so the title report holds no surprises.
- Lead with straight-line distance to Hillsdale station and the 101 and 92 ramps.
- Pull the FEMA zone printout for your address; the levee-protected zone and the AO strip near Hillsdale Boulevard are easy to explain up front.
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faq
Fiesta Gardens & Bay Meadows questions, answered
Where was the Bay Meadows racetrack?
On the ground that is now the Bay Meadows district, south of the County Event Center and east of the Caltrain tracks. The last official race ran on August 17, 2008, and the city's Bay Meadows Specific Plan (1997, amended for Phase II in 2005) guided the redevelopment.
Is Bay Meadows an HOA community?
Largely, yes. The city lists a Bay Meadows Community Association as the master HOA, and the townhome and condominium communities generally have their own association as well. Check current dues, reserves and rules for the specific home.
Does Fiesta Gardens have an HOA?
There is a Fiesta Gardens Homeowners Association with CC&Rs, bylaws and a reserve study, and the city describes its area as Delaware Street south of 19th Avenue to the Expo Center, east to Highway 101. Confirm with the title report whether the CC&Rs bind a particular lot.
Which Caltrain station is closest?
Hillsdale, the elevated station at East 28th Avenue, for Bay Meadows; Fiesta Gardens sits roughly between Hillsdale and Hayward Park, each about 0.7 to 0.8 mile straight-line from Fiesta Meadows Park.
Is the area in a flood zone?
FEMA maps nearly all of it as Zone X, either minimal hazard or reduced risk due to levee, with a small Zone AO strip near Saratoga Drive and East Hillsdale Boulevard. Check the exact address on FEMA's map.
Which schools serve Fiesta Gardens and Bay Meadows?
San Mateo-Foster City School District (TK-8) and San Mateo Union High School District. College Park Elementary now occupies the campus at 1001 Bermuda Drive. Check the exact address with the district.
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