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Glen Park, San Francisco Homes for sale, recent sales and a Property Nerd’s guide
A small commercial center at Diamond and Chenery streets beside Glen Park BART, ringed by early-1900s to 1950s houses on the hills between 30th St, San Jose Ave, I-280 and Glen Canyon.
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Homes for sale, for rent and recently sold in Glen Park
Every active listing, rental and closed sale in Glen Park from the MLS, updated automatically, with a map of the neighborhood outline.
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the story
How Glen Park came to be
The Fairmount tract on the east side was platted in 1861, and from January 1864 the San Francisco and San Jose Railroad ran along its eastern edge. In 1891 A.S. Baldwin's Castro Street Land Company bought 166 acres from the Crocker estate. To draw buyers, Baldwin promoted the Mission Zoo in the canyon from late 1897 to 1900, visitors stepped off the electric streetcar at Diamond and Chenery streets, and in 1898 Glen Park Terrace lots went up for auction. Sales were slow, and Baldwin sold his interests between 1900 and 1903.
The 1906 earthquake changed the pace. Refugee camps went up near the future Glen Park School and in the canyon, and lot sales rose quickly afterward, per the Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project. The commercial center grew at Diamond and Chenery: Planning's Glen Park Center Historic District, found eligible for the California Register in December 2025, has 11 contributing buildings from 1897 to 1929. The city bought the canyon from the Crocker Estate Company in 1922, and the WPA-built recreation center, designed by William G. Merchant, was finished in 1938. Earlier, in 1868, the Giant Powder Company had started making dynamite in the canyon; the site is California Historical Landmark No. 1002.
The freeway era reshaped the edges. A 1948 city freeway plan would have run a freeway through Glen Canyon; after a neighborhood campaign, that plan was dropped by 1970. I-280 runs along the south edge, and BART's Glen Park station opened on November 5, 1973, when service began between Montgomery St and Daly City. Today the center is zoned as the Glen Park Neighborhood Commercial Transit district, and the Family Zoning Plan, in effect since January 2026, put RTO-C zoning on several blocks around the station.
streets and homes
The streets and the houses
The center is compact. Diamond St and Chenery St meet a block from the BART entrance at Diamond and Bosworth, with Wilder St, Kern St and Brompton Ave behind them and the Glen Park branch library at 2825 Diamond St. The historic district covers the early storefront buildings at the corner, so expect historic review for façade changes there.
East and north of the center, the Fairmount side climbs toward 30th St on Chenery St, Laidley St, Fairmount St, Harper St, Mateo St and Moffitt St, with older blocks on Arlington St, Whitney St, Randall St and 30th St (Assessor medians around 1906-1910) and 1920s houses on Chenery, Laidley and Surrey. Lots are small, with a median of about 2,500 sq ft, so houses sit close together.
West of Diamond St the streets run up toward Glen Canyon and the Sunnyside line: Sussex St, Surrey St, Congo St, Stillings Ave, Melrose Ave, Elk St and Lippard Ave, with more 1940s-50s houses. The overall stock is about 75% single-family houses, with roughly 375 flats and small apartment buildings and about 300 condo parcels, many near the center and on Bosworth St, Randall St and Miguel St. Zoning is mostly RH-1 with a large RH-2 share, and about 88% of the area is inside the Central Neighborhoods Large Residence special use district.
streets in glen park
- Diamond St
- Chenery St
- Bosworth St
- Wilder St
- Kern St
- Brompton Ave
- Lippard Ave
- Chilton Ave
- Hamerton Ave
- Burnside Ave
- Laidley St
- Fairmount St
- Harper St
- Mateo St
- Moffitt St
- Arlington St
- Whitney St
- Randall St
- 30th St
- Beacon St
- Sussex St
- Surrey St
- Congo St
- Stillings Ave
- Melrose Ave
- Elk St
- Miguel St
- Everson St
- Digby St
- Addison St
- Bemis St
- San Jose Ave
- Monterey Blvd
- Teresita Blvd
- Mangels Ave
- Acadia St
- Diamond Heights Blvd
parks and places
Parks, shops and landmarks near Glen Park
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Glen Canyon Park
About 70 acres of canyon with Islais Creek running above ground, chert outcrops and about 3.7 miles of trails. The rec center at Elk St and Chenery St has a gym, playground, ball field and tennis courts, and Rec and Park's Creeks to Peaks trail climbs from the creek toward Twin Peaks.
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Billy Goat Hill
About 3.7 acres of hilltop open space off Beacon St near 30th St, on the north edge.
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Walter Haas Playground
About 4.6 acres at 300 Addison St, on the upper slope near Diamond Heights Blvd.
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Small parks
Dorothy Erskine Park (about 1.6 acres, Martha Ave), Fairmont Plaza (about 0.9 acre) and the Everson and Digby lots (about 1.3 acres) are city open spaces on the slopes.
- shopping
Glen Park center
Shops and restaurants around Diamond St and Chenery St, in the Glen Park Neighborhood Commercial Transit district.
- library
Glen Park branch library
A San Francisco Public Library branch at 2825 Diamond St, next to the BART station.
- landmark
Giant Powder Company site
California Historical Landmark No. 1002 marks the site of the dynamite factory that began operating in Glen Canyon in 1868.
schools and commute
School districts and getting around
School districts
Glen Park is served by San Francisco Unified (SFUSD). Public schools physically in the neighborhood are Glen Park Elementary (151 Lippard Ave) and Dolores Huerta Elementary (65 Chenery St). SFUSD assigns seats by application and lottery; the attendance area tied to an address is a tiebreaker, not a guarantee, and the elementary assignment policy is being reworked for no earlier than the 2028-29 school year. Check any address with SFUSD's Enrollment Center.
Getting around
- Glen Park BART is about 0.1 mi from Diamond and Chenery; from Chenery St at Elk St it is about 0.4 mi straight-line and from Laidley St at 30th St about 0.6 mi.
- The J Church runs on San Jose Ave along the east edge; Balboa Park BART, with Muni Metro connections, is about 1.2 mi straight-line from the center.
- Muni buses, per public route maps: the 23 on Monterey Blvd and Bosworth St, the 35 on Chenery St and Diamond Heights Blvd, the 36 on Chenery St, Diamond St and Teresita Blvd, the 44 on Bosworth St and O'Shaughnessy Blvd, and the 52 on Diamond St and Diamond Heights Blvd. Check SFMTA for current service.
- I-280: a southbound on-ramp from Bosworth St and San Jose Ave and a northbound on-ramp from Monterey Blvd (city street data).
- Downtown (Powell St BART) is about 3.6 mi straight-line, and Glen Park BART runs directly to the downtown stations.
nerd notes
Buying or selling in Glen Park: what we check
Buying here
- Seismic hazard zones: about 9% of the area is inside a state-mapped earthquake-induced landslide zone (steeper blocks such as parts of Arlington St and Miguel St), and about 3.5% is inside a liquefaction zone along the canyon floor, including parts of Bosworth St, Diamond St, Chenery St and Elk St. Check the parcel on the Seismic Hazard Zone map.
- Older houses: much of the stock predates 1930. Budget for foundation, electrical, drainage and sewer-lateral inspections, and pull the permit history for any finished ground floor.
- Flats and small buildings: units in multi-unit buildings first built before June 13, 1979 are generally covered by the Rent Ordinance's rent-increase limits and eviction rules; confirm coverage with the Rent Board. Ask for the rent roll and Rent Board history, and check the city's soft-story list for wood-frame buildings of five or more units.
- Near the station, the Family Zoning Plan added RTO-C zoning on blocks around Diamond St, Wilder St, Brompton Ave and Chenery St, which allows more housing over time; check the zoning map for the blocks around any house you like.
- Large additions: in the Central Neighborhoods Large Residence SUD (about 88% of the area), a unit over 3,000 sq ft or over the floor-area limit needs Conditional Use approval, per Planning's summary.
- Noise and flood: visit at commute hours if you are near I-280, San Jose Ave or the BART tracks. FEMA maps the area as Zone X, CAL FIRE's 2025 local-responsibility map shows no fire hazard severity zone here, and the SFPUC 100-year storm map is worth a look for low spots.
Selling here
- State the distance to BART as straight-line and let buyers judge the hill for themselves.
- For houses near the center, check the Preservation tab first; buyers will ask whether the house is in or next to the Glen Park Center Historic District.
- For two- to four-unit buildings, assemble the rent roll, leases, Rent Board filings and estoppels before listing.
- Pre-listing inspections help on pre-1930 houses: foundation, electrical, drainage and sewer lateral.
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faq
Glen Park questions, answered
How far is Glen Park BART from the neighborhood?
The station is at Diamond St and Bosworth St, about 0.1 mi from Diamond and Chenery. Even the far corners, such as 30th St at San Jose Ave, are under 0.9 mi straight-line, though some of the walk is uphill.
Is Glen Canyon Park in Glen Park?
The rec center end at Elk St and Chenery St is. The Realtor neighborhood map puts most of the canyon itself in Diamond Heights, which took in about 70 acres of it during redevelopment.
Was there really a dynamite factory in Glen Canyon?
Yes. The Giant Powder Company began making dynamite there in 1868, and the site is California Historical Landmark No. 1002.
Is Fairmount part of Glen Park?
The city's SF Find map splits the east side off as Fairmount, but the Realtor neighborhood map includes it in Glen Park, the MLS Glen Park area's sales include Fairmount-side streets such as Laidley St, and this guide includes it too.
What kind of homes are in Glen Park?
Mostly single-family houses from about 1900 to the 1950s on lots of about 2,500 sq ft, with flats, small apartment buildings and some condos near the center.
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