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The older grid between El Camino Real and the Caltrain line, from 9th Avenue to SR 92, including the Glazenwood Historic District's 1920s Spanish Colonial Revival homes on Rosewood Drive and Laurel Avenue.
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the story
How Hayward Park & Glazenwood came to be
Hayward Park took shape in the early 1900s, and its lots still carry their original subdivision names. City parcel records place the bulk of them in Hayward Park Subdivision No. 1 and No. 2, with smaller pieces recorded as Glazenwood, Glazenwood No. 2, the San Mateo City Homestead Association and the South B Street Tract. The city's general plan history, which draws on its 1989 Historic Building Survey, says residential building here intensified after the 1906 earthquake and fires, alongside East San Mateo and North Central.
Glazenwood came next. The same city history lists the Glazenwood neighborhood of the 1920s among San Mateo's notable developments, and the 1989 survey identified a Glazenwood Historic District eligible for the National Register, describing it as a residential subdivision with a distinctive concentration of 1920s Spanish Colonial Revival homes. The survey found two such districts in the whole city: Downtown and Glazenwood.
The rest of Hayward Park was surveyed in detail in 1989 but not evaluated as a district. Instead, the city's historic resources map flags individual parcels, more than a dozen of them inside this guide's outline. One naming quirk: Hayward Park Caltrain station shares the neighborhood's name but sits across the tracks at 401 Concar Drive.
streets and homes
The streets and the houses
The grid is simple. Numbered avenues from 9th to 18th run from El Camino Real toward the tracks, crossed by Palm Avenue, South B Street, South Boulevard, Gum Street, Ivy Street and Leslie Street. El Camino Real forms the west edge with shops and offices along it, and the Caltrain line forms the east edge, with South Railroad Avenue alongside it at the north end.
Glazenwood breaks the grid. Rosewood Drive curves from 9th Avenue around to 10th Avenue, Laurel Avenue and Hayward Avenue run through the middle, and Palm Avenue closes the west side. The district covers about two dozen parcels on the city's map, nearly all single-family, so the whole district is a short walk of a few blocks. The city's survey describes a distinctive concentration of 1920s Spanish Colonial Revival homes here.
Outside Glazenwood the housing is mixed by zoning. The city's zoning map shows R1-C single-family on much of the interior, R2 and R4 zones toward the tracks and the south end, and commercial and transit-oriented zones along El Camino Real and near the station area, so a 1920s bungalow can sit next to a small apartment building. Census estimates for the tract covering about three quarters of the outline put roughly four in ten homes before 1950 and the next-largest group in the 1960s.
streets in hayward park & glazenwood
- Palm Avenue
- South B Street
- Hayward Avenue
- Rosewood Drive
- Laurel Avenue
- 9th Avenue
- 10th Avenue
- 12th Avenue
- 14th Avenue
- 15th Avenue
- 16th Avenue
- 17th Avenue
- 18th Avenue
- South Boulevard
- Gum Street
- Ivy Street
- Leslie Street
- South Railroad Avenue
- South El Camino Real
parks and places
Parks, shops and landmarks near Hayward Park & Glazenwood
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Hayward Park Square
A 0.2-acre city mini-park at 1189 South B Street, per city parks data.
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Central Park
The city's 16.3-acre downtown park, with a Japanese Garden, rose garden, mini train, picnic areas and playground, about 0.2 mile straight-line north of Glazenwood.
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Trinta Park
A 2-acre city park at 19th Avenue and Railroad, just across SR 92 from the south end, with two baseball diamonds, a playground, a half basketball court and restrooms.
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Glazenwood Historic District
The National Register-eligible district identified in the city's 1989 survey: about two dozen homes between 9th and 10th Avenues on Rosewood Drive, Laurel Avenue and Hayward Avenue. These are private homes; view them from the sidewalk.
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El Camino Real and downtown
Shops and services line El Camino Real on the west edge, and downtown San Mateo around 3rd Avenue and B Street is about 0.8 mile straight-line from the middle of the neighborhood.
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. No public school campus sits inside the outline; Sunnybrae Elementary is just across the tracks on South Delaware Street, and Borel Middle School is across El Camino Real on Barneson Avenue, about half a mile straight-line from the middle of the neighborhood. Attendance boundaries change, so check the exact address with the district.
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Getting around
- Hayward Park Caltrain (401 Concar Drive) is about 0.4 mile straight-line from the middle of the neighborhood, on the far side of the tracks; Caltrain lists SamTrans ECR and 292 connections there.
- San Mateo Caltrain downtown is about 0.6 mile straight-line from Glazenwood and about a mile from the south end.
- SR 92 has ramps at El Camino Real (exit 12A) at the south corner, with SR 92 connecting east to US 101, per public maps.
- Bikes: the city's bike map shows a bike lane on B Street from 9th to 16th Avenue and a buffered bike lane on South Boulevard from 16th Avenue to Palm Avenue.
- SamTrans ECR buses run on El Camino Real along the west edge.
nerd notes
Buying or selling in Hayward Park & Glazenwood: what we check
Buying here
- Historic review: if the house is in Glazenwood or on the city's historic resources list, exterior changes need Site Plan and Architectural Review before a building permit, and applications involving a designated resource are reviewed by an independent architectural historian against the Secretary of the Interior's Standards (SMMC Chapter 27.66, as summarized in the general plan EIR). Ask the planning division how the address is treated before you plan a remodel.
- Age of the house: with roughly four in ten homes built before 1950, check wiring, plumbing, foundation and the sewer lateral, and ask what has been updated with permits.
- Flood zone: FEMA's layer shows the bulk of Hayward Park as Zone X minimal hazard, but some blocks near Leslie Street, South Boulevard, 16th and 17th Avenues and South B Street fall in the shaded 0.2-percent-annual-chance zone. Neither is a Special Flood Hazard Area; check the exact address.
- Zoning mix: R1-C, R2 and R4 zones sit side by side here, so check what's allowed on the lot and next door. ADU rules apply citywide, and the SB 9 two-unit overlay (Chapter 27.21) applies to R1 lots only.
- Blocks next to the tracks, El Camino Real or SR 92 hear trains and traffic; visit at commute hours before you commit.
Selling here
- Document original period details and any past historic review or permits; it answers the first questions a Glazenwood buyer asks.
- Lead with the walk: straight-line distances to Central Park, downtown and both Caltrain stations.
- Have the FEMA zone printout for your address ready, especially on the 0.2-percent blocks near Leslie Street and South Boulevard.
- If the house has a second unit, have its permits and any rental history in order before listing.
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faq
Hayward Park & Glazenwood questions, answered
Is Glazenwood an official historic district?
The city's 1989 Historic Building Survey identified Glazenwood as a National Register-eligible historic district of 1920s Spanish Colonial Revival homes, and the city's general plan counts properties in that survey as historic resources. It is not listed on the National Register itself. Ask the planning division how a specific house is treated.
Where does the name Hayward Park show up?
In the recorded subdivisions (Hayward Park Subdivision No. 1 and No. 2 on city parcel records), in the city's neighborhood maps, and on the Caltrain station at 401 Concar Drive, which sits across the tracks from the neighborhood.
What ZIP code is Hayward Park?
Census ZIP areas put the northern blocks, including Glazenwood, in 94401 and the southern blocks in 94402. Confirm with the address.
Which schools serve Hayward Park?
San Mateo-Foster City School District for TK-8 and San Mateo Union High School District for high school. Check the exact address with the district, since attendance boundaries change.
Can a Hayward Park lot add an ADU?
ADUs are allowed under state and city rules, and R1 lots can also use the city's SB 9 two-unit overlay. On a historic resource, expect design review of anything visible from the street. Confirm with the planning division.
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