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San Mateo Village & Lauriedale, San Mateo Homes for sale, recent sales and a Property Nerd’s guide
San Mateo's southeast corner between the Caltrain line and US 101, from East Hillsdale Boulevard to the Belmont line: 1940s and 1950s tract streets, Laurel Creek, and Hillsdale Shopping Center just across El Camino.
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the story
How San Mateo Village & Lauriedale came to be
Some lots here still carry an old town name. City parcel records show blocks along East Hillsdale Boulevard, Poinsettia Avenue and McLellan Avenue recorded as the Town of Beresford No. 1, and a few Lauriedale parcels on Town of Beresford No. 2. The bulk of the neighborhood sits on later tracts: San Mateo Village Units 1 through 5 (Pasadena, Orinda, Branson, Martin and Casanova Drives and their neighbors) and Glendale Village along Otay Avenue, San Miguel Way and Curtiss Street. Census estimates for the tract covering San Mateo Village put about four in five homes in the 1940s and 1950s.
Laurel Creek runs through the middle in an open channel, from the Pacific Boulevard side past Curtiss Street and Otay Avenue, along East 39th Avenue and out under US 101 toward O'Neill Slough and the Marina Lagoon. It has shaped the place: the city's general plan EIR records that the Laurel Creek Dam, built upstream in 1969 to hold back storm peaks, was overtopped in the 1970s, flooding a portion of San Mateo Village, and the city still lists capacity and drainage improvements to Laurel Creek near the San Mateo/Glendale Village neighborhood as a remaining flood project.
South of the creek and the San Mateo Village tracts, Lauriedale filled in later. Census estimates for that tract give a median year built of about 1976, on tracts recorded as Woodbridge Park and Meadowood plus condominium complexes. Next door to the west, Hillsdale Shopping Center grew from developer David D. Bohannon's 848 acres at Hillsdale, bought in 1939 and 1940; the center opened in 1954 with Sears and Macy's and became an enclosed mall with Nordstrom in 1982, per Bohannon's own timeline.
streets and homes
The streets and the houses
San Mateo Village's streets run in a loose grid between East Hillsdale Boulevard and East 41st Place. Several share names with California towns: Pasadena Drive, Orinda Drive, Santa Clara Way, Cupertino Way, Los Gatos Way, Antioch Drive and San Benito Street. They sit alongside Almaden Way, Del Rosa Way, Estrella Way, Otay Avenue, San Miguel Avenue and San Miguel Way, Santiago Street, Oso Street, Curtiss Street, numbered East 38th to 41st, and Branson, Casanova, Martin, Regan, Gillis, Durand and O'Neill Drives. Saratoga Drive and Pacific Boulevard carry the through traffic.
Zoning on the San Mateo Village side is almost all R1-C single-family on the city's map, so the streets read as rows of detached houses on regular lots. Additions and second stories go through the city's Single-Family Dwelling Design Review. The Lauriedale side mixes R1-C with R3 multifamily zoning, which is where the condominium complexes sit.
Lauriedale's own streets have a different flavor. Woodbridge Circle loops through the Woodbridge Park tract with Ramblewood Way, Tanglewood Way, Pebblewood Way, Vailwood Way, Vailwood Place and Seagate Drive off it; the Meadowood tract covers Rosilie Street, Suzie Street and Margaret Court; and George Avenue and Laurie Meadows Drive lead to the condominiums and Laurie Meadows Park.
streets in san mateo village & lauriedale
- East Hillsdale Boulevard
- Saratoga Drive
- Pacific Boulevard
- Poinsettia Avenue
- McLellan Avenue
- Pasadena Drive
- Orinda Drive
- Santa Clara Way
- Cupertino Way
- Los Gatos Way
- Almaden Way
- San Miguel Avenue
- San Miguel Way
- Otay Avenue
- Curtiss Street
- Casanova Drive
- Martin Drive
- Branson Drive
- Regan Drive
- East 39th Avenue
- East 40th Avenue
- East 41st Place
- Laurie Meadows Drive
- George Avenue
- Woodbridge Circle
- Ramblewood Way
- Tanglewood Way
- Rosilie Street
- Seagate Drive
parks and places
Parks, shops and landmarks near San Mateo Village & Lauriedale
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Laurie Meadows Park
A 5.3-acre city park at 111 Laurie Meadows Drive with a large lawn and softball backstop, a walking path around the edge, and two playgrounds with picnic tables.
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Casanova Park
A 1.4-acre neighborhood park at 4012 Casanova Drive, linked to Laurie Meadows Park by a pedestrian and bicycle bridge over Laurel Creek, with a small play area, restroom, basketball hoop and shaded picnic area.
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Hillsdale Shopping Center
The enclosed mall at 60 31st Avenue, across the tracks and El Camino Real, about 0.55 mile straight-line from George Hall Elementary; a fountain added at the north block in 2019 is on the city's public art list.
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Laurel Creek
The creek crosses the neighborhood in an open channel between Casanova Park and Laurie Meadows Park on its way to O'Neill Slough and the Marina Lagoon.
schools and commute
School districts and getting around
School districts
District lines split here. Census district maps put San Mateo Village and the westernmost Lauriedale blocks near Pacific Boulevard in the San Mateo-Foster City School District and San Mateo Union High School District, and the bulk of the Lauriedale side (George Avenue, Rosilie Street, Woodbridge Circle and the -wood streets, Seagate Drive) in the Belmont-Redwood Shores School District and Sequoia Union High School District. George Hall Elementary, a San Mateo-Foster City school, is inside the neighborhood at 130 San Miguel Way. Attendance boundaries change, so check the exact address with each district.
San Mateo Union High guide · Belmont-Redwood Shores guide · Sequoia Union guide · Silicon Valley school districts
Getting around
- Hillsdale Caltrain (50 E. 28th Avenue) is about 0.7 mile straight-line from George Hall Elementary; Belmont Caltrain is about 0.75 mile straight-line from the middle of Lauriedale.
- US 101 has ramps at East Hillsdale Boulevard (exit 414A) on the north edge and at Ralston Avenue in Belmont (exit 412); SR 92 is one exit north on 101, per public maps.
- Bikes: the city's bike map shows buffered and standard bike lanes on Pacific Boulevard from Delaware Street down to Otay Avenue, and a buffered bike lane on Laurie Meadows Drive from Pacific Boulevard to Woodbridge Circle; the Casanova Park bridge links across Laurel Creek.
- Hillsdale station lists SamTrans ECR, 250, 251, 292, 294 and 295 connections, and ECR buses run on El Camino Real just west of the tracks.
nerd notes
Buying or selling in San Mateo Village & Lauriedale: what we check
Buying here
- Flood zone, block by block: FEMA maps a Zone AO strip (shallow flooding, 1-foot depth) along East Hillsdale Boulevard between Pacific Boulevard and Saratoga Drive, reaching East Hillsdale Court, Pike Lane and the ends of nearby streets. AO is a Special Flood Hazard Area, where mortgage lenders require flood insurance. Other blocks are mainly Zone X with reduced risk due to levee or minimal hazard, and parts of the Laurel Creek channel are Zone AE. Check the exact address.
- School district split: Census maps put the bulk of the Lauriedale side in Belmont-Redwood Shores and Sequoia Union rather than San Mateo-Foster City and San Mateo Union. Confirm the districts for the specific address before you write an offer that depends on it.
- Creek and dam: the city's general plan EIR says the Laurel Creek Dam inundation zone follows the creek, spreads out near Hillsdale Shopping Center and extends into the neighborhood to the east. Read the natural hazard disclosure, and ask whether the house has seen water from Laurel Creek.
- Condominiums on the Lauriedale side come with association budgets and rules; read the reserve study and minutes and check current dues. Part of the area also falls in the city's South Bay Levee assessment district, which shows up on the tax bill.
- Homes from the 1940s and 1950s deserve a look at the electrical panel, foundation, drainage and sewer lateral. Second stories and large additions go through city design review, and ADU and SB 9 two-unit rules apply on R1 lots.
Selling here
- If the home is in or near the AO strip, have the FEMA map printout, your flood policy history and any elevation certificate ready.
- State the school districts for your address plainly in the listing materials; the Census line runs through Lauriedale and buyers will check.
- Lead with the errands math: straight-line distance to Hillsdale Shopping Center, Hillsdale station and the Hillsdale Boulevard ramps.
- Gather permits for additions and any drainage work; buyers here ask about both.
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faq
San Mateo Village & Lauriedale questions, answered
Is Lauriedale in San Mateo or Belmont?
Census city-limit maps put it in the City of San Mateo right up to the Belmont line, and Census ZIP areas put it in 94403. School districts are a separate question: Census maps put the bulk of Lauriedale in Belmont-Redwood Shores School District and Sequoia Union High School District.
Is San Mateo Village the same as Glendale Village?
They overlap. San Mateo Village Units 1 to 6 and Glendale Village are separate recorded tracts, and the city's San Mateo Glendale Village Neighborhood Association covers McLellan Street to East 41st, Pacific to the Bayshore Freeway.
What's the flood story along Hillsdale Boulevard?
FEMA maps a shallow-flooding Zone AO strip along East Hillsdale Boulevard, and the city records that Laurel Creek Dam overtopped in the 1970s and flooded part of San Mateo Village. The city lists Laurel Creek capacity and drainage work near San Mateo/Glendale Village as a remaining flood project. Check each address on FEMA's map.
How far is Hillsdale Shopping Center?
About 0.55 mile straight-line from George Hall Elementary, across the Caltrain tracks and El Camino Real; the Lauriedale end is about 1.1 miles straight-line.
Which Caltrain station is closer?
Hillsdale for San Mateo Village (about 0.7 mile straight-line from George Hall Elementary) and Belmont for much of Lauriedale (about 0.75 mile from the middle).
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