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Sunnybrae & 19th Avenue Park, San Mateo Homes for sale, recent sales and a Property Nerd’s guide
Flat east-side San Mateo between the Caltrain line and US 101, from 9th Avenue down to SR 92: the Sunnybrae grid around its elementary school, plus an Eichler tract next to Hayward Park station.
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the story
How Sunnybrae & 19th Avenue Park came to be
This corner of San Mateo is shaped by infrastructure more than by hills. The Caltrain line runs down the west side, US 101 along the east and State Route 92 across the south, which leaves a flat wedge of streets east of downtown. City parcel records place the bulk of the lots in one recorded subdivision simply named Sunnybrae, laid out in numbered blocks between the tracks and the freeway. Census housing estimates for the tract that covers nearly all of the area put the biggest share of the older homes in the 1940s, with more from the 1950s and 1960s.
South of the Leslie Creek channel is 19th Avenue Park, recorded as 19th Avenue Park Unit No. 1 in six blocks. The city's own neighborhood-association list describes it as Eichler homes bounded by Delaware, Concar and Grant, and a published history of the tract credits the designs to the architects Jones & Emmons. That history also notes that 19th Avenue itself was replaced by Highway 92, so the tract is named for a street you can no longer drive.
The south end is where the change is. Hayward Park Caltrain station sits at 401 Concar Drive, the city's Rail Corridor Transit-Oriented Development Plan (adopted in 2005) covers the half mile around it, and Station Park Green has its own specific plan on the city's map. City planning records list an approved by-right housing project at 640 Concar Drive, on the shopping-center site at Concar and Delaware, and Census estimates count several hundred homes in the tract built since 2010.
streets and homes
The streets and the houses
Sunnybrae's grid runs two ways. South Delaware Street, South Grant Street and South Amphlett Boulevard run the long way, parallel to the tracks and the freeway, while 10th Avenue, 11th Avenue, Birch Avenue and East 16th Avenue run across. Between them are short residential streets with English-sounding names: Folkstone, Harrow, Amesbury and Guildford Avenues, Carlisle, Aberdeen, Fleetwood and Haddon Drives, Keswick Lane, plus Hawthorne Drive, Magnolia Drive and the two Hummingbird Lanes. Sunnybrae Boulevard cuts through the middle from Delaware to Amphlett.
The interior is mainly zoned R1-C, a single-family district, on the city's zoning map, with R2 and R4 pockets near the edges where duplexes and small apartment buildings mix in. City parcel data show the large majority of parcels as single-family lots. Additions and new houses on R1 lots go through the city's Single-Family Dwelling Design Review, which still applies design guidelines adopted in 2001 and revised in 2006, and the city is rewriting its single-family rules as part of a comprehensive zoning code update.
19th Avenue Park is a tight cluster of short streets off South Grant Street and Concar Drive: Wolfe Drive, Edna Way, Eleanor Drive, Vanessa Drive, Celeste Drive, Connie Avenue, Betty Lane, Charles Lane, Joanne Drive and Jody Court. These are Eichlers, so expect low, flat-roofed single-story homes, many with radiant heat in the concrete slab, in various states of original and remodeled. South of Concar Drive the scale jumps: office buildings, the station and newer multifamily blocks on Garvey Way and Station Park Circle, in the city's transit-oriented zoning.
streets in sunnybrae & 19th avenue park
- South Delaware Street
- South Grant Street
- South Amphlett Boulevard
- Sunnybrae Boulevard
- Birch Avenue
- 10th Avenue
- East 16th Avenue
- South Railroad Avenue
- West Grant Place
- Hawthorne Drive
- Folkstone Avenue
- Harrow Avenue
- Magnolia Drive
- Haddon Drive
- Afton Court
- Carlisle Drive
- Concar Drive
- Wolfe Drive
- Edna Way
- Eleanor Drive
- Vanessa Drive
- Celeste Drive
- Connie Avenue
- Betty Lane
- Charles Lane
- Joanne Drive
- Jody Court
- Garvey Way
- Station Park Circle
parks and places
Parks, shops and landmarks near Sunnybrae & 19th Avenue Park
- park
Sunnybrae Playground
A 0.4-acre city mini-park at 625 Folkstone Avenue with a playground, picnic area and lawn, per city parks data.
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Concar Playground
A 0.4-acre mini-park at 650 Connie Avenue, inside 19th Avenue Park, with play structures for toddlers and older kids, a sandbox and picnic areas (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 0.75 mile straight-line from the middle of Sunnybrae.
- landmark
Hayward Park Caltrain station
At 401 Concar Drive, in Caltrain Zone 2, with 213 paid parking spaces, bike racks and on-demand lockers, and SamTrans ECR and 292 connections listed by Caltrain.
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Leslie Creek channel
Leslie Creek runs through here as an engineered channel the city calls the 16th Avenue Drainage Channel, heading northeast from the tracks near 16th Avenue between Sunnybrae and 19th Avenue Park toward the Marina Lagoon.
- shopping
Concar Drive and downtown
The shopping center at Concar Drive and South Delaware Street is the local retail stop for now; city records show the site approved for housing. Downtown San Mateo's shops around 3rd Avenue and B Street are about a mile straight-line from the middle of the area.
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School districts and getting around
School districts
Census district maps, checked at several points across the area, put all of it in the San Mateo-Foster City School District (TK-8) and the San Mateo Union High School District. Sunnybrae Elementary is inside the neighborhood at 1031 South Delaware Street. Attendance boundaries change, so check the exact address with the district before relying on a school assignment.
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Getting around
- Hayward Park Caltrain (401 Concar Drive) is about 0.3 mile straight-line from the middle of 19th Avenue Park and about 0.6 mile from central Sunnybrae.
- San Mateo Caltrain downtown is about 0.8 mile straight-line from Sunnybrae Elementary.
- US 101 has ramps at Kehoe Avenue (exit 415) on Sunnybrae's east edge and at the SR 92 interchange in the south corner; SR 92 has ramps at Delaware Street (exit 12C) and El Camino Real (exit 12A), per public maps.
- Bikes: the city's bike map shows a bicycle boulevard on Sunnybrae Boulevard (Delaware to Amphlett) and on Grant Street (16th Avenue to Concar), with Grant Street north to 9th Avenue and a separated bike lane on Delaware Street south of Concar listed as in progress.
- Downtown San Mateo (3rd Avenue and B Street) is about 1.1 miles straight-line from the middle of 19th Avenue Park.
nerd notes
Buying or selling in Sunnybrae & 19th Avenue Park: what we check
Buying here
- Flood zone: FEMA's flood layer shows almost all of this area as Zone X, area with reduced flood risk due to levee, and the northwest corner as Zone X minimal hazard. That zone relies on levees; federal rules don't require flood insurance there, but get a quote and check the exact address on FEMA's map.
- Levee assessment: the city's GIS maps the large majority of these blocks inside a 'South Bay Levee' flood assessment district, and the city's flood history page says an assessment district was approved in 2009 to fund the South Bayfront levee project. Look for the assessment line on the property tax bill.
- Eichler radiant heat: in 19th Avenue Park, assume the original heat runs through pipes in the slab until shown otherwise. Ask for boiler pressure history and a professional pressure test; corroded steel tubing can make repair impractical.
- Remodels and second stories on R1 lots go through the city's Single-Family Dwelling Design Review, and the single-family rules are being rewritten in the zoning code update, so confirm current standards before you plan an addition. ADU and SB 9 two-unit rules (Chapter 27.21) apply on R1 lots; check lot size and utilities.
- Near the station, construction is coming: the approved housing project at 640 Concar Drive and the Rail Corridor plan area sit at the south end. Check the city's active projects map for anything next to the address, and visit blocks along US 101 and SR 92 at commute hours.
Selling here
- Lead with the commute math: straight-line distance to Hayward Park or San Mateo Caltrain and the Kehoe Avenue and SR 92 ramps.
- For an Eichler, gather records on the heating system, roof and any original details you've kept; buyers ask about all three.
- Have the FEMA zone printout for your address and the levee assessment line from your tax bill ready, so the flood question doesn't stall escrow.
- Pull permits and final sign-offs for past additions or remodels; R1 work here goes through city design review, and buyers will check.
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faq
Sunnybrae & 19th Avenue Park questions, answered
Is 19th Avenue Park an Eichler neighborhood?
Yes. The city's neighborhood-association list describes the 19th Avenue Park Association as Eichler homes bounded by Delaware, Concar and Grant, and a published history of the tract credits the designs to Jones & Emmons. The streets are Wolfe Drive, Edna Way, Eleanor Drive, Vanessa Drive, Celeste Drive, Connie Avenue and their neighbors.
Is Hayward Park station in Hayward Park?
Not quite. The station is at 401 Concar Drive, on the east side of the tracks next to 19th Avenue Park. The Hayward Park neighborhood is across the tracks to the west.
Does a home in Sunnybrae need flood insurance?
FEMA maps nearly all of the area as Zone X with reduced flood risk due to levee, where federal rules don't require flood insurance. Lenders can still ask for it, so get a quote and check the exact address on FEMA's map.
Which school districts serve Sunnybrae?
San Mateo-Foster City School District for TK-8 and San Mateo Union High School District for high school, per Census district maps. Sunnybrae Elementary is on South Delaware Street. Check the exact address with the district.
Is there an HOA?
The city lists a Sunnybrae Neighborhood Association and a 19th Avenue Park Association. Ask the seller whether any recorded covenants or association dues apply to the specific address; newer buildings near the station may have their own associations.
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