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Three early-1950s tracts at South San Francisco's north edge, on both sides of Junipero Serra Boulevard around Hickey Boulevard: about 1,230 single-family houses between I-280 and El Camino Real.
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Every active listing, rental and closed sale in Winston Manor from the MLS, updated automatically, with a map of the neighborhood outline.
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the story
How Winston Manor came to be
Winston Manor went up in three quick steps. The city's neighborhood story map dates Winston Manor No. 1 to 1950, No. 2 to 1951 and No. 3 to 1952, and its 1951 photo of the No. 2 tract notes that Hickey Boulevard did not yet run through the block. City subdivision records list Winston Manor maps No. 1, 2, 2A, 2B and 5 plus the third tract (spelled 'Windsor Manor' No. 3 in the layer), all recorded between 1940 and 1959. Census estimates agree: in the block groups that cover the core of the tracts, about 89 percent of homes date from the 1950s.
Today's names still follow those maps. The city's 2018 neighborhood map calls the blocks west of Junipero Serra Boulevard 'West Winston Manor' (the No. 2 and No. 5 maps along Dundee Drive and Clay Avenue), the block north of Hickey Boulevard 'Winston Manor 1', and the No. 3 tract south of Hickey 'Winston Manor 3'. A 1983 city map in the public library's history collection labels the area Winston Manor as well.
Traffic came next. The story map reproduces a 1966 petition, captioned as page one of hundreds, asking for pedestrian overpasses at the major roads in the Winston Manor area, and photos of the overpasses built in 1968 in West Winston Manor and across to Winston Manor.
streets and homes
The streets and the houses
Junipero Serra Boulevard splits the area. West of it, West Winston Manor fills the strip up to I-280: Dundee Drive runs its length beside the freeway, with Clay Avenue, Longford Drive, Wicklow Drive, Mansfield Drive, Clifden Drive, Norwich Drive, Adrian Avenue, Buxton Avenue, Dunman Way and Sutton Avenue between. Hickey Boulevard crosses east-west through the middle and meets I-280 at an interchange on the west edge.
East of Junipero Serra, the No. 1 tract north of Hickey is a tight grid of Duval Drive, Elkwood Drive, Bradford Drive, Calvert Avenue, Graystone Drive and Felton Avenue between Arlington Drive and El Camino Real. South of Hickey, the No. 3 tract runs along Newman Drive, Alta Loma Drive, Camaritas Avenue and Camaritas Circle, Kipling Avenue, Keats Avenue, Byron Drive, Hilton Avenue, Gibbs Way and Conrad Court, with the 1980s Crown Circle homes in the middle.
The housing is uniform: city parcel records list about 1,230 single-family parcels, the middle half on lots of about 4,500 to 5,700 square feet, and Census estimates put about 95 percent of homes in detached houses. The tracts date from 1950 to 1952, so a typical house has had 70-plus years of remodels and additions; the permit history matters as much as the floor plan. A shopping center sits at the southwest corner of Hickey Boulevard and El Camino Real.
streets in winston manor
- Hickey Boulevard
- Junipero Serra Boulevard
- El Camino Real
- Arlington Drive
- Dundee Drive
- Clay Avenue
- Longford Drive
- Wicklow Drive
- Mansfield Drive
- Clifden Drive
- Norwich Drive
- Adrian Avenue
- Buxton Avenue
- Dunman Way
- Sutton Avenue
- Duval Drive
- Elkwood Drive
- Bradford Drive
- Calvert Avenue
- Graystone Drive
- Felton Avenue
- Newman Drive
- Kipling Avenue
- Keats Avenue
- Byron Drive
- Hilton Avenue
- Gibbs Way
- Conrad Court
- Crown Circle
- Camaritas Circle
parks and places
Parks, shops and landmarks near Winston Manor
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Winston Manor Park (Elkwood Park)
About 1.5 acres at Duval Drive and Elkwood Drive. The city's playground page calls it Winston Manor Park; its park layer names it Elkwood Park, marks it as SFPUC property and lists a play area and basketball courts.
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Clay Avenue Playlot
About 0.6 acre at Clay Avenue and Dundee Drive in West Winston Manor, with a play area and basketball court in the city's park inventory.
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Dundee and Newman & Gibbs playlots
Two small playlots of about 0.2 acre each, at Dundee Drive and Mansfield Drive and at Newman Drive and Gibbs Way; the city's older park inventory names them for the Winston Manor No. 5 and No. 3 tracts.
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Alta Loma Park
About 9.8 acres at 450 Camaritas Avenue, just south of the No. 3 tract in Serra Highlands, with ballfields, courts and picnic areas in the city's park inventory.
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Hickey Boulevard and El Camino Real
A shopping center at the southwest corner of the intersection; Serra Center and other Colma retail are a short drive north along Junipero Serra Boulevard (public maps).
schools and commute
School districts and getting around
School districts
Winston Manor is in the South San Francisco Unified School District (K-12) at every point we checked against Census district maps. Alta Loma Middle School (116 Romney Ave) sits just south of the No. 3 tract, and Junipero Serra Elementary (151 Victoria St) is just across I-280 in Daly City; both are South San Francisco Unified schools on the city's school map. Attendance boundaries change, so check the exact address with the district.
Getting around
- El Camino Real (SR 82) runs along the east edge; Junipero Serra Boulevard and Hickey Boulevard cross the middle, and I-280 has an interchange at Hickey Boulevard on the west edge (public maps).
- South San Francisco BART, at El Camino Real and McLellan Drive, is about 0.7 mile straight-line from the middle; Colma BART is about 1.6 miles.
- SamTrans' ECR line runs on El Camino Real, and route 130 (Daly City BART to Airport & Linden/Oyster Point) also passes through on the city's route map; check SamTrans for current stops.
- The Centennial Way trail starts at South San Francisco BART and runs about three miles to San Bruno BART (city trails page).
- The South San Francisco Caltrain station is about 2.8 miles straight-line east.
nerd notes
Buying or selling in Winston Manor: what we check
Buying here
- About 435 of the roughly 1,230 home parcels (about 35 percent, by our count) sit in a state-mapped liquefaction zone (2021 Geological Survey map), mostly the low ground of West Winston Manor and the No. 3 tract: Clay Ave, Longford Dr, Adrian Ave, Wicklow Dr, Newman Dr, Kipling Ave, Byron Dr, Buxton Ave, Clifden Dr, Norwich Dr and parts of Duval Dr and Dundee Dr. Check the parcel; it is a disclosure item and can mean geotechnical work for a major addition.
- These are 1950-1952 houses: check the electrical panel and wiring, water and drain pipes, the sewer lateral, the foundation and the permit record for every addition or garage conversion.
- Lots are mostly zoned for single-family homes (RL-8 in the city's 2020 parcel data), so state ADU and SB 9 rules apply; check current city standards and any utility easements before planning a backyard unit.
- Dundee Drive runs beside I-280, and about 37 lots along it sit in a state-mapped earthquake-induced landslide zone on the freeway-side slope; check the parcel, the rear-yard slope, retaining walls and freeway sound walls.
- All of South San Francisco is inside SFO's airport influence area (2012 land use compatibility plan), which requires an airport-proximity disclosure; if the house was treated under SFO's noise insulation program, ask for the records, and check eligibility with SFO's Noise Office.
Selling here
- Say which tract the house is in (West Winston Manor, No. 1 or No. 3); the city's own maps use those names, and buyers can see the street pattern on a map.
- Document upgrades to 1950s systems (panel, plumbing, sewer lateral, roof, foundation) with permits and receipts.
- Order the natural-hazard disclosure report early; the liquefaction zone takes in about a third of the home parcels, and buyers will see it.
- Give the BART distance: South San Francisco BART is about 0.7 mile straight-line from the middle of the area.
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faq
Winston Manor questions, answered
Where is Winston Manor?
At the north end of South San Francisco, on both sides of Junipero Serra Boulevard around Hickey Boulevard, between I-280 and El Camino Real. Daly City is across I-280 and the Town of Colma is north of Arlington Drive.
When was Winston Manor built?
The city's story map dates the three tracts to 1950, 1951 and 1952, and Census estimates date about 89 percent of homes in the core block groups to the 1950s.
Is Winston Manor in South San Francisco or Daly City?
South San Francisco. The city line runs along I-280 behind Dundee Drive and behind the lots north of Arlington Drive, so check the city on any listing near those edges.
Which school district serves Winston Manor?
South San Francisco Unified School District. Alta Loma Middle School is just south of the No. 3 tract. Check the exact address with the district.
Is Winston Manor in a liquefaction zone?
Part of it. About a third of the home parcels, mostly on West Winston Manor's lower streets and in the No. 3 tract, are in a state-mapped liquefaction zone. Check the specific parcel.
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