The Union Street shopping and dining district, set in restored Victorians on a former dairy valley between Pacific Heights and the Marina.
Cow Hollow takes its name from its past. In the mid-1800s this was a low, marshy valley of freshwater springs and a lagoon, and by the 1860s it was San Francisco's dairy district, with dozens of farms and grazing cattle. The lagoon was filled and the cows were ordered out near the end of the century, and the Victorians and Edwardians that replaced them are the homes you see today.
Union Street is the main commercial street, with boutiques, cafes, and restaurants in restored Victorian and Edwardian buildings.
The housing is a mix of single-family Victorians and Edwardians, flats, and condominiums, on streets that sit lower and flatter than the climb up into Pacific Heights.
Parking near Union Street is tight.
The 41-Union and 45-Union/Stockton run along Union Street toward downtown, and the 22-Fillmore and 28-19th Avenue connect through the area and out to the wider Muni network.
Union Street shops and dining are at the center, and Chestnut Street in the Marina is a few blocks north.
Street parking near Union Street is tight.
Most homes here are pre-war Victorians and Edwardians with original or partly updated wiring, plumbing, and heating.
On older properties the private sewer lateral and site drainage matter.
For flats and condominiums, the HOA budget, reserves, minutes, rules, and any litigation matter.
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The neighborhood's main street, with boutiques, cafes, and restaurants in restored Victorian and Edwardian buildings, roughly between Steiner and Van Ness.
A small, picket-fenced garden park on Green Street behind the Octagon House.
A sky-blue eight-sided house from 1861 on Gough Street.
A cafe on Union Street serving breakfast and lunch.
The Marina Green and the bay-front path to the north, with views toward the Golden Gate Bridge.
2727 Pierce Street, at Union. An 1860s Victorian mansion from the dairy-era neighborhood.
Union Street. A Victorian renovated into shops in the 1950s Union Street revival.
Union Street. Matched Victorians renovated in the Union Street commercial revival.
Lyon Street between Green and Broadway, on the Presidio edge. A public stair climb with Bay views.
Cow Hollow is a mix of single-family Victorians and Edwardians, flats, and condominiums, on streets that sit lower and flatter than Pacific Heights above. Many homes are restored period buildings.
Map search of homes for sale in San Francisco →San Francisco does not assign public schools strictly by address. SFUSD runs a citywide enrollment system, so your home shapes but does not guarantee placement. Sherman Elementary is an SFUSD school on Union Street; attendance is set through the citywide process, not by address. The official SFUSD application, timelines, and lottery details are linked below.
Placement runs through a citywide lottery with tiebreakers, not a strict neighborhood boundary. An address does not guarantee placement.
The official application, timelines, and how the lottery works.
SFUSD enrollment →A mix of single-family Victorians and Edwardians, flats, and condominiums. Many are restored period buildings.
Street parking is tight near the shops. Some homes have a garage or deeded space and some do not.
San Francisco uses a citywide SFUSD enrollment lottery rather than strict address assignment. The official enrollment details are on the SFUSD site.
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