A residential neighborhood in southeast San Francisco, with a commercial stretch of Mission Street and McLaren Park at its edge.
The Excelsior was laid out and built up well over a century ago. The housing is older single-family houses and small flat buildings, many with garages, lower-level bonus space, and added in-law units.
Mission Street is the commercial corridor, with restaurants and independent businesses. McLaren Park, the city's second-largest park, sits on the eastern edge with trails, meadows, and views, and many streets in the Excelsior grid are named for European countries and cities.
The housing stock is older, and some blocks sit close to freeway corridors.
Balboa Park station, one of the city's largest transit hubs, sits on the western edge of the neighborhood with BART plus several Muni Metro and bus lines.
The 14-Mission and 14R-Mission Rapid run the length of Mission Street, and the 29-Sunset, 52-Excelsior, and 54-Felton connect the neighborhood across the south side of the city.
Interstate 280 runs along the northwest edge, toward the Peninsula and the airport. Some blocks sit close to the freeway.
Most Excelsior homes are older single-family houses and flats. Foundations, old wiring, plumbing, and decades of remodels show up in the reports.
Many homes here have garage-level in-law spaces or added units, and not all were permitted.
Some blocks sit close to Interstate 280.
Homes along the McLaren Park and Crocker Amazon edges can sit on grade.
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The city's second-largest park, on the neighborhood's eastern edge, with trails, meadows, a lake, an amphitheater, and big views.
The neighborhood's commercial corridor, with restaurants and independent businesses.
A branch of the San Francisco Public Library at 4400 Mission Street.
A large recreation area on the southern edge with ballfields, play areas, and open space.
The Excelsior is mostly single-family homes and small flat buildings, many with garages, bonus lower levels, and added in-law spaces.
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The official application, timelines, and how the lottery works.
SFUSD enrollment →Mostly older single-family houses and small flat buildings, many with garages, lower-level bonus space, and added in-law units.
It is the commercial corridor of the neighborhood, with restaurants and independent businesses, plus the Excelsior Branch Library at 4400 Mission. The 14 and 14R run its full length.
San Francisco uses a citywide SFUSD enrollment lottery rather than strict address assignment. The official enrollment details are on the SFUSD site.
Balboa Park BART on the western edge connects to downtown and the airport, Muni runs along Mission Street, and Interstate 280 runs along the northwest edge.
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