A hill neighborhood with the crooked block of Lombard Street, stairway lanes, bay views, and steep streets.
Russian Hill is home to the crooked block of Lombard Street and several stairway lanes. Macondray Lane, the Vallejo Street stairs, and Ina Coolbrith Park are tucked into the hill.
The housing is a mix of condominiums and co-ops, vintage flats, and a smaller number of single-family homes. Many buildings have views of the bay, the bridges, or the city skyline.
Polk Street along the western edge has cafes, restaurants, and small shops, and Hyde Street carries the Powell-Hyde cable car over the top of the hill.
The hills are steep, and parking is hard.
The Powell-Hyde cable car runs over the top of the hill along Hyde Street, and the Powell-Mason line passes near Ina Coolbrith Park, both connecting toward Union Square and the waterfront.
Polk Street has shops and restaurants, and stairway lanes connect many of the steep blocks.
The 41-Union and 45-Union/Stockton buses run nearby, and street parking is tight.
Russian Hill is steep.
Many buildings are pre-war flats and homes with original or partly updated wiring, plumbing, and heating.
Much of Russian Hill is condos, co-ops, and flats.
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The switchback block between Hyde and Leavenworth, with eight tight turns and gardens.
A pedestrian lane of cottages and gardens, reached by stairs.
A small terraced hillside park named for California's first poet laureate, with bay views.
The commercial street along the western edge, with cafes, restaurants, and small independent shops.
The Powell-Hyde line runs over the hill and down toward Aquatic Park.
The original Swensen's ice cream shop, at Hyde and Union since 1948.
Vallejo Street at Jones. Balustraded ramps and stairs designed by architect Willis Polk, descending east to Taylor.
Bordered by Greenwich, Larkin, Hyde, and Lombard. Dedicated as George Sterling Glade in 1928 and rededicated as George Sterling Park in 2005, wrapping the Alice Marble Tennis Courts.
1067 Green Street. An octagonal house built circa 1857 to 1858, a San Francisco Designated Landmark.
Broadway and Larkin Streets. A park opened in 1915 as Spring Valley Playground and renamed in 1929 for Bay Area tennis champion Helen Wills.
Lombard and Hyde Streets. Four hardcourts with Bay and North Beach views atop the hill beside George Sterling Park.
Russian Hill is mostly condominiums and co-ops, vintage flats, and a smaller number of single-family homes. The buildings range from pre-war to mid-century.
Map search of homes for sale in Russian Hill →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. Yick Wo Elementary on Jones Street is an SFUSD elementary campus on the hill, though 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 →Street parking is tight. Some homes have a garage or a deeded space and some do not.
Mostly condominiums, co-ops, and vintage flats, with a smaller number of single-family homes.
The Powell-Hyde and Powell-Mason cable cars run over and near the hill, and the 41-Union and 45-Union/Stockton buses connect downtown.
San Francisco uses a citywide SFUSD enrollment lottery rather than strict address assignment. The official enrollment details are on the SFUSD site.
Steep lots and pre-war buildings show up in the soils, structural, and systems reports.
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