San Francisco Chinatown

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City: San Francisco 

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Directions to and from San Francisco Chinatown.

The Chinatown in San Francisco is considered the first and the largest Chinese community outside Asia. The neighborhood is served by a number of transit routes. On street parking is difficult and off-street garages are often packed especially on the weekends.

Bus

Muni

1

California: Downtown - Richmond District

8BX

Bayshore 'B' Express: City College - Visitacion Valley - Chinatown - Fisherman's Wharf

8AX

Bayshore 'A' Express: Visitacion Valley - Chinatown

8

Bayshore: City College - Visitacion Valley - Chinatown - Fisherman's Wharf

12

Folsom: Valencia & Caesar Chavez — Jackson Street & Van Ness

30

Stockton: Crissy Field - 4th & King Caltrain via North Beach and Chinatown

45

Union-Stockton: Lyon and Greenwich - 4th & King Caltrain via Chinatown

91-Owl

All-Nighter: West Portal Station - San Francisco State University via Downtown

Cable cars

All Cable car lines serve Chinatown:

• California Line
• Powell-Hyde Line
• Powell-Mason Line

From BART and Muni Metro

BART and Metro riders can transfer to Muni buses or cable cars for a short ride into Chinatown:

1. Embarcadero Station > 1
2. Embarcadero Station > California Cable Car
3. Montgomery Station > 9X, 30, or 45 (return buses from Chinatown serve Powell Station instead.)
4. Powell Station > Powell-Hyde or Powell-Mason cable car

From Caltrain

Muni buses provide direct connection from Caltrain to Chinatown:

1. 4th & King Station > 30 or 45

From ferries

Transfer to Muni from either the Ferry Building or Pier 41 to Chinatown:

1. Ferry Building > 12
2. Ferry Building > Walk to Embarcadero Station > California Cable Car
3. Pier 41 > Walk 1 block south to Powell Street by North Point > 9X