Coverage
Every district in the city, plus the neighbors.
The van sits on Divisadero, on the line between the fog and the sun, so most of the city is about 18 minutes away. Over the county line runs longer, and each area page says by how much.
San Francisco districts
Inside the city
Nob Hill, Downtown & the Tenderloin
~14 minApartment lobbies on the hill, hotels and office suites below it, single-room buildings and corner stores through the Tenderloin, and the block of Market where all of it meets. Fourteen minutes from Divisadero, the shortest run the van makes.
Local pageMarina, Cow Hollow & Pacific Heights
~15 minEdwardian and 1920s flats between Lombard and the crest of the hill, garages at street level through the Marina, shops along Union, Chestnut and Fillmore. Fifteen minutes from Divisadero, and the only part of the north side that takes salt off the water rather than the ocean.
Local pageThe Mission & the Haight
~16 minVictorian flats behind iron gates along Valencia, Guerrero, 24th and the streets off Haight, corner stores with roll-down grilles on nearly every block, and the warmest, driest air in the city. Sixteen minutes from Divisadero.
Local pageNoe Valley, the Castro & Bernal Heights
~17 minVictorians and Edwardians on the sunny slopes, front stairs up to the parlour floor, garages tucked under the bay windows, and shops along 24th, Castro and Cortland. Seventeen minutes from Divisadero.
Local pageThe Richmond
~18 minRowhouses from the thirties and forties between the Presidio and Golden Gate Park, garages under the living floors and opening straight onto the street, and the shops and grilles of Clement and Geary. Eighteen minutes from Divisadero, and firmly in the fog belt.
Local pageSoMa & Mission Bay
~19 minLive-work lofts in converted warehouses, roll-up gates on small units, new towers running on fobs, and the offices and studios between Bryant, Townsend and the ballpark. Nineteen minutes from Divisadero.
Local pageThe Sunset
~21 minThirties and forties rowhouses running from Twin Peaks down to Ocean Beach, garages under the living floor on almost every one, shops along Irving, Judah, Noriega and Taraval. Twenty-one minutes from Divisadero, and the heart of the fog belt.
Local pageBayview, the Excelsior & the Portola
~24 minThe south of the city: houses with tunnel entrances and garages at street level, driveway gates on the wider lots, small industrial units and yards toward the water, and the shop roll-ups along Third Street and Mission. Twenty-four minutes from Divisadero, the longest run inside the city.
Local pageOver the county line
The cities beside it
Daly City
~27 minThe rows above the county line — Westlake, the streets off Junipero Serra, the blocks around the BART station — built on the same plan as the Sunset, with the garage under the living floor and fog that sits heavier than it does in the city. Twenty-seven minutes from Divisadero.
Local pageColma
~28 minThe small town below Daly City, more ground than housing, with car dealerships, yards and businesses along the main roads and a modest residential core. Twenty-eight minutes from Divisadero.
Local pageBrisbane
~29 minThe village on the slope above the freeway and the business flats below it, wedged between the hill and the bay. Twenty-nine minutes from Divisadero.
Local pageSouth San Francisco
~31 minThe industrial city: warehouse units and yards off Grand Avenue and along the flats, shops on the main street, and older houses climbing the hill behind them. Thirty-one minutes from Divisadero.
Local pagePacifica
~34 minThe coast towns strung along Highway 1 below the county line — Sharp Park, Rockaway, Linda Mar — with the water at the end of most streets. Thirty-four minutes from Divisadero, the longest run we make.
Local pageOpen 24 hours, 7 days
Say what the key is doing, hear the figure, get back inside
San Francisco plus Daly City, Colma, Brisbane, South San Francisco and Pacifica, 24 hours, holidays included. Stiff, halfway, snapped, or a healthy lock on the wrong side of a closed door: one number comes back with the $89 visit and the hour of the night already inside it, and it is the number on the receipt.