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About Sunday Streets in the Tenderloin

Sunday Streets in the Tenderloin has been a huge success in the community. This densely populated neighborhood houses the highest number of families with children, has one of the highest rates of car-free households, and has the least amount of parkspace per capita in San Francisco. Few neighborhoods make a better case for transforming streets into recreational space for playing and building community.

The Tenderloin Sunday Streets route includes Fulton St between Hyde and Larkin, Larkin to Ellis St, Ellis to Jones St, Jones to Golden Gate Ave, and Golden Gate Ave to Larkin St.

Activities and more

Why not make your exploration of the Tenderloin route into a game! Download our BINGO game, complete a line, turn it into one of the Sunday Streets Information booths, and you will be entered to win a cool prize!  Tenderloin Healthy Store Coalition is hosting a slew of fun activities at Turk and Jones, in front of their FIRST redesigned store, Radman’s Produce Market (203 Turk St.). Radman’s will be celebrating it’s reopening with more healthy foods and beverages.  There will be FREE food tasting, dance performances, Zumba, games and prizes, live music, and more! You definitely want to stop by to check out the festivities during Sunday Streets.

Sunday Streets is also excited to partner with the San Francisco Public Library to activate the area around Civic Center  with activities for kids, and even StoryCorps!. The YMCA is hosting their Healthy Kids Day on Golden Gate near Larkin, SF Yellow Bike Project will be offering FREE minor bike repairs, and the Tenderloin National Forest will be open with FREE TNF patches to sew onto your bags! Check out the full list of activities here.

How to participate

Volunteer
Each Sunday Streets is made possible with the support and dedication of dozens of volunteers. From event prep and neighborhood outreach to staffing the event, there’s something for everyone.

• Neighborhood outreach: March 11 – April 3

• Volunteer orientation: View dates and RSVP here

• Sign prep: Friday April 4

• Sign posting: Wednesday April 9

• Event: Sunday April 13

For more information about volunteering or to sign up for a volunteer shift, visit our volunteer page or email Liza at volunteer@livablecity.org.

Host an Activity
All activities that take place at Sunday Streets are offered at no cost to participants, and are led by community organizations, local merchant or neighborhood groups, individuals and Sunday Streets partners who graciously donate their time to make each event so special. The deadline to host an activity at the Tenderloin Sunday Streets is March 28, 2014. For more information about hosting an activity, email Beth@livablecity.org, or  sign up here.

Getting there

The Tenderloin Sunday Streets is one of the most accessible events in the city. We strongly encourage biking, walking, or taking public transportation to get to Sunday Streets when possible.

MUNI:  For trip planning and other Muni-related info, go to www.sfmta.com. Bikes are allowed on front racks of buses. The Tenderloin is well served by many downtown and crosstown MUNI routes, including the following:

• 5, 19, 27, 31, 38 bus lines

• Muni Metro to Civic Center (Lines J, K, L, M, N, T)

• Golden Gate Transit

BART: Take BART to the Civic Center station. The Civic Center BART station is just a few short blocks from the south end of the Tenderloin Sunday Streets route. Use the Hyde or Larkin St exits and walk north 1 or 2 blocks to Fulton St. Bikes are allowed on BART trains at all times. For trip planning, go to www.bart.gov. For more information about bikes on BART, go to www.bart.gov/guide/bikes.

Bike: Get in the spirit for Sunday Streets by biking there! Go to:  www.sfbike.org to download a bike map to help find a flat, bike-friendly route from your area or the nearest transit stop to Sunday Streets. Got a long way to go? Shorten the trip by taking transit part of the way. Muni buses have bike racks for 2 bikes, BART and Caltrain both allow bikes on board.

By Car: Should you chose to drive, be aware that the Sunday Streets route is towed of all vehicles beginning at 7am (even if you’re just stopping for a moment for a cup of coffee).

Check out SFPark.org and parkme.com to identify available parking lots and spaces nearby. Additionally, parking is available at these locations near the route:

• Civic Center Plaza Garage at 355 McAllister St (Larkin St entrance/exit will be closed for Sunday Streets)

• Opera Plaza Garage at 601 Van Ness Ave near Golden Gate Ave

• Fox Plaza Garage at 1390 Market St

Detour and Parking Changes

The Sunday Streets Tenderloin route includes:

• Fulton St from Hyde to Larkin Sts

• Larkin St from Fulton St to Ellis St

• Ellis St from Larkin St to Jones St

• Jones St from Ellis St to Golden Gate Ave

• Golden Gate Ave from Jones St to Larkin St

The Sunday Streets route is towed of all vehicles beginning at 7am. No stopping/parking is allowed on the route between 7am and 4pm (even if you’re just stopping for a quick cup of coffee, your car may be towed). Streets begin closing to vehicle traffic starting at 10:30am, and will remain closed to vehicle traffic until 4pm.

Vehicle traffic will be allowed to cross the Sunday Streets route on McAllister St, Eddy St, and Leavenworth St.

Northbound traffic should use Polk or Leavenworth instead of Larkin St.

Southbound traffic should use Hyde or Mason St instead of Jones St.

Westbound traffic should use Eddy or McAllister St instead of Ellis and Turk Streets.

Eastbound traffic should use McAllister St instead of Golden Gate Ave.

If you need to coordinate local access to/from your home or place of business on these streets during Sunday Streets, please contact us as early as possible (call 415-344-0489 x 2 or email Liza@livablecity.org).