North Beach, San Francisco
North Beach | |
|---|---|
Saints Peter and Paul Church in North Beach. | |
| Coordinates: 37°48′1.04″N 122°24′36.66″W / 37.8002889°N 122.4101833°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| City and county | San Francisco |
| Government | |
| • Supervisor | Aaron Peskin |
| • Assemblymember | Matt Haney (D) |
| • State Senator | Scott Wiener (D) |
| • U. S. Rep. | Nancy Pelosi (D) |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.492 sq mi (1.27 km2) |
| Elevation | 16 ft (5 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 18,915 |
| • Density | 38,000/sq mi (15,000/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 94111, 94133 |
| Area codes | 415/628 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1659245 |
North Beach is a neighborhood in the northeast of San Francisco adjacent to Chinatown, the Financial District, and Russian Hill. The neighborhood is San Francisco's "Little Italy" and has historically been home to a large Italian American population, largely from Northern Italy. It still has many Italian restaurants and a sizeable Italian community, though many other ethnic groups currently live in the neighborhood. It was also the historic center of the beatnik subculture and has become one of San Francisco's main nightlife districts as well as a residential neighborhood populated by a mix of young urban professionals, families, and Chinese immigrants.
The American Planning Association (APA) has named North Beach as one of ten "Great Neighborhoods in America".