Polk Street
A Neoplan bus on Polk Street operating on San Francisco Municipal Railway's (MUNI) 19-Polk Line | |
| Namesake | US President James Polk |
|---|---|
| Location | San Francisco, California |
| South end | Market Street in SoMa |
| North end | Beach Street at the Marina District |
Polk Street (sometimes referred to by its name in German, Polkstrasse) is a street in San Francisco, California, that travels northward from Market Street to Beach Street and is one of the main thoroughfares of the Polk Gulch neighborhood traversing through the Tenderloin, Nob Hill, and Russian Hill neighborhoods. The street takes its name from former U.S. President James K. Polk.
The street also has bike lanes, which were approved in 2002. San Francisco bike route 25 runs along Polk Street, and is the only north–south route suitable for casual bicycle travel within at least a mile in either direction.