Islais Creek / Bayview

Through the  Waterfront Resilience Program , the Port is examining seismic and flood risk across the Port’s 7.5 mile jurisdiction. This story map series presents community-identified priorities and potential flooding and earthquake risks for the Islais Creek / Bayview geography.

This geography covers the southeastern edge of San Francisco, from Pier 80 in the Potrero Hill neighborhood the north to Heron’s Head Park in the south. In between, it spans a large portion of the Bayview North Islais Creek neighborhood and watershed, the industrial zone surrounding Islais Creek, and the industrially used Piers along the waterfront.

The area includes several key infrastructure assets and industrial uses that serve the entire city, including: the Southeast Treatment Plant, Port cargo shipping terminals, Recology Recycle Center, multiple transportation storage, maintenance, and operation facilities, and disaster and emergency response infrastructure.

The area also includes vital connections between the southern and northern parts of the city, such as the Illinois Street and 3rd Street drawbridges that cross Islais Creek and Third Street, including the T-Third Light Rail Line, and is traversed by many critical regional transportation assets, including the Caltrans freeways, Caltrain, and a planned future High Speed Rail alignment.

The Bayview Islais Creek neighborhood is ethnically diverse with large Black, Asian, and Latino populations, and has a strong African American cultural legacy, with most of this area included within the newly created African American Arts and Cultural Heritage District. The Islais Creek watershed has environmental challenges due to the long-standing presence of industrial uses and freight transportation, and residents of this neighborhood have been subjected to significant historical and environmental injustices.

San Francisco's shoreline is incredibly complex in terms of its engineering and design, as well as its character, culture, businesses, and residents. To capture these unique differences, each geography is subdivided into five subareas.

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