Tenderloin, San Francisco

Tenderloin
Nickname(s): 
The L's, The Loin, The TL, The Tendy
Tenderloin is located in San Francisco
Tenderloin
Tenderloin
Location within Central San Francisco
Coordinates: 37°47′0″N 122°25′0″W / 37.78333°N 122.41667°W / 37.78333; -122.41667
CountryUSA
State California
City-countySan Francisco
Named forTenderloin, Manhattan
Government
 • SupervisorDean Preston
 • AssemblymemberMatt Haney (D)[1]
 • State senatorScott Wiener (D)[1]
 • U. S. rep.Nancy Pelosi (D)[2]
Area
 • Total0.35 sq mi (0.9 km2)
 • Land0.35 sq mi (0.9 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)  0%
Population
 (2008)[3]
 • Total25,067
 • Density71,694/sq mi (27,681/km2)
Time zoneUTC−8 (Pacific)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−7 (PDT)
ZIP Codes
94102, 94103, 94109
Area codes415/628

The Tenderloin is a neighborhood in downtown San Francisco, in the flatlands on the southern slope of Nob Hill, situated between the Union Square shopping district to the northeast and the Civic Center office district to the southwest. Encompassing about 50 square blocks, it is historically bounded on the north by Geary Street, on the east by Mason Street, on the south by Market Street and on the west by Van Ness Avenue. The northern boundary with Lower Nob Hill has historically been set at Geary Boulevard.

It contains the Uptown Tenderloin Historic District. The terms "Tenderloin Heights" and "Tendernob" refer to the area around the boundary between the Upper Tenderloin and Lower Nob Hill. The eastern extent, near Union Square, overlaps with the Theater District. Part of the western extent of the Tenderloin, Larkin and Hyde Streets between Turk and O'Farrell, was officially named "Little Saigon" by the City of San Francisco.[4]

The area has a reputation for crime and has among the highest levels of homelessness and crime in the city. It is the center of the fentanyl crisis in San Francisco.

  1. ^ a b "Statewide Database". UC Regents. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  2. ^ "California's 11th Congressional District - Representatives & District Map". Civic Impulse, LLC.
  3. ^ a b "Tenderloin neighborhood in San Francisco, California (CA), 94102, 94103, 94109 subdivision profile – real estate, apartments, condos, homes, community, population, jobs, income, streets". City-data.com. Retrieved December 31, 2011.
  4. ^ Estrella, Cicero (February 16, 2004). "S.F.'s 'Little Saigon': Stretch of Larkin Street named for Vietnamese Americans". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved April 8, 2015.