24th & Mission BART Station

 

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Quartknee K.

San Francisco, CA

This station certainly reflects the neighborhood where its located. If you hang around long enough you'll see coyotes jumping the turnstiles with their latest cargo bound for BART...

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Elite '08

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Pamela D.

Oakland, CA

I can't speak Spanish, but my (now ex) boyfriend is Mexican. Sometimes men say strange things to me here, and I report back to him what they said. He is my translator. Man, am I a hottie. I had no idea I had such a round ass. And who knew that so many people wanted to buy me drinks? What the hell am I even doing with a boyfriend, anyway?! Especially when that one guy with the grease-stained clothes and permed mullet totally wanted to take me dancing!

A few years ago, a very nice man commented on my round ass while I was waiting for the Richmond train. And to show that he really meant it, he even slapped it. People are so friendly here.

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Skunky G.

Pacifica, CA

I am hopelessly in love with this BART station for two reasons:

Firstly, if I'm here, most likely I'm devouring, nay, molestering a camaron and crema quesadilla from El Farolito. I'm talking sour cream squirting from the edges and dripping down my chin (foodie porn is a running theme in my life when It's-Its and/or quesadillas are involved), and I don't give a shit if I look like some skeezy taqueria whore, taking facials from my dinner like a good little bitch.

Seriously. Have you eaten one of the God damn things? It's an orgasm on your tongue, and the warm gushy sour cream shoots everywhere just to remind you that it's diiiiiirty.

Secondly, and much less skeezy, I love 24th St BART because it always smells like Tres Flores. It reminds me of weekend trips to Tijuana with my ex, summers at my Dad's, and the freshly-bathed scent of my son when he's been at Abuela's. An exclusively Latin scent, the whole damn station is infused with it.

Oh, and there are always pigeons to kick at if you've had a shitty day and need to take it out on someone littler and less important than you.

Plus, though from the tunnel they look exactly the same, you have 59% less crackwhoring, 63% less cracksmoking, and 81% less heroin shooting waiting for you upstairs in comparison to the 16th Street station.

Which is always good because nothing fucks up my daily commute more than a broken syringe jutting out of my shoe.

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Kyle E.

Pacifica, CA

24th / Mission Bart has everything you need in life: Burritos, occasional crack, and dollar stores. The first time I ever seen a lady get her purse snatched was here at 24th.

Although some weird shit occasionally goes down here, its not as bad as I'm making it seem cuz that 24th/mission area is pretty nice, especially during carnaval. There's a dollar store here that sells fish (as pets) and all kinds of different colors of shoelaces. On top of that, there's taqueria's left and right.

That's a whole afternoon well spent.

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John S.

San Francisco, CA

I haven't used this station nearly as often as I've used the 16th Street one, so I may be being a little overgenerous.

For starters, the area around the station itself isn't as visibly scary at 16th Street, but looks can be deceiving.  If it's any consolation, anyone who wants to rob someone will probably go first for one of the 13 million hipsters lined up outside El Farolito, so you've got time to get a game plan together.

The station itself is pretty cavernous, and when you take the stairs or escalator from the northeast corner, it's kind of amazing how far down you have to go.  I like the underground part more than the 16th Street one, although they're similar.  This one has more space, and it doesn't seem as hot, although it still is hot.  I also think the array of buses at this BART station, while not actually as diverse, is better than the 16th Street station.  Maybe I'm just a sucker for the 48.

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Elite '08

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Randy F.

San Francisco, CA

This station is the gateway to the Mission.  Here nearby are many Mission favorites, and of course, this is 24th Street.  Walk down 24th toward Potrero Hill someday soon, and check out a street ripe for explosive growth.  It's a beautiful street to walk down, with the trees lining it all mature and full, and it is not a major thoroughfare like Mission and Valencia, so hopefully it won't get as traffic-choked as those streets.  This is a great street for strolling....pedestrian-style....

I see big things in 24th Street's future.

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Samantha S.

San Francisco, CA

Thank you BART.  I hope you know how much easier you make life for me. One thing...you do kind of smell.

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Elite '08

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Ari C.

Daly City, CA

This one star is presented to the green coin-op public toilet in front of 24th St. & Mission BART station.

IT ATE OUR 75 CENTS AND DIDN'T UNLOCK THE DOOR AND WE REALLY REALLY HAD TO PEE!

Thank god for a local taqueria nearby who let us their restroom for the price of a fish taco.

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Elite '08

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Brendan M.

San Francisco, CA

Is it just me or has the loitering problem been significantly less prevalent as of late? This BART station suffers from the same dirty, uninteresting, and downright dangerous plazas as the station 8 blocks to the north, but for some reason it tends to be a tiny bit less menacing. Much like the 16th St. Station this intersection would benefit HUGELY from the replacement of these plazas with some buildings more appropriate for one of the great crossroads of the city. Unfortunately most citizens get an insta-hard-on for  the development of plazas and "open space" instead of mixed use buildings, so I doubt we'll see any real progress for the Mission BART stations in the near future.

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Elite '08

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Tyler W.

San Francisco, CA

24th Street is pretty good in terms of nearness to burrito and work. Actually quite pleasurable as far as BART stations.

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Elite '08

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Wes T.

Menlo Park, CA

This is my daily BART station, and it serves me well. It is fairly clean, at least on the track level.

The equipment, such as the ticket machines and "turn"(slide?)styles, seems to be broken down more so than at other stations I visit, but that's probably just a result of exposure to this one more so than the others.

There is typically someone selling The Chronicle for 25 cents a pop during the week.

Outside the station you will just about always find an interesting crowd gathered around; they are coming to the station, waiting for the bus, passed out drunk, whoring. All sorts of things. Can be a little sketchy late at night, but early mornings (7 AM) are fine.

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Vikram A.

San Francisco, CA

Ahhh, the 24th Mission BART station, how I love it so. This is one of those stations that you have to approach with either a sense of fear or one of humor. I choose to take a bit of column A and a bit of column B, mostly humor in the mornings, but some sense of fear late at night. That said, I now present:

Tales from waiting for my ride at the 24th St. Mission BART station plaza:

A while back, I got to witness what I can only assume is "ho" orientation. There was a guy lecturing to a woman who was, shall we say, less than properly dressed for the weather. He was explaining the finer points of how no matter what happens, he will stay at that corner and, as he so eloquently put it "I wait for the bitch". He also described his devotion to her care because he brought her a sweater (pointed to on the ground) in case things get cold. But, no matter what happens, he will always be there to "wait for the bitch".

A few weeks ago, I found out that people will often sleep inside of those public pay toilets. This was explained to me by a man who had just walked out of the nearby alleyway with a metal rod, went up to the closed bathroom, and proceeded to bang on the metal door. He was also nice enough to offer me some leftover food him and his buddy had.

Then, this morning, standing around for my ride, it sounded like there was a bit of a party going on. I looked around in puzzlement until I spied, across the street, some hippy looking dude sitting in his window with a guitar and belting out tunes for all those at 6:10 AM to hear. I thought about asking him if he does wakeup calls, but thought better of it.

This small trio of stories shows that a trip to the 24th Mission BART station can not only be educational, but can also restore one's faith in humanity and that some men are not afraid of demonstrating their commitment to their "bitch".

Update:

This morning, again while waiting for my ride, a man and a woman were standing outside the McDonalds across the street and she was yelling at him. I didn't quite get the words, cause well, she was a crazy screaming homeless women, but I got the impression that he had tried to hit her. He stormed away across the street and she started to cross the other street. As she crossed, she sorta went diagonal all the while yelling at him about how he could try hitting a woman. Then, you heard her mumbling, and by mumbling, I still mean yelling, that he was a coward or something like that. Suddenly, he runs across the street at her and they wind up in the middle of Mission with him taking a few kicks at her and chasing her around a bit.

As I boarded my ride and started to head away, the man went into the aforementioned bathroom and, well, I don't know what, but another dude walked out of there.

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