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McKinley Square
Category: Active Life Parks Parks [Edit]
2301 20th St(between Vermont St & San Bruno Ave)
San Francisco, CA 94107
Neighborhood: Potrero Hill
11 reviews for McKinley Square
11 reviews in English
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Review from Mckinley S.
San Francisco, CA
1/5/2012
Our neighborhood park is supported through advocacy and funding spearheaded by by the McKinley Square Park Foundation (MSPF) founded in 2009. http://www.mckinleysqu...
This year our volunteers will be participating at the 2012 US OPEN at the historic Olympic Club.
MSPF is the official non-profit (501c) partnered with SF Recreation and Parks Department through our fiscal sponsorship with the San Francisco Parks Alliance.
For more information about volunteering at the 2012 US OPEN or any volunteer events, please email the Joyce B., Executive Director at joyce@mckinleysquarepa... -
Review from Johan E.
San Francisco, CA
11/18/2011
Awesome view from here. Also, it is a dog park so there are a ton of cool dogs running around. There are children too, but they keep them caged in the playground so the dogs don't get bothered.
Also, on Easter there is the Bring Your Own Big Wheel tricycle race.
Only downside is there is a violent hobo mob living in the bushes along the 101 freeway. I live on 22nd, and in one week they attacked 3 people on the 22nd st. bridge, and broke into 2 of our cars. A while back they also tried to rob a woman and slit her throat open. But that is to be expected across the freeway from the mental hospital.
I've seen Norteno gangsters at this park too and they're super chill and friendly. Just watch out for the deranged hobos and crackheads lurking in the bushes. -
Review from Seong P.
10/28/2011
My sister and I took our dogs for a walk one lovely day, and while the views were great, the used condom I almost stepped on was not. No more new discoveries for my dogs at this park.
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Review from Michael C.
San Francisco, CA
1/4/2011 4 Check-ins Here
It's a small park, but the views are unparalleled. During the day, you can see all the way to Bernal Heights. At night, the outline of hundreds of illuminated buildings greet you.
There's an off-leash dog area, and although there are better dog parks in the city: There is no dog park with better views.. -
Review from anne m.
9/1/2010
I am in love with Potrero Hill, the views, the sun, the restaurants. I walk the trails at this park on my lunch since I work closeby, and the community garden next door is always nice. The views are amazing.
Also, this park is home of the REAL crookedest street in SF, Vermont St -
Review from April M.
San Francisco, CA
6/16/2011 1 Check-in Here
Great little park in a nice neighborhood with outstanding views. Windy area.
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Review from Bret F.
San Francisco, CA
5/30/2011
Clean, well maintained park with friendly dogs and people. I live in the neighborhood and walk here with my dog once or twice a week. Great views of the Mission and Twin Peaks. There are two picnic tables and a few benches but the place is generally too windy for a comfortable picnic. As others have mentioned, it can get cold so bring a sweater.
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Review from John S.
San Francisco, CA
3/23/2008
This is one of my favorite parks in the city. It's near where I work, and when I happen to drive to work, I sometimes come up here to decompress right after my twelve-hour shift ends.
The view is pretty good, but I actually like this park because of its compactness and the neighborhood around it. It can get really windy. If you plan on spending any time in the park itself, make sure you bring a sweatshirt or jacket.
It gets a bonus sixth star for being so close to the curvy part of Vermont Street. Screw Lombard; Vermont is the crookedest street in San Francisco, and its curves actually serve a purpose. Lombard used to be straight until the curves were added as a tourist attraction. -
Review from Geronimo G.
Philadelphia, PA
8/12/2007 1 photo
McKinley DOES have a very nice playground. It is also the brown patch of hill that one sees when looking towards Potrero Hill from the West. Hill-wise, it lacks 360 views, but its proximity to 101 somehow makes one feel like an angsty rural teenager peering out at the world driving by. Nice little paths wind through rather cultivated landscaping, trees block the view in most places. A community garden is next door. While you're here, check out Vermont St just North of the park--the ACTUAL crookedest street in the world.
Listed in: Hills
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Review from Mike L.
San Francisco, CA
4/26/2006
This park was rated a Top Playground by the SF Chronicle and boats majestic views of the city as well as play structures for big and little kids.
There's a grassy area near the playground often frequented by dogs and their owners. -
Review from Jane Ashley F.
Oakland, CA
3/6/2010
The space is very lovely and I think that had I had a better first experience going there, I would consider returning. There was a rowdy party on the street that resulted in my car getting doused in water and one slightly unfriendly woman who was "protecting" her rescue dog from my dog. As an owner of a rescue dog that had serious issues as a puppy all i can say is.... come on lady, if your dog can't socialize with other dogs (in the ways that dogs socialize), maybe she shouldn't be at a park. Big thanks to the man with the pit bull who gave me a poop bag. He was very friendly and knowledgeable about the park.
