Union Square
From Transit Unlimited
City: San Francisco
Directions to and from Union Square
Union Square is a hotel and shopping district in San Francisco that spans several blocks from the Union Square Park. Union Square has numerous high-end retailers and provides a big-city downtown shopping experience. Parking in the area is not free, but is served by a number of transit routes.
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Points of interest
- Curran Theatre
- Geary Theatre
- Golden Gate Theatre
- Marines Memorial Theatre
- Phoenix Theatre
- Post Street Theatre
- SF Playhouse
- San Francisco City College Downtown campus
- Union Square Park
- Warfield Theatre
- Westfield San Francisco Centre
BART and Muni Metro
Powell Station under Market Street serves the Union Square area.
Historic streetcars
F-Market & Wharves streetcar stops on Market Street by 4th Street and by 5th Street.
Cable cars
The following lines serve the Union Square area:
Bus
Muni
Within San Francisco2 Downtown (Ferry Plaza) - Richmond District (Clement & 15th Ave)
3 Downtown - Presidio and California
5 Transbay Terminal - Civic Center - Ocean Beach (Richmond District)
6 Ferry Building - Inner Sunset District (Quintara and 14th Ave)
8AX Visitacion Valley - Chinatown
8BX City College - Visitacion Valley - Chinatown - Fisherman's Wharf
8X City College - Visitacion Valley - Chinatown - Fisherman's Wharf
9L Limited stops: Downtown - Arleta Station
9 Downtown - Visitacion Valley
14X Daly City (Mission and San Jose) - Ferry Plaza
14 Ferry Plaza - Daly City (Mission & San Jose)
14L Ferry Plaza - Daly City (Mission & San Jose)
16X Ocean Beach (Ortega and 48th Ave) - Powell Station
21 Hayes and Stanyan - Ferry Plaza
27 Cesar Chavez and Mission - Jackson and Van Ness
30 The Marina (Broderick & Beach) - 4th & King Caltrain via North Beach and Chinatown
31 Ocean Beach (Richmond District) - Ferry Plaza
38L Richmond District (Point Lobos) - Transbay Terminal
38 Richmond District - Transbay Terminal
45 Lyon and Greenwich - 4th & King Caltrain via Chinatown
71L Outer Sunset (Ortega and 48th Ave) - Ferry Plaza
71 Outer Sunset (Ortega and 48th Ave) - Transbay Terminal
76 Sunday/Holiday: 4th & King Caltrain - Marin Headlands
79X Football special: Montgomery Station - Candlestick Park
91 All-Nighter: West Portal Station - San Francisco State University via Downtown
L-Owl All-nighter: San Francisco Zoo - Ferry Plaza
N-Owl All-nighter: Ocean Beach - 4th & King Caltrain
SamTrans
San Francisco/PeninsulaAll buses stop on Mission Street.
292 Hillsdale Station - San Francisco (Transbay Terminal)
391 Redwood City Station - Mission and Evergreen - Transbay Terminal
397 All-Nighter: Palo Alto Station - San Francisco (Transbay Terminal)
KX Palo Alto Station - San Francisco (Transbay Terminal)
Golden Gate Transit
North BayAll buses stop on Mission Street.
10 Strawberry Village - San Francisco via Sausalito
70 Novato - San Francisco
73 Santa Rosa - San Francisco via Rohnert Park and Petaluma
80 Early mornings/nights/weekends: Santa Rosa - San Francisco
101 Express: Santa Rosa - San Francisco
From Caltrain
Muni provides direct connection from Caltrain to the Union Square area:
- 4th & King Station > 30 or 45
- 4th & King Station >
Judah or 
Third Street to Powell Station.
Ferries
Transfer to Muni from either the Ferry Building or Pier 41 to the Union Square area:
- Ferry Building > F-Market & Wharves streetcar
- Pier 41 > Walk 1 block south to Beach and Stockton > F-Market & Wharves streetcar
