Union Square
From Transit Unlimited
City: San Francisco
Latitude: 37.78591
Longitude: -122.40797
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
Located under Market Street, Powell Station is shared by BART and Muni Metro systems.
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. The cable cars turn around at Powell and Market.
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)
8X City College - Visitacion Valley - Chinatown - Fisherman's Wharf
8AX Visitacion Valley - Chinatown
8BX City College - Visitacion Valley - Chinatown - Fisherman's Wharf
9L Limited stops: Downtown - Arleta Station
9 Downtown - Visitacion Valley
14L Ferry Plaza - Daly City (Mission & San Jose)
14X Daly City (Mission and San Jose) - Ferry Plaza
14 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
38 Richmond District - Transbay Terminal
38L Richmond District (Point Lobos) - Transbay Terminal
45 Lyon and Greenwich - 4th & King Caltrain via Chinatown
71 Outer Sunset (Ortega and 48th Ave) - Transbay Terminal
71L 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
T-Owl Weekend early morning: Market & Van Ness - Sunnydale
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
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.
The Caltrain station is nearly a mile from Market Street. Proceed north along 4th Street to get from the Caltrain station to Market Street.
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
