Sloat Ave, Outer Sunset

Sloat Boulevard offers suburban living in a great, bustling city. The area really does feel like a suburb of San Francisco, but with the same architecture as the funky houses further east. Traffic is fairly reasonable, shopping complexes make the area livable, and the cost of living is far more modest than on the other side of the hill.

The area is pretty descriptive of Western San Francisco - suburban, residential, and nondescript but with cool architecture. It doesn't quite have the cool parklands of the Presidio, the views of Golden Gate Park, or the beachfront access you may find further west (unless you are at the westernmost point), but it offers modest (well, as modest as you can get in San Francisco) living in a fantastic and vibrant city. AND it borders the San Francisco Zoo on the north.

Sloat's claim to fame may be that it is street on which reckless San Francisco teenage drivers go to set their in-town landspeed record. But there's a lot more than that to Sloat.

Let's go from west to east.... It starts at an access and parking area for Ocean Beach. In my experience, this end of the beach tends to be a little less crowded, but every bit as enjoyable as the accesses further north. Continue east to the San Francisco Zoo (grab munchies at George's Zoo, an awesome neighborhood market, right across the street). As you approach Sunset Boulevard, you'll find the opportunity to turn right and see Lake Merced and Fort Funston (famous for hanggliders). Continuing east, you'll find idyllic Stern Grove (home of the summer music festival) and across 19th avenue, the Masonic Rite Auditorium, home of a number of shows. Finally, Sloat runs into Portola, which connects you to Market to go downtown.

Sloat's a fast street and a great way to get across the south side of town quickly. It also offers access to West Portal and Saint Francis Wood.

Sloat Blvd. runs from the beach to St. francis Circle. It is a very busy street that is used for transportation very much. It is a very fast paced street. It is also a pretty big, wide street. It is a pretty safe street as well. It runs by Lakeshore shopping plaza, and many other businesses and stores at West Portal. The houses on this street are very nice as well. There is access to a few muni buses like the 23, M, and K. Though very busy, this street would be an excellent place to live.

Sloat Boulevard is located in the Sunset district on the west side of San Francisco. This street is right next to Stern Grove and runs from 19th Avenue to around Ocean Beach. Sloat Boulevard is pretty much a street surrounded by residential houses, but there is a Lakeshore Shopping Center on Sloat. At the shopping center, there are restaurants such as Arby’s, Quiznos, and Ono’s Hawaiian Barbeque. Also there is a Albertson’s/Lucky’s grocery store for your shopping needs. In Stern Grove, every week during the summer there are free concerts that feature some ballet, plays, and even the San Francisco Symphony, as well as some live jazz bands. The San Francisco Zoo is also located on Sloat.

Sloat street is super busy all the time and has a great shopping center on 25th and Sloat. On 46th and Sloat there is also the San Francisco Zoo that is absolutely riveting. With so much to do on this street, where can you go wrong? The streets are very wide so many cars drive there and a must for tourist to see if they come. On the sidewalk there are huge trees that tower like buildings. The pavement is stunning and always clean. Definitely if anybody who hasn’t visited Sloat street yet, you should just go and look at the mall of the zoo.

Sloat blvd. is one of my favorite streets in the sunset District. It offers everything from a zoo, to a great view if lake Merced, and it even has it’s own shopping center. The San Francisco Zoo is one of the best in northern California and is worth a visit if you are near the stoat/ocean beach area. The area near it is great but occasionally it smells bad due to the waste of the zoo animals. The are near lake Merced however is much better. Lake Merced id one off the best placed in the city to go jogging or biking so if you like to exercise, this is a good area. The shopping center (Lakeshore) is a great place to hang around due to it’s variety of shops and places to eat. Overall Sloat blvd. is a good street to live on because there are many things along it path and it is a nice relaxing street.

For being one of the most popular streets leading down to Ocean Beach, Sloat Blvd. should be a whole lot cooler than it is. As is stands, Sloat is home to the S.F. Zoo (with absolutely no street appeal), a mediocre surf shop (Aqua) and a ton of gross, an overpriced and overrated nursery, dirty restaurants. Sadly, the best thing about Sloat is that is has a pretty decent shopping center between 19th Avenue and the Zoo, called Lakeshore. As for charm, Sloat falls short. Way short.

Sloat Boulevard is a very wide street starting at St. Francis Circle in St. Francis Woods district. It intersects many important streets such as Great Highway, 19th Avenue, and Junipero Serra Boulevard. It provides a very quick and direct link to Ocean Beach.

Sloat Boulevard houses Stern Grove Park which has tennis courts, playground structures, and a stage for free concerts on Sundays! The street is pretty much busy 24/7 with buses and cars populating the roads. It is a 6-lane two way street so you can imagine how wide and busy Sloat Boulevard is.

Housing on Sloat Boulevard is generally smaller than the normal housing in San Francisco. I wouldn’t really recommend living here just because it is always so busy, and one might not want to deal with all the noise!