Neighborhood
Mission Bay

Chase Center, the UCSF campus and the waterfront along Mission Creek.
Mission Bay is easiest to reach on Muni’s T Third Street light rail, which runs along 3rd Street through the neighborhood. Its stops here are named for what is next to them: 3rd Street and Mission Rock Street, UCSF/Chase Center, and UCSF Medical Center. The T continues south to Bayview and its last stop at Bayshore Boulevard and Sunnydale Avenue. The 22 Fillmore bus also serves the neighborhood; its outbound direction is marked Mission Bay/UCSF.
The Mission Bay Branch Library at 960 Fourth Street opened its doors on July 8, 2006. It sits on the ground floor of the Mission Creek Senior Community development, a building that also includes senior housing. For families, the library is an easy first stop before a walk over to the arena plaza and the UCSF campus, both a short ride or walk along 3rd Street from the library’s corner.
Sources: SFMTA T Third, SFMTA 22 Fillmore, SFPL Mission Bay.
About Mission Bay
Mission Bay is San Francisco's newest neighborhood, built on former rail yards south of Mission Creek. It is home to UCSF's Mission Bay campus and Chase Center, the Warriors' arena, with Thrive City's plaza of free events beside it.
Our neighborhood lines are based on DataSF's Analysis Neighborhoods, adjusted where visitors use a smaller area or a different name: Dogpatch and Fisherman's Wharf stand on their own, and the Richmond and the Sunset are each kept whole.
Upcoming in Mission Bay
Bay Area Science Festival 2026
Warriors Home Opener vs. Memphis Grizzlies
Thrill-O-Ween at Thrive City
Mission Rock Friday Night Movies: Coco at China Basin Park
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