Vicente St, Outer Sunset

Vicente, as Ulloa, is a quiet residential street in the Sunset district of San Francisco. On Vicente, there is a newly renovated South Sunset park which has a playground, basketball courts, and two baseball fields. Usually the park is crowded with children running around and adults playing basketball. I myself enjoy playing baseball on the field. Also on Vicente, there are a couple of Chinese restaurants and the Ulloa public elementary school. Further up the street around 26th Avenue, there is another park which has a couple of brand new tennis courts, a play structure for kids, a basketball court, and a baseball field.

Vicente Street runs all the way from Ocean Beach on the west coast of San Francisco all the way to West Portal Boulevard. The beach front at Vicente isn’t the best as it is pretty short. You are better off walking up north to Judah Street if you are looking for a bigger beach population with more people and space. However, Vicente is home to various other recreational areas such as South Sunset Playground on 40th Avenue and Parkside Square on 28th Avenue, and Larsen Park on 19th Avenue. All three parks are very abundant in space, playground structures, and recreational facilities. Parkside Square has a newly renovated playground structure which is very nice.

Vicente Street is home to one grammar school, St. Cecilia School. Although not the busiest of the streets in the Sunset, it is definitely not the quietest street. The houses here are conveniently located to three beautiful parks so there’s always something for the kids to do. The nearby Sava Pool is currently being renovated and will be a public Olympic sized pool by the end of the year.