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Tenderloin | |
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Nickname(s): The L's, The Loin, The TL, The Tendy | |
Coordinates: 37°47′0″N 122°25′0″W / 37.78333°N 122.41667°W | |
Country | USA |
State | ![]() |
City-county | San Francisco |
Named for | Tenderloin, Manhattan |
Government | |
• Supervisor | Dean Preston |
• Assemblymember | Matt Haney (D)[1] |
• State senator | Scott Wiener (D)[1] |
• U. S. rep. | Nancy Pelosi (D)[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 0.35 sq mi (0.9 km2) |
• Land | 0.35 sq mi (0.9 km2) |
• Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) 0% |
Population (2008)[3] | |
• Total | 25,067 |
• Density | 71,694/sq mi (27,681/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−8 (Pacific) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−7 (PDT) |
ZIP Codes | 94102, 94103, 94109 |
Area codes | 415/628 |
The Tenderloin is a neighborhood in downtown San Francisco, in the flatlands on the southern slope of Nob Hill, situated between the Union Square shopping district to the northeast and the Civic Center office district to the southwest. Encompassing about 50 square blocks, it is historically bounded on the north by Geary Street, on the east by Mason Street, on the south by Market Street and on the west by Van Ness Avenue. The northern boundary with Lower Nob Hill has historically been set at Geary Boulevard.
It contains the Uptown Tenderloin Historic District. The terms "Tenderloin Heights" and "Tendernob" refer to the area around the boundary between the Upper Tenderloin and Lower Nob Hill. The eastern extent, near Union Square, overlaps with the Theater District. Part of the western extent of the Tenderloin, Larkin and Hyde Streets between Turk and O'Farrell, was officially named "Little Saigon" by the City of San Francisco.[4]
The area has a reputation for crime and has among the highest levels of homelessness and crime in the city. It is the center of the fentanyl crisis in San Francisco.