1000 Van Ness Avenue, Van Ness

The building

The Assessor lists 1000 Van Ness Avenue as a condominium building built in 1920. City records show two condominium parcels here. Planning's historic resource records list the building as Don Lee Automobile Showroom. City permit records show work completed here as recently as 2026. The parcel sits in RC-4, a high-density residential-commercial district. The height and bulk district here is 130-E, per Planning's zoning map.

Getting around

The address sits on the Van Ness Avenue block between O'Farrell and Alice B Toklas. Polk and O'Farrell is the closest Muni stop, about 350 feet on foot; Van Ness and Geary is about a two-minute walk away. Muni stops at fifteen nearby intersections are within a five-minute walk. For open space, Joseph L Alioto Performing Arts Piazza is about an eight-minute walk away. Sgt. John Macaulay Park is closer still, about a two-minute walk away.

Van Ness Corridor

Van Ness Avenue is a north-south spine linking Civic Center, Cathedral Hill, and the northern neighborhoods.

Source: City and County of San Francisco, Assessor-Recorder (2025 roll), Planning, Building Inspection, Public Works, SFMTA, and Recreation and Parks records via DataSF, retrieved October 31, 2026. Walking times are estimates.