1688 Sutter Street, Pacific Heights

The building

City records date the three-story apartment building at 1688 Sutter Street to 1962. It holds twelve units, per the Assessor. City permit records show work completed here as recently as 2024. On a lot of 6,187 square feet, the parcel falls in RM-4, a high-density mixed residential district. On Planning's zoning map, the height and bulk designation is 50-X.

Getting around

Its block of Sutter Street runs between Octavia and Laguna. For Muni, the stop at Sutter and Laguna is about 250 feet on foot, with Sutter and Buchanan about a two-minute walk away. Muni stops at seven nearby intersections are within a five-minute walk. For open space, Lafayette Park is about a six-minute walk away. Japantown Peace Plaza is closer still, about a four-minute walk away.

Pacific Heights

Pacific Heights sits on the ridge above Cow Hollow and the Marina, with classic residential architecture and Fillmore Street as its main commercial corridor.

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.