270 Turk Street, Civic Center

The building

Built in 1927, 270 Turk Street is an apartment building of ten stories. The city's roll counts 86 units here. Planning's historic resource records list the building as El Cerrito Hotel Apartments. It lies within the Uptown Tenderloin Historic District. City permit records show work completed here as recently as 2020. On a lot of 6,875 square feet, the parcel falls in RC-4, a high-density residential-commercial district. The height and bulk district here is 80-T-120-T, per Planning's zoning map.

Getting around

The address sits on the Turk Street block between Jones and Leavenworth. Leavenworth and Turk is the closest Muni stop, about 300 feet on foot; Turk and Jones is about 400 feet on foot. 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. Father Alfred Boeddeker Park is closer still, about a three-minute walk away.

Civic Center / Tenderloin edge

Civic Center gathers city institutions, transit hubs, and a mix of residential buildings near Van Ness, Market, and Larkin.

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.