306 San Benito Way, West Portal

The building

The single-family house at 306 San Benito Way rises one stories and dates to 1926. On a lot of 4,499 square feet, the parcel falls in RH-1(D), a detached single-family residential district. The height and bulk district here is 40//40-R-4, per Planning's zoning map. Building Inspection's latest completed permit at this address dates to 2004. Planning's records identify the property as a historic resource within the Balboa Terrace Historic District.

Getting around

Its block of San Benito Way runs between Darien and Upland. Muni stops at Santa Clara and Monterey and at Monterey and San Anselmo are the closest, both about a four-minute walk away. Within a five-minute walk there are Muni stops at four intersections. Sigmund Stern Recreation Grove, about 35 acres, is about a fourteen-minute walk away. Nearer at hand, Aptos Playground is about a four-minute walk away.

West Portal / Forest Hill

West Portal and Forest Hill sit in southwestern San Francisco, with West Portal Avenue as a local commercial street and residential hills nearby.

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.