16th Street Mission (BART station)
Encyclopedia
16th Street Mission Station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit
station in the Mission District of San Francisco, California
. It is used by the Richmond-Millbrae line, the Pittsburg/Bay Point-SFO line, the Fremont-Daly City line, and the Dublin/Pleasanton-Daly City line. It is an underground station with an island platform
located below the intersection of Mission Street
and 16th Street.
Service at this station began, along with other stations between Montgomery Street Station
and the Daly City station
, on November 3, 1973.
Every Thursday night, around 10pm, you can see this street corner erupt in an outcry of poetry, music, art and literature.
16th Street station is one of the more sketchy and dangerous BART stations within the system. The Mission District from 13th and Mission to about 26th and Mission tend to be more dangerous, making the 16th and 24th Street stations somewhat dangerous anywhere outside the faregates. There are often sketchy people hanging and waiting at street level outside the BART entrance. The Station, although sketchy, has some really beautiful artwork surrounding, including BART murals and community murals. There is a McDonalds across from the BART entrance at street level, both at this station and the 24th Street station.
Bay Area Rapid Transit
Bay Area Rapid Transit is a rapid transit system serving the San Francisco Bay Area. The heavy-rail public transit and subway system connects San Francisco with cities in the East Bay and suburbs in northern San Mateo County. BART operates five lines on of track with 44 stations in four counties...
station in the Mission District of San Francisco, California
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
. It is used by the Richmond-Millbrae line, the Pittsburg/Bay Point-SFO line, the Fremont-Daly City line, and the Dublin/Pleasanton-Daly City line. It is an underground station with an island platform
Island platform
An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...
located below the intersection of Mission Street
Mission Street
Mission Street is a north-south arterial thoroughfare in San Francisco, California that runs from the city's southern border to its northeast corner. The street and the Mission District through which it runs were named for the Spanish Mission Dolores, several blocks away from the modern route. Only...
and 16th Street.
Service at this station began, along with other stations between Montgomery Street Station
Montgomery Street Station
Montgomery Street Station is a Muni Metro and Bay Area Rapid Transit station in the Financial District of San Francisco, California. It is located on the Market Street Subway beneath Market Street, between Montgomery Street and Sansome Street...
and the Daly City station
Daly City (BART station)
Daly City Station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit station located in extreme northern San Mateo County, California, in suburban Daly City, less than one block outside the San Francisco city and county limits. Interstate 280 and California Route 1 run along the immediate west side of the station...
, on November 3, 1973.
Every Thursday night, around 10pm, you can see this street corner erupt in an outcry of poetry, music, art and literature.
16th Street station is one of the more sketchy and dangerous BART stations within the system. The Mission District from 13th and Mission to about 26th and Mission tend to be more dangerous, making the 16th and 24th Street stations somewhat dangerous anywhere outside the faregates. There are often sketchy people hanging and waiting at street level outside the BART entrance. The Station, although sketchy, has some really beautiful artwork surrounding, including BART murals and community murals. There is a McDonalds across from the BART entrance at street level, both at this station and the 24th Street station.