California
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Union Square

Union Square is a 2.6-acre public plaza bordered by Geary, Powell, Post, and Stockton Streets in downtown , . "Union Square" also refers to the central shopping, hotel, and theater district surrounding the plaza for several blocks.
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  • Type: Bus stop
  • Description: neighborhood in San Francisco
  • Also known as: “Stockton Street & Geary Street / Union Square” and “Union Square, San Francisco”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Union Square Park.

Museum
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The is a modern and contemporary art and nonprofit organization located in , . SFMOMA was the first museum on the West Coast devoted solely to 20th-century art, and has built an internationally recognized collection with over 33,000 works of painting, sculpture, photography, architecture, design, and media arts. is situated 1,900 feet east of Union Square.

Square
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Railway station
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is an underground Muni Metro light rail station located adjacent to the southeast corner of Union Square in San Francisco, California.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Union Square-Financial District and Chinatown.

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is an area of Downtown , made up of two neighborhoods: the bustling shopping and theater district surrounding Union Square, and the central business district where Market Street meets the bay.

Quarter
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The , centered on Grant Avenue and Stockton Street in , California, is the oldest in and one of the largest Chinese enclaves outside .

Union Square

Latitude
37.78773° or 37° 47′ 16″ north
Longitude
-122.40671° or 122° 24′ 24″ west
Elevation
141 feet (43 metres)
Operator
San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
Network
San Francisco Municipal Railway
Open location code
849VQHQV+38
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6906913390
Open­Street­Map feature
highway=­bus_stop
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­platform
Geo­Names ID
6948450
Wiki­data ID
Q527972
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Union Square” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ساحة الاتحاد”
  • Bulgarian: “Юниън Скуеър”
  • Chinese: “联合广场”
  • Chinese: “聯合廣場”
  • Dutch: “Union Square”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ميدان الاتحاد”
  • Esperanto: “Placo Unio”
  • French: “Union Square”
  • German: “Union Square”
  • Hebrew: “כיכר יוניון”
  • Italian: “Union Square”
  • Japanese: “ユニオンスクエア (サンフランシスコ)”
  • Korean: “유니언 스퀘어”
  • Persian: “میدان یونیون سان فرانسیسکو”
  • Romanian: “Union Square”
  • Russian: “Юнион-Сквер”
  • Slovenian: “Union Square”
  • Spanish: “Plaza Union”
  • Spanish: “Plaza Unión”
  • Turkish: “Union Square”
  • Urdu: “یونین اسکوائر، سان فرانسسکو”
  • Yue Chinese: “聯合廣場 (三藩市)”
  • Yue Chinese: “聯合廣場”

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Localities in the Area

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