Powell Street station
Powell Street station is a combined BART and Muni Metro rapid transit station in the Market Street subway in downtown San Francisco. Located under Market Street between 4th Street and 5th Street, it serves the Financial District neighborhood and surrounding areas.Photo: Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: Underground metro and light rail station in San Francisco, California
- Also known as: “Powell”, “Powell station”, “Powell Street”, and “Powell Street Bay Area Rapid Transit Station”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Contemporary Jewish Museum.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Museum
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is a modern and contemporary art museum and nonprofit organization located in San Francisco, California. 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. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is situated 1,900 feet east of Powell Street station.
Contemporary Jewish Museum
Museum
Photo: Allan Ferguson, CC BY 2.0.
The Contemporary Jewish Museum is a non-collecting museum at 736 Mission Street at Yerba Buena Lane in the South of Market neighborhood of San Francisco, California. Contemporary Jewish Museum is situated 1,100 feet northeast of Powell Street station.
Old Mint Building
Heritage site
Photo: Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Old San Francisco Mint is a building that served as the location of the San Francisco branch of the United States Mint from 1874 until 1937. The building is one of the few that survived the great 1906 San Francisco earthquake and resulting fire. Old Mint Building is situated 720 feet south of Powell Street station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tenderloin and Union Square-Financial District.
Tenderloin
Quarter
The Tenderloin is a neighborhood in downtown San Francisco, in the flatlands on the southern slope of Nob Hill, situated between the Union Square shopping district to the northeast and the Civic Center office district to the southwest.
Union Square-Financial District
Photo: Almonroth, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Union Square-Financial District is an area of Downtown San Francisco, 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.
Powell Street station
- Categories: metro station, tram stop, underground station, station, and transportation
- Location: San Francisco, Bay Area, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.78471° or 37° 47′ 5″ northLongitude
-122.4072° or 122° 24′ 26″ westElevation
36 feet (11 metres)Operator
San Francisco Municipal RailwayNetwork
MuniOpen location code
849VQHMV+V4OpenStreetMap ID
node 5323877771OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yes
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Powell Street station” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “跑華街站”
- Dutch: “Powell Street”
- French: “Powell Street”
- Japanese: “パウエル通り駅”
- Japanese: “パウエル駅”
- Spanish: “Estacion Calle Powell”
- Spanish: “Estación Calle Powell”
- Spanish: “Estacion de la Calle Powell”
- Spanish: “Estación de la Calle Powell”
- Urdu: “پاول اسٹریٹ اسٹیشن”
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