Castro District

The Castro District, commonly referred to as the Castro, is a neighborhood in Eureka Valley in . The Castro was one of the first gay neighborhoods in the United States.
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  • Type: Quarter
  • Description: neighborhood in Eureka Valley in San Francisco, California, USA
  • Also known as: “Castro (San Francisco)”, “Castro District, San Francisco”, “Castro District, The Castro”, “Castro Street”, and “The Castro”
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Places of Interest

Highlights: GLBT Historical Society and Castro Theatre.

Museum
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The maintains an extensive…

Movie theater
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The is a historic movie palace in the…

Park
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The is a triangle-shaped mini-park…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Castro-Noe Valley and Duboce Triangle.

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The colorful Castro is the famous gay center…

Neighborhood
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The is a neighborhood…

Quarter
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is a neighborhood in central San Francisco, California.

Castro District

Latitude
37.76086° or 37° 45′ 39″ north
Longitude
-122.43496° or 122° 26′ 6″ west
Elevation
151 feet (46 metres)
Open location code
849VQH68+82
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3111994564
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­quarter
Geo­Names ID
8410794
Wiki­data ID
Q956169
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Castro District” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Castro”
  • Bulgarian: “Кастро”
  • Catalan: “Castro”
  • Cebuano: “Castro”
  • Chinese: “卡斯楚区”
  • Chinese: “卡斯楚街”
  • Czech: “Castro”
  • Dutch: “Castro”
  • Esperanto: “La Kastro”
  • French: “Le Castro”
  • Galician: “Castro”
  • German: “The Castro”
  • Hebrew: “הקסטרו”
  • Italian: “Castro”
  • Japanese: “カストロ通り”
  • Korean: “카스트로 디스트릭트”
  • Korean: “캐스트로”
  • Latvian: “Kastro rajons”
  • Polish: “Castro”
  • Portuguese: “Castro”
  • Russian: “Кастро”
  • Serbian: “Кастро”
  • Spanish: “Castro”
  • Swedish: “Castro”
  • Turkish: “The Castro, San Francisco”
  • Turkish: “The Castro”
  • Ukrainian: “Кастро”
  • Welsh: “Ardal Castro”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Duboce Triangle and Lower Haight.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Queer Arts Featured and Eureka Valley Playground.

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Worth a closer look: Golden Gate and Chinatown-North Beach.

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