India Basin Waterfront Park

Visit the project website: India Basin Waterfront Parks ( ibwaterfrontpark.com ).

Construction Advisory: Bay Trail is closed between 900 Innes and PG & E Shoreline. Please use alternate routes ( trail closure map ).

To learn more about rentals and reservations, including spaces for picnics and special events, please visit Permits and Reservations .

For a list of events, programs, and activities currently taking place at the park, visit the project website’s calendar at this link .

In 2014, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department acquired the property at 900 Innes Avenue in India Basin, a site that features scenic views, waterfront access, and natural resources in San Francisco’s Bay View Hunters Point (BVHP) neighborhood.

At India Basin, the Department, in partnership with Trust for Public Land, A. Philip Randolph Institute, San Francisco Foundation and the BVHP community endeavor to build a park that is both spectacular and crucial to the health of San Francisco’s southeast communities, which have been historically underserved. The development of 900 Innes will transform a post-industrial brownfield into the 21st-century legacy park in a historic waterfront context, with an emphasis on:

• Habitat and wetland restoration and enhancement
• Public access
• Resiliency to sea level rise
• Social equity
• Waterfront recreation

The proposed plan combines the existing India Basin Shoreline Park area and 900 Innes property into one grand 10-acre waterfront park development that closes a critical gap in the San Francisco Bay Trail. The property is also the mid-point of the one and a half-mile-long India Basin shoreline, which is comprised of seven properties totaling 64 acres, six of seven of which are in some stage of development.

As such, there is a unique opportunity to design these properties so that the India Basin shoreline becomes a seamless waterfront park experience on a grand scale. It will be integrated parks, trails and open space systems with a comprehensive set of programs and amenities, trails that connect gracefully, one signage system, and furniture and fixtures that complement each other.

Phase 1: 900 Innes Remediation | COMPLETED! (March 2021 to August 2022)

As part of an ambitious plan to restore a decaying shoreline along the San Francisco Bay, the first phase of the India Basin Waterfront Park Project addressed decades of pollution and environmental degradation in an area marred by heavy industrial use. Bayview’s own Rubecon Builders successfully remediated the future park site at 900 Innes laying the foundation for a new park and supporting future restoration efforts while creating a robust wildlife habitat along the shoreline.

The remediation project removed and restored contaminated soil and sediment left behind from industrial boat building and vessel repair activities. The construction activities also removed contaminated marine debris, abandoned structures, and deteriorated concrete to enable future park development. The landmarked Shipwright’s Cottage was preserved and abated of hazardous building materials and is ready to be restored during the construction of the 900 Innes Park.

The construction activities occurred on land, as well as within the shallow waters lying immediately to the north of 900 Innes Avenue. The offshore remediation activities included the removal of debris and dilapidated structures, followed by targeted excavation of between four and five feet within the intertidal and subtidal zone, installation of a coffer dam, and placement of an equivalent backfill material (beneficial reuse material) to serve as a protective cap.  On land, the work cleared the site of abandoned structures, unusable concrete surfaces, and removed two feet of soils followed by backfill to support future park design grades per the Remedial Action Plan. A minimum of a six inch to one-foot-thick offshore sand cap was placed in the mudflats near India Basin Shoreline Park to protect the current sediment from disturbance and prevent uncovering of sediment that contains slightly elevated concentrations of contaminants of concern below the surface.

Phase 2: 900 Innes Park Development | COMPLETED! (September 2022 to October 2024)

Following the completion of remediation in Phase 1, this phase of the project worked to transform the site into a new bayfront park.

Park development work included:

• Rehabilitation of San Francisco Landmark #250: Shipwrights Cottage
• Construction of three new buildings, including a food pavilion, the makers shop, and an operations/maintenance building
• Addition of a new public restroom
• Construction of two new public piers
• Installation of a new floating dock for public access
• ADA-compliant walkway from Innes Avenue to the Bay Trail and waterfront
• Construction of the San Francisco Bay Trail segment
• Restoration of salvaged materials, including the marine way rails
• Creation of viewing decks and platforms
• Landscaping with native grasses, vegetation, and habitat species

Phase 3: India Basin Shoreline Park | IN CONSTRUCTION (August 2025 to Early 2028)

With the completion of park development in Phase 2, the project partners now turn their attention to the renovation of India Basin Shoreline Park (IBSP), an existing 7.5-acre site originally constructed in the 1990’s.

The proposed plans for IBSP include major site regrading to ease steep slopes to allow for more site access and create additional opportunities for shoreline habitat. The concept plans would maintain and expand the current active recreational amenities and increases opportunities to gather, recreate and play.

• Addition of new gravel beach/shore at the end of the great lawn
• New cookout terrace and grilling area
• Construction of a new boat house, pier, and recreational dock for kayaking and fishing
• Renovation of the existing playground and addition of a new toddler playground
• Adult fitness station area
• Two new basketball courts
• Placement of decks and platform throughout the site, including a new view of the Bay City Ferry shipwreck
• New site furnishings and lighting
• Restoration of the shoreline habitat and additional landscaping
• Renovation of the existing Bay Trail to connect to adjacent parks
• Addition of a cycletrack and bikeway

Funding

Major sources of funding include:

Federal:

• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund and Brownfield Cleanup Program.

State:

• California State Specified Grant
• California Department of Parks and Recreation, Prop 68 Statewide Parks Grant and Habitat Conservation Fund
• California State Coastal Conservancy

Local:

• 2020 Health and Recovery Bond
• Development impact fees and other private donations and public funds

Many thanks to the San Francisco voters who overwhelmingly approved the 2020 Health and Recovery Bond and to the donors who stepped up to make sure everyone in community has safe, imaginative places to relax and enjoy.

The Coastal Conservancy is a California state agency, established in 1976, to protect and improve natural lands and waterways, to help people get to and enjoy the outdoors, and to sustain local economies along California’s coast. It acts with others to protect and restore, and increase public access to, California’s coast, ocean, coastal watersheds, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Its vision is of the beautiful, restored, and accessible coast for current and future generations of Californians.

This project received funding from 2016’s Measure AA, the clean and healthy bay measure, through the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority.

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Contact Us

David Froehlich

david.froehlich@sfgov.org Phone: (628) 652-6649