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Bernal Heights
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  The real estate in the Bernal Heights area is located in one of the oldest districts of San Francisco. Bernal Heights real estate remains an avant-garde neighborhood free of big business influences. This is a neighborhood that is a true habitat for artists and garden loving urban dwellers. This district of San Francisco, because of the community’s desire to preserve its history, is dappled with many
Victorian style homes preserved because of these very proactive historical minded organizations. Here you will also find many small bungalows and modern dwellings. Even the digital invasion of the internet has not penetrated the protective layer of community organizations and Bernal Heights remains one of the few neighborhoods in San Francisco to escape trendy gentrification. There is no doubt that internet exposure has pushed real estate prices higher here but this community still maintains its bohemian atmosphere.

 Bernal Hill
The homes in this San Francisco neighborhood are sheltered by the hills it is located in. For this reason Bernal Heights does not face the fog so 		   
prevalent in the less protected areas of San Francisco. The majority of homes in Bernal Heights include backyards that along with the beautiful warm sunny climate allow residents to grow gardens filled with flowers and vegetables. Even those homes that do not have garden space still have to opportunity to garden in one of the local community gardens located on one of the hillside lots that have been transformed into neighborhood gardens. The rural history of this urbane community continue to show themselves in the few dirt roads that cross the garden covered hillsides. The quiet streets of this broad-minded community offer fantastic views of San Francisco particularly on the northern slopes of the main hill of this enlightened neighborhood.

A few of the streets, principally on the south side of Bernal Hill diminish in width to the equivalent of narrow lanes. This aspect helps create a sense of seclusion in this urban setting. Small vehicles are more efficient in on these streets and parking is very limited so parking laws are somewhat relaxed here.

This community with a reverence for historical architecture is situated on the grassy knoll and lies with in the boundary created by Bayshore Boulevard on the east, Alemany Avenue on the south, San Jose Avenue on the west and Cesar Chavez Street on the north.
Bernal Heights Business
The main business district of this bohemian neighborhood runs down Cortland Avenue. If you are looking for Wal-Mart you will not find it in this neighborhood. This community has actively opposed the invasion of the homogenized mega store of corporate America in favor of encouraging small markets, restaurants, fruit stands and barber shops. These locally owned businesses can provide you with your needs and help keep the hip small town feel of this structured community. There are a number of trendy boutiques and haute cuisine eating establishments that have invaded the otherwise down home business community of Bernal Heights.

A survey conducted in 1979 indicated that about half the residences in this area are rented and owners occupy the other half. Around 65 percent of the homes here were constructed before World War II and nearly 28 percent were constructed 15 years since the war. Sixty percent of the buildings here are single-family homes, duplexes and multi-unit complexes.

The range of prices for homes here runs between $400,000 and $1,300,000, with the average home selling for $534,000 in 2001.		    
Bernal Heights grew from a big Mexican land grant that was granted to Don Jose` Cornelio Bernal It was named Rancho Rincon de las Salinas y PotreroViejo. The original use was for grazing cattle. Bernal hill was surrounded by salt marshes of San Francisco Bay.

Bernal Heights was basically undeveloped when it survived the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and subsequent fire undamaged. The solid bedrock of Bernal Hill resisted the liquefaction of the lowlands and attracted the survivors of the quake to start building on this rural knoll. At that time Bernal Heights was not connected to gas or electric lines but there was a massive building program that continued from the earthquake up into the 20’s. The rural nature of the area persisted for some time and even today is evident even in the middle to the city. The post earthquake building boom created the painted ladies one of the most famous landmarks of San Francisco.

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