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Bayview Gets Its First Blueprint for Cleaner Air — and a Chance to Shape It Tuesday

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District released a long-awaited draft pollution reduction plan for Bayview–Hunters Point on September 14; residents can weigh in at a public open house this Tuesday evening.

After more than two years of community steering-committee meetings, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District released a Public Review Draft of the Bayview Hunters Point/Southeast San Francisco Community Emissions Reduction Plan on September 14, 2026. The 238-page document is available in English, Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Samoan, and Tongan, and is now open for public comment. It represents the neighborhood's first formal, community-driven blueprint for tackling industrial pollution, freeway diesel, and legacy contamination from the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard.

India Basin

India Basin Waterfront Park Throws a Block Party This Weekend — and Closes the Street to Try Something New

The park hosts a free Family Day Block Party on Saturday, September 19, alongside a weekend-long test of slower, pedestrian-friendlier conditions on Innes Avenue and Hunters Point Boulevard.

India Basin Waterfront Park is hosting a free Family Day Block Party on Saturday, September 19, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. along Hunters Point Boulevard between Innes and Hudson avenues. The event will feature live music and DJs, dance performances, live painting, a free photo booth, community art, local vendors, nonprofit tables, and BBQ from Surfside Liquor, according to the park's official website.

Visitacion Valley

Visitacion Valley's Brand-New Night Market Returns to Leland Avenue Next Friday

The inaugural Visitacion Valley Night Market series — launched on the last Friday of each month this summer — holds its second and final 2026 installment on September 25, with food, music, dancing, and local vendors filling a closed Leland Avenue.

Visitacion Valley's first-ever neighborhood night market returns to Leland Avenue on Friday, September 25, from 4 to 8:30 p.m., with the street closing between Bayshore Boulevard and Peabody Street from noon to 10 p.m. The free event is the second installment of an inaugural monthly series that launched on August 28. The SFMTA posted the event details and transit reroutes on September 16, noting that the 56 Rutland bus will detour around the closure.

Upcoming Events

Friday, September 18

From the E: Latino Heritage Month Night Market

📍 Ocean Avenue & Mission Street, Excelsior · 12:00 PM–Midnight

Saturday, September 19

India Basin Waterfront Park Family Day Block Party

📍 Hunters Point Boulevard between Innes and Hudson Avenues, Bayview–Hunters Point · 11:00 AM–3:00 PM

Tuesday, September 22

BAAQMD Open House: Bayview Hunters Point Emissions Reduction Plan

📍 Southeast Community Center, Alex Pitcher Pavilion, 1550 Evans St, Bayview–Hunters Point · 5:30 PM–7:30 PM

Friday, September 25

Visitacion Valley Night Market

📍 Leland Avenue between Bayshore Boulevard and Peabody Street, Visitacion Valley · 4:00 PM–8:30 PM

Wednesday, October 14 – Sunday, October 18

Salvadoran Soul Encuentro

📍 Excelsior District, San Francisco · Various times

More from the Neighborhood

Black-Owned Bookstore and Café Planned for Third Street in Bayview

Vanessa Lee, owner of Smoke Soul Kitchen on Third Street, filed a permit application in July 2026 to open Chapter 3 — a Black-owned bookstore and café — at 4512 3rd Street…