Glen Park Station

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View of station platform
Glen Park
Station statistics
Address	2901 Diamond Street San Francisco, CA 94131
Lines	BART Pittsburg/Bay Point - Daly City Dublin/Pleasanton - SFO/Millbrae Richmond - Daly City Fremont - Daly City Muni J Church Stop is across a pedestrian bridge on the median of nearby San Jose Avenue.
Platforms	Island
Parking	Midday (free)
Bicycle facilities	12 Lockers
Other information
Opened	November 3, 1973
Accessible

Glen Park Station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station in the Glen Park neighborhood of San Francisco, California, at the intersection of Bosworth and Diamond Streets. It consists of an underground island platform. Interstate 280 is located on the south side of the station. This is the only station in San Francisco to have parking.

The station was designed by Corlett & Spackman and Ernest Born in the brutalist style. Born also designed the station graphics. Service began on November 3, 1973.[1] The November 1974 Architectural Record wrote of the station:

"The dramatic volume of the station–one of the deepest in the system–unfolds at the escalator wells, where the full height (60 feet) of the structure is visible. During the day, daylight from the skylights, one over the mezzanine, the other over the end escalator, pours in to the lower platform, an extraordinary sight in a subway."

Born designed a marble mural at the west end of the mezzanine. "100 pieces, few of which are cut at right angles, in warm brown and red-brown tones, make it up".

At least one of the scenes in the 2006 Will Smith film The Pursuit of Happyness appears to have been filmed in this station.

Glen Park BART Station; view from Bosworth and Diamond streets

Glen Park BART Station; view of marble mural on concourse by Ernest Born

[edit] Transit connections

Several Muni lines stop in the area surrounding the station:

• 23 Monterey
• 26 Valencia
• 44 O'Shaughnessy
• 52 Excelsior
• J Church

[edit] Reference

• "Two BART Stations". Architectural Record, November 1974.

[edit] External links

• BART - Glen Park Station Overview

• Maps and aerial photos Coordinates: 37.733118° -122.433808°
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Previous station		Bay Area Rapid Transit		Next station
24th Street Mission toward Richmond		Richmond - Daly City		Balboa Park toward Daly City (Colma during peak hours)
24th Street Mission toward Pittsburg/Bay Point		Pittsburg/Bay Point - Daly City		Balboa Park toward Daly City
24th Street Mission toward Fremont		Fremont - Daly City
24th Street Mission toward Dublin/Pleasanton		Dublin/Pleasanton - SFO/Millbrae		Balboa Park toward Millbrae
Previous station		Muni Metro		Next station
San Jose and Randall toward Embarcadero		J Church		San Jose and Santa Rosa toward Balboa Park