Glen Park Station

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Glen Park Station Rapid transit
View of station platform
Station statistics
Address	2901 Diamond Street San Francisco, CA 94131
Lines	BART Pittsburg/Bay Point – SFO Dublin/Pleasanton – Millbrae Richmond – Millbrae Fremont – Daly City
Connections	J Church Stop is midway across a pedestrian bridge on the median of nearby San Jose Avenue. 23 Monterey 26 Valencia 44 O'Shaughnessy 52 Excelsior
Platforms	Island
Parking	5 hour parking between 9am and 2am, no parking between 2am and 9am.
Bicycle facilities	12 Lockers
Other information
Opened	November 3, 1973
Accessible
Traffic
Passengers (FY 2007)	7,418 exits/day[1] ▲ 6.87%

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 or 18 m) 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 film The Pursuit of Happyness, starring Will Smith, appears to have been filmed in this station.

Contents 1 Gallery 2 References 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Gallery

Glen Park BART Station; view from Bosworth and Diamond streets

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

[edit] References

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

[edit] See also

• List of Bay Area Rapid Transit stations

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• BART - Glen Park Station Overview

• Glen Park Station is at coordinates 37°43′59″N 122°26′02″W / 37.733118, -122.433808 (Glen Park Station)Coordinates: 37°43′59″N 122°26′02″W / 37.733118, -122.433808 (Glen Park Station)

Preceding station		Bay Area Rapid Transit		Following station
24th Street Mission toward Richmond		Richmond – Millbrae		Balboa Park toward Millbrae
24th Street Mission toward Dublin/Pleasanton		Dublin/Pleasanton – Millbrae
24th Street Mission toward Pittsburg/Bay Point		Pittsburg/Bay Point – SFO		Balboa Park toward San Francisco International Airport
24th Street Mission toward Fremont		Fremont – Daly City		Balboa Park toward Daly City
Preceding station		Muni Metro		Following station
San Jose and Randall toward Embarcadero		J Church		San Jose and Santa Rosa toward Balboa Park