Civic Center / UN Plaza Station

Civic Center/UN Plaza Station is a Muni Metro and Bay Area Rapid Transit station near the Civic Center in downtown San Francisco, California. It is along the Market Street Subway below Market Street between Seventh Street and Eighth Street. Like all of the shared BART and Muni stations on the Market Street Subway, the concourse mezzanine is on the first level down, an island platform for the Muni Metro is on the second level down, and the island platform for BART is on the third level down.

Service at this station began on November 3, 1973.^[2] On July 3, 2011, a knife-wielding transient named Charles Blair Hill was shot to death by two BART Police officers at the station. This incident led to a non-violent protest at the station on July 11, 2011.

Points of interest

Outside, in the United Nations Plaza itself, facing Market Street, there is a fountain and a north-south cross marking its center to be at latitude/longitude coordinates 37°46′48″N 122° 24′49″W. There is a flea market at the plaza or farmer's market every day, year round.

There are several notable buildings in the Civic Center area, including City Hall, the War Memorial Opera House, Asian Art Museum, Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall.

The San Francisco Public Library's main branch is located across the street and San Francisco City Clinic is 2 blocks east on 7th street.

See also

• List of Bay Area Rapid Transit stations

References

External links

• BART – Civic Center Station Overview
• Street map from Mapquest