Directions
Visiting the VA
From the North
Cross the Golden Gate Bridge. Take the Highway 1/19th Avenue exit and go south through the General MacArthur Tunnel which puts you on Park Presidio. At the third traffic light, turn right on Clement Street. Go about two miles and turn right at 42nd Avenue onto the medical center grounds. Patient and visitor parking is located in front of Building 1.
From the East
Cross the Bay Bridge and exit at Ninth Street/Civic Center. At the end of the ramp, bear left onto Harrison for one block and then turn right onto Ninth Street and stay to the left. After crossing Market, stay to the left onto Hayes. Turn right on Van Ness. Continue on Van Ness approximately ½ mile and turn left on Geary. Continue on Geary for about four miles and turn right on 42nd Avenue. Go up the hill to hospital. Patient and visitor parking is located in front of Building 1.
From the South
Take interstate 280 north. Near San Francisco stay to the left and follow signs to 19th Avenue/Golden Gate Bridge. Stay in the left lanes and at the first traffic light, bear left onto 19th Avenue. Continue on 19th Avenue 3 miles and stay in the left lane as you enter Golden Gate Park. Turn left at the traffic light onto 25th Avenue. Continue on 25th Avenue for about one mile and turn left on Clement. Go one mile and turn right at 42nd Avenue onto the medical center grounds. Patient and visitor parking is located in front of Building 1.
Public Transportation
The San Francisco VA Medical Center is located at 42nd Avenue and Clement Street in the Outer Richmond district, next to the Legion of Honor Museum. The VA is served by the 38 Geary Municipal bus line and by an hourly shuttle bus departing from the Moffitt-Long Emergency Room entrance. Within the VA Medical Center, the Medical Service is based in Building 203, the in-patient hospital, in the A wing on the first floor, room 1A79.