Castro District, San Francisco
Castro District | |
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Castro Street, with the Castro Theater to the left | |
| Nickname: The Castro | |
Castro District Location within Central San Francisco | |
| Coordinates: 37°45′39″N 122°26′06″W / 37.76083°N 122.43500°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| City-county | San Francisco |
| Named after | José Castro |
| Government | |
| • Supervisor | Rafael Mandelman |
| • Assemblymember | Matt Haney (D) |
| • State Senator | Scott Wiener (D) |
| • U. S. Rep. | Nancy Pelosi (D) |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.526 sq mi (1.36 km2) |
| • Land | 0.526 sq mi (1.36 km2) |
| Population | |
• Total | 12,064 |
| • Density | 22,900/sq mi (8,860/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP codes | 94110, 94114 |
| Area codes | 415/628 |
The Castro District, commonly referred to as the Castro, is a neighborhood in Eureka Valley in San Francisco. The Castro was one of the first gay neighborhoods in the United States. Having transformed from a working-class neighborhood through the 1960s and 1970s into one that came to represent some of the highest geographical and communal concentrations of same-sex coupling, the Castro remains one of the most prominent symbols of lesbian, gay and bisexual activism and events in the world.