City Center is located at 300 Page Street (at Laguna), near the end of the Central Freeway in the Hayes Valley/Lower Haight neighborhood, which borders the Civic Center area.
Front Office Hours
Mon – Fri: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm and 1:30 – 4:00 pm
Sat: 11 am – noon
Public Transit to City Center
BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit): the closest BART station to City Center is Civic Center. From Civic Center, catch one of the buses listed below, above ground on Market Street.
MUNI buses: Lines 6 and 7 run often and stop at either Haight and Laguna (one block away) or Haight and Buchanan (two blocks away). F line trolleys running down Market Street are a 5-10 minute walk from City Center. For the 21 Hayes, get off at Laguna and Hayes, for the 22 Fillmore, get off at Oak and Fillmore. Many of the rail lines bring riders within a few blocks of City Center; get off at Van Ness Station or at Duboce and Church St. and walk a few blocks to 300 Page. View Larger Map
Rideshare
The San Francisco Zen Center offers a Rideshare Board for help finding or offering rides to events and programs at any of the three practice places. Ridesharing builds community while saving money and the environment. The private information and email addresses given at the Rideshare Board will not be used for any other purposes.
Driving Directions to City Center
South Bay
- Take 101 North until it ends at Octavia and Market St.
- Go straight onto Octavia
- Take a left on Fell St.
- Take the first left onto Laguna St.
- Take a right onto Page St.
- Zen Center is a large, brick building on the corner of Page and Laguna, about three blocks from Market.
East Bay
- Take the Bay Bridge East to San Francisco
- Follow the signs to the Golden Gate Bridge
- Take the Octavia Street off-ramp
- Head North on Octavia Street
- Turn left on Fell and get into the left lane
- Turn Left on Laguna Street
- Zen Center is a large, brick building on the corner of Page and Laguna, about three blocks from Market.
Marin
- Take the US-101 SOUTH ramp towards DOWNTOWN/LOMBARD ST.
- Merge onto US-101
- US-101 becomes US-101/RICHARDSON AVE.
- US-101/RICHARDSON AVE becomes US-101/LOMBARD ST.
- Turn RIGHT onto US-101/VAN NESS AVE.
- Turn RIGHT onto MARKET ST.
- Turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto PAGE ST.
- Zen Center is a large, brick building on the corner of Page and Laguna, about three blocks from Market.
Parking and Safety
Map: Free 72 Hour Parking Near City Center
Please bear in mind that City Center is situated in the heart of the city and theft does occur. The following tips were created by the neighboring Shambhala Center:
1. Keep vehicles empty and clear of any visible items, valuable or not, to make them as untempting a target as possible.
2. Do report incidents. This helps the police and other city agencies know what is happening so they can allocate city resources appropriately. In general: call 9-1-1 for emergencies or crimes in progress, and call 3-1-1 to reach all other non-emergency city services.
Below is a link from the SF Police website, which includes links to file a police report online (for broken windows, see the bottom of the page under "vehicle tampering"):
www.sf-police.org/index.aspx