Bay Meadows

Living in Bay Meadows

Bay Meadows is the most ambitious urban infill project in San Mateo County's recent history. The 83-acre site of the former Bay Meadows racetrack — which operated from 1934 until its final race day in August 2008 — was rezoned and redesigned as a walkable, mixed-use neighborhood anchored around transit access and the kind of street-level vitality that the Peninsula's postwar suburbs systematically missed.

The master plan, developed by Wilson Meany and executed through the 2010s, is genuinely different from everything else in San Mateo's housing stock. Ground-floor retail on the primary streets. Parks woven through the residential blocks. A street grid designed for walking rather than car storage. Townhomes with garages in the rear alley, so facades face the sidewalk instead of presenting a wall of garage doors. The Hayward Park Caltrain station is a 10-minute walk through the neighborhood. For buyers who commute to San Francisco by train and want to live in a neighborhood that feels more like a transit-oriented urban neighborhood than a suburban cul-de-sac, Bay Meadows is the only option at this price point anywhere in San Mateo County.