{"id":578461,"date":"2026-08-01T07:07:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T07:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/578461\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T07:07:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T07:07:24","slug":"garage-to-adu-conversion-at-3571-16th-street-san-francisco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/578461\/","title":{"rendered":"Garage-to-ADU Conversion At 3571 16th Street, San Francisco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"777\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3571-16th-Street-image-via-Google-Street-View-777x444.jpg\" class=\"u-photo wp-post-image\" alt=\"3571 16th Street, image via Google Street View\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>3571 16th Street, image via Google Street View<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-meta\"> By: <a rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" class=\"fn p-author h-card\" href=\"https:\/\/sfyimby.com\/author\/andrew\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew Nelson<\/a> 4:30 am on July 31, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Plans have been filed to convert a portion of a ground-level garage into housing at 3571 16th Street in the <a href=\"https:\/\/sfyimby.com\/neighborhoods\/castro\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Castro District<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sfyimby.com\/neighborhoods\/san-francisco\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco<\/a>. The application would replace eight covered spaces with three accessory dwelling units, invoking a local ordinance. <a href=\"https:\/\/sfyimby.com\/category\/Syncopated-Architecture\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Syncopated Architecture<\/a> is responsible for drafting the plans.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-47298\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3571-16th-Street-existing-condition-above-and-proposed-condition-below-floor-plans-drawn-by-Syncopat.jpeg\" alt=\"3571 16th Street existing condition (above) and proposed condition (below), floor plans drawn by Syncopated Architecture\" width=\"1085\" height=\"1500\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">3571 16th Street existing condition (above) and proposed condition (below), floor plans drawn by Syncopated Architecture<\/p>\n<p>The 33-foot-tall structure is recorded as built in 1963 by an unknown architect in the Midcentury Modern style. The existing 12 units will remain untouched throughout the conversion. The new ADUs would each offer two bedrooms and two bathrooms. Two of the three units will have direct access to the shared backyard.<\/p>\n<p>Structure Properties is responsible for the project as the property owner. The 0.12-acre property is located at the corner of 16th Street and Pond Street, overlooking Market Street and just a block away from the Sanchez Elementary School and Everett Middle School campus.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-47297\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3571-16th-Street-circa-1964-image-courtesy-SF-planning.jpg\" alt=\"3571 16th Street circa 1964, image courtesy SF planning\" width=\"1500\" height=\"922\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">3571 16th Street circa 1964, image courtesy SF planning<\/p>\n<p>Construction is estimated to cost two-thirds of a million dollars, a figure not inclusive of all development costs. The timeline for work has not yet been shared.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/hdjqhz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe<\/a> to YIMBY\u2019s daily e-mail<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https%3A%2F%2Fsfyimby.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/google_preferred_source_badge.png\" width=\"245\" height=\"40\" alt=\"Make YIMBY preferred on Google\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/yimbygram\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Follow<\/a> YIMBYgram for real-time photo updates<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/YIMBYFB\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Like<\/a>\u00a0YIMBY on Facebook<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yimbytweets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Follow<\/a> YIMBY\u2019s Twitter for the latest in YIMBYnews<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sfyimby.com\/category\/3571-16th-street\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">3571 16th Street<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/sfyimby.com\/category\/structure-properties\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Structure Properties<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/sfyimby.com\/category\/syncopated-architecture\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Syncopated Architecture<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"display: inline;\">. <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"3571 16th Street, image via Google Street View By: Andrew Nelson 4:30 am on July 31, 2026 Plans&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":578462,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[307,304,305,306,308,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-578461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=578461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/578462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}