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About North Park
North Park is a neighborhood in San Diego, California, USA. It is situated to
the northeast of Balboa Park , bounded on the north by El Cajon Blvd, on the
south by a canyon extending eastward from the Balboa Park Golf Course, on the
east by Interstate 805, and on the west by Florida Canyon. The North Park sign
can be seen above 30th Street and University Avenue, and this intersection is
often considered to be the heart of the neighborhood.
North Park is served by a business improvement district called North Park Main
Street.[1]
In recent years, North Park has faced gentrification and rapidly increasing
housing prices. The arts scene has also grown. Ray Street, a small street
containing a number of art galleries, hosts "Ray Street at Night" on the second
Saturday evening of each month. Most of the galleries provide free wine and
cheese, and there is usually a musical group playing as well. In addition, there
are frequently dance or music recitals in one of the businesses along the
street. Also, the North Park Theatre reopened in 2005 after major renovations.
It is now the home of the San Diego Lyric Opera.
North Park has a farmers market every Thursday evening at Granada Street and
University Ave.
North Park, along with the Hillcrest and University Heights areas of San Diego,
has a sizable gay community and several popular gay bars.
Transportation in North Park
North Park is served by California State Route 805 at the University Avenue
exits.
University Avenue and El Cajon Boulevard are the major east-west thoroughfares
in North Park, with University Avenue leading west to Hillcrest; east to City
Heights and La Mesa, and El Cajon Boulevard leading west to Washinton Avenue and
Mission Hills; Florida Street connects North Park to Downtown San Diego through
Florida Canyon in Balboa Park to the south, and to Adams Avenue and University
Heights to the north; 30th Street connects North Park to Adams Avenue and Normal
Heights to the north; South Park and Golden Hill to the south. Texas Street
heads north from North Park directly into Mission Valley.
There is ample bus service connecting to Downtown as well as to Old Town, San
Diego, and the transportation hub there. North Park is in the busiest bus line
corridor in the city, the University Avenue transit corridor.
Crash of PSA Flight 182
North Park was the site of California's worst aviation accident to date when, on
September 25, 1978, PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727-214 jetliner, slammed into the
neighborhood after colliding in midair with a Cessna 172 aircraft. The disaster
killed 144 persons, including all 135 passengers and crew members on board the
PSA jet, both occupants of the Cessna, and 7 persons on the ground in North
Park. Nine other people on the ground were injured and 22 homes in the
neighborhood were destroyed or damaged.