# New Chinatown in Bayview

> A historically Black San Francisco neighborhood has become home to a growing Chinese community, creating a new Chinatown.
- Title: New Chinatown in Bayview · Sfchronicle | Shortify
- Summary: A historically Black San Francisco neighborhood has become home to a growing Chinese community, creating a new Chinatown. San Francisco's Bayview-Hunters…
- Keywords: san francisco, bayview, hunters point, chinese community, black community, housing prices, ethnic competition, community garden, news, local, Chinatown, Sfchronicle
- Source: Sfchronicle — https://sfchronicle.com/sf/article/chinatown-bayview-portola-22458776.php
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- Topics: san francisco, bayview, hunters point, chinese community, black community, housing prices, ethnic competition, community garden, news, local
## Phong Duc Yen opens Chinese store
Phong Duc Yen opened a Chinese grocery store on San Francisco’s San Bruno Avenue in 1991 selling chicken feet, bean sauce and bok choy.
## Yen builds community
Yen’s daughter Elaine Chan said his father had a vision for building a community through Chinese businesses.
## Bayview Chinese population grows
Bayview-Hunters Point has 27% Chinese residents based on U.S. census data from 2020 to 2024, the most recent numbers available.
## Portola Chinese population rises
The neighboring Portola neighborhood has almost 46% Chinese residents, the highest in San Francisco.
## San Bruno Avenue becomes Chinese hub
Most shops along San Bruno Avenue are now Chinese-owned with bakeries selling pineapple and pork floss buns.
## Black residents leave Bayview
Many longtime Black residents have left Bayview-Hunters Point as housing prices rose and Chinese families moved in.
## Tensions rise between communities
In 2020, a Chinese man was attacked by multiple Black men after collecting recyclables in Bayview.

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## 2022 electoral district changes
San Francisco redrew electoral districts in 2022, combining Portola with Bayview, sparking backlash from Black community members.
## Community leaders work on unity
Local nonprofits host joint Lunar New Year and Black History Month celebrations with lion dancers and African musicians.
## Florence Fang Community Farm
Chinese immigrants and Black residents grow food side by side at Florence Fang Community Farm.
## Rise University Preparatory
Rise University Preparatory serves 87 students with 80% low-income, first-generation college students.
## Elaine Chan closes Imperial Garden
Elaine Chan will soon shutter her father’s dim sum spot, Imperial Garden, after 31 years.
## Bayview housing affordability
Bayview housing prices remain well below San Francisco averages but saw a 146% spike from 2010 to 2024.
## Gordon Gee moves to Bayview
Gordon Gee bought a house in Bayview-Hunters Point for $42,000 in 1980 after working as a busboy for $1 an hour.
## Benjamin Bowser’s research
Benjamin Bowser, a sociology professor at Cal State East Bay, found Chinese households settling in Bayview east of Third Street in 1988.
## Susan Liang moves to Bayview
Susan Liang moved to Bayview in 2018 after buying a townhouse in a new development in the old Naval Shipyard.
## Key takeaway

San Francisco's Bayview-Hunters Point now has 27% Chinese residents, forming a new Chinatown after decades of Black residents leaving.