Welcome To The Bayview

The Bayview is an ethnically diverse neighborhood in the southeast sector of beautiful San Francisco, home to a variety of shops, restaurants, historic landmarks and public spaces.

Stroll down the Third Street commercial corridor and encounter family-owned coffee shops, swinging jazz and blues clubs, beautiful murals painted by local artists, decorative gardens tended by community residents, and delicious dining options – all while basking in the warmest and sunniest weather in the city.

Bayview Merchants Association In The Community Since 1925

The Bayview Merchants’ Association was founded in 1925, when the Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood was known to locals as “Butchertown” because of the high density of slaughterhouses in the area. The population was small, but a group of committed businesspeople came together in an effort to promote the merchants to the outside community and to provide a voice for their businesses to the local government.

Today, the Bayview Merchants’ Association continues its tradition as a powerful voice for small and local businesses in the Bayview-Hunters Point community. Bolstered by the 2005 opening of MUNI’s T line 3rd Street light rail, the Lennar development at the Hunters Point Shipyard and hundreds of other smaller-scale projects, Bayview-Hunters Point is undergoing an economic renaissance – and the BMA is working hard to ensure that its members benefit from the neighborhood’s rapid growth.

There are over 3,600 businesses located in the Bayview Hunters Point community. From bio-science to light industry, server farms to internet cafes, corner stores to wholesale food distribution, Bayview businesses represent the diversity of San Francisco. Collectively we represent an essential component of San Francisco’s economic vitality.

The BMA is essential in making sure that the interests of our businesses are represented on a city-wide level. Led by a strong group of community business owners, your association is ready to help serve you!