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Dogpatch neighbors push to save and reuse Potrero Police Station as community hub
Summary
Neighbors and the Friends of the Dogpatch Hub urged the commission to support reuse of the vacant Potrero Police Station at 2300 Third Street for a community center, citing building age (1912–13), decades of neglect, and community fundraising and commitments to protect the site.
At the start of the Oct. 17 hearing, several Dogpatch residents asked the Historic Preservation Commission to support neighborhood efforts to rescue the long-vacant Potrero Police Station at 2300 Third Street and convert it into a community center.
"We believe that the long abandoned old Potrero Police Station is an ideal location for that community center," said Mark Dwight, a homeowner and board member of Friends of the Dogpatch Hub, who described the station and adjacent infirmary as constructed in 1912–13, vacated in 1998 and subject to vandalism, multiple fires and water damage in the years since.
JR Eppler, speaking for the Friends of the Dogpatch Hub, summarized neighborhood engagement and funding: the group secured a $4,200,000 leadership grant from UCSF, a $2,500,000 commitment from Pier 70 and the Port of San Francisco, and a $250,000 allocation through Supervisor Malia Cohen to protect and secure the property. Eppler said the group is preparing a historic-resource evaluation to be delivered in December. Bruce Huey (Dogpatch Neighborhood Association) and other residents described community outreach and interest in working with SFPD on future reuse; the SFPD indicated in a May meeting it was considering the site for community policing offices but had not completed a feasibility study.
Speakers asked the commission to note the community’s preference for public-serving reuse rather than sale for private development and to support preservation-minded alternatives when the City addresses the site. No formal action was taken on this item at the Oct. 17 meeting.
