Rocking the Boat Recruiting for Youth Boat Building Program

Join Rocking the Boat (RTB) for its student boat building program at the Shop Building at India Basin Waterfront Park (900 Innes Avenue). RTB is currently recruiting 9th and 10th graders for its program running through May 29, with no prior knowledge or experience needed to apply. Participants will learn hands-on skills to build a wooden boat; explore the San Francisco Bay in rowboats; connect with peers and mentors for personal and academic growth; and more. For more information and to apply, click this link.

Mobile Rec & Kayaking at India Basin Shoreline Park on March 22

Mobile Rec comes to India Basin Shoreline Park (Hunters Point Boulevard and Hawes Street) on Saturday, March 22 at from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. In addition to free BMX biking and skateboarding, there will be Kayaks from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Equipment will be provided. For more information, click here.

Mobbligated Small Business Sunday Pop-Up Market on March 23

Join Mobbligated and the India Basin Waterfront Park project partners for a small business pop-up market at India Basin Waterfront Park (900 Innes Avenue) on Sunday, March 23 from noon to 5 p.m. The event will feature food and merchandise for sale from local businesses. For more information, visit Mobbligated Films' Instagram at this link.

From Pop-Up to Permanent: Food Business Workshop on March 25

Join En2Action for a workshop on taking your food business from pop-up events to a thriving brick-and-mortar on Tuesday, March 25 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Food Pavilion (900 Innes Avenue). Chef Eskender Aseged from Radio Africa and Kitchen will lead the workshop on creating a seasonal, healthy, and creative menu, while also sharing tips on how to build a loyal customer base. Topics will include how to provide great service, implement a personal touch, and create brand values. Participants will also learn how to execute events of all sizes to help scale business with confidence. For more information and to RSVP, click this link.

Women's History Month: Lady Bayview Honors Big 5

With India Basin Waterfront Park at 900 Innes being completed last November, we wanted to highlight Raylene Gorum's completed mural on the pier of the new park: Lady Bayview.

Artist Raylene Gorum, whose family once lived in the neighborhood, was selected by the San Francisco Arts Commission to create a public artwork as a part of this project. Gorum’s Lady Bayview is intended as a talisman that reflects the community’s history and the legacy of five women who sought to save it. The piece pays homage to the Big Five of Bayview, a group of Black women leaders who, in the 1960s and 1970s, successfully advocated for housing, health and labor issues, a local theater and more. They are commonly identified as Elouise Westbrook, Ruth Williams, Bertha Freeman, Osceola Washington, and Julia Commer.

Their legacy is represented in this mural as a single guardian figure who holds a glittering, circular universe in her hands. She is dressed in a swarm of shifting wind barbs—which tell the direction and force of the wind—and a variety of ships that speak to the complex maritime and immigrant history of the waterfront. India Basin's history is marked by the turbulent tides of urbanization, and yet the site's memory is also buoyed by the ingenuity, resilience, and joy of the people who have lived, worked, and built community here.

Check out the Trust for Public Land's piece that last year highlighted Lady Bayview at this link to learn more about this mural and the history of the Big Five.

Facility Hours

Shipwright’s Cottage

Welcome Center: Wednesday to Sunday - 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Archie Green Community Room: Artists & Curator in Residence Office Hours Wednesdays - 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Food Pavilion