San Francisco – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department a $4 million grant to support environmental cleanup efforts at the future India Basin Waterfront Park, a transformative project that will expand public access to San Francisco’s southeastern waterfront, the department announced today.
The funding comes through the EPA’s Brownfields Program, which helps communities transform vacant, underutilized, or environmentally impacted properties into community assets such as parks and open spaces. The grant is funded through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
The award will support ongoing cleanup and restoration work at the former India Basin Shoreline Park site, located at 401 Hunters Point Blvd., which is currently under construction. Once construction is complete, the 7.5-acre site will be connected to the nearby 900 Innes Ave. site to create a unified 10-acre waterfront park featuring a restored shoreline, expanded green space, new basketball courts and fitness equipment, a renovated playground, a boathouse, a pier, a dock, and other community amenities.
“India Basin represents environmental justice in action, transforming a formerly industrial shoreline into a vibrant public space where families can gather, play, and connect with the waterfront,” said SF Rec and Park General Manager Sarah Madland. “This grant will help keep critical cleanup and restoration work moving forward at India Basin, bringing us one step closer to delivering a world-class waterfront park for Bayview-Hunters Point residents.”
The India Basin Waterfront Park project broke ground in 2021. The park’s southern portion at 900 Innes Ave. opened in fall 2024, featuring new amenities including restrooms, a food pavilion, a makers shop for boat-building activities and youth programming, as well as a dock and piers that provide direct waterfront access.
Construction on the park’s northern section, located at the former India Basin Shoreline Park site, began in fall 2025 and is anticipated to be completed in 2028.
The India Basin Waterfront Park project is a partnership between the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department, Trust for Public Land, A. Philip Randolph Institute, The San Francisco Foundation, the YMCA of Greater San Francisco, and the Bayview-Hunters Point community.