Bayview Hunters Point is trading its waterfront views for witches and zombies today. India Basin Waterfront Park at 900 Innes Avenue is hosting a full afternoon of Halloween programming from noon to 6 p.m., with trick-or-treating, a costume parade, a zombie dance and a cash-prize costume contest packed into six hours along the bay.
A Trail, a Parade and Six Stops for Candy
The event includes trick-or-treating at the park and a kids costume parade.
A zombie dance takes over from 3 to 5 p.m. The day closes out with an adult costume contest from 5 to 6 p.m., where anyone hoping to compete for the $100 cash prize for best costume needs to check in by 4 p.m.
A Waterfront Park Still Taking Shape
India Basin Waterfront Park sits in the Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood at 900 Innes Avenue, according to sfrecpark.org, and the site only opened to the public in October 2024. It was built through a partnership between the Trust for Public Land, San Francisco Foundation, A. Philip Randolph Institute, San Francisco Recreation and Parks, and the Bayview-Hunters Point community, the agency notes.
The 900 Innes site had a long industrial history: boat building and vessel repair left contamination in its soil and shoreline sediment. A cleanup lasting 18 months removed the pollution and debris, while restoring shallow-water habitat; the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board oversaw the work. The cleanup laid the groundwork for opening the waterfront to public use. The city’s account of the cleanup details the work and oversight.
The park isn't finished growing. As of this month, the broader India Basin project is in its third construction phase, with the agency reporting that cofferdam installation along the Marineway is complete and dewatering and excavation are now underway. The Bay Trail remains closed between 900 Innes and PG&E Shoreline, with alternate routes recommended in the meantime.
What's Ahead for the Shoreline
Phase 3 construction is expected to run through early 2028, and the agency has warned that the construction will bring noise, intermittent street and sidewalk closures, and pedestrian detours along the way. Once finished, the two sites are meant to merge into a single, continuous 10-acre bayside park connecting India Basin Waterfront Park with its shoreline counterpart.
The broader initiative carries a $200 million budget that covers cleanup, park construction and an Equitable Development Plan. Bayview-Hunters Point community leaders helped shape that plan over two years, with commitments intended to preserve neighborhood identity while improving residents’ economic opportunities and environmental health. Workforce recruitment and training for local residents were built into the project, extending its goals beyond the park’s physical amenities. The project’s overview of its budget and community commitments outlines those elements.
For now, though, the focus is on today's festivities. With a food pavilion on site alongside the trick-or-treat trail, costume parade, zombie dance and adult contest, Recreation and Parks is positioning the still-developing waterfront site as a neighborhood gathering spot even as construction crews keep working just beyond the party.
