In this neighborhood south of Foster City Blvd we have a few waterfront homes on Corsair & Clipper, non waterfront single family houses, 2 story townhouses (some with water views) and condos with both waterfrontage and water views. This area is bounded on both the north and southeast sides by lagoon, on the northeast side by Foster City Blvd and on the west by Shell Blvd. The neighborhood includes the Marlin Cove Shopping Center (Re/Max Today!), Ketch Park and open space adjacent to the Belmont Slough. In addition there are the large condo projects of Marina Point and Sand Harbor and the newer townhouse project of Bayfront Court. Here’s a peak at this project:

http://bayfrontcourt.org/mainframe.html

Neighborhood #4 has been popular because of it’s ease of access and it’s proximity to both shopping and recreation on the Bay Trail. Bayfront Court benefits from being one of the newer projects in town (1995) in addition to it’s water location.

Many prospective buyers have commented on the higher than usual Association Dues (almost $500.00 per month) at Marina Point.

Continuing the previous trends, the Fish streets in Neighborhood #3 boast waterfront and non waterfront single family homes, two townhouse developments and some apartment communities and is bound in the north by Marlin Ave, the Bay to the east, lagoon to the west and Foster City Blvd to the south. The neighborhood includes the waterfront islands of Dolphin Isle and Sailfish Isle. It also includes Bowditch Middle School, the waterfront Marlin Park plus Sunfish, Pompano and Shad Parks. In addition there is the Marina Green Townhouses/Condos and the unique Carmel Village townhouses.

Neighborhood #3 shares the wonderful proximity to the Bay Trail as it’s neighbor to the north and also allows easy access to Marlin Cove shopping center’s popular Ranch 99 market. Marlin Cove also is where my Foster City office, Re/Max Today, is and my favorite dentist and client Shahrzad Dehdari!

Airplane noise has also been reported by some homeowners in some of the northern parts of Neighborhood #3

The Bird streets in Neighborhood #2, as did Neighborhood #1, have waterfront and non waterfront single family homes, townhouses, condos and is bound by the lagoon on the west, the Bay on the east and between Hillsdale Blvd to Marlin Ave. The neighborhood includes the waterfront islands of Surfbird Isle and Shearwater Isle. It also includes Audobon School, the waterfront Gull Park, plus Killdeer and Turnstone Parks. In addition there is the Bay Vista Townhouses as well as an additional version of Neighborhood #1’s Treasure Isle.

Maybe the key feature in Neighborhood #2 is it’s proximity to the Bay and the popular bike and exercise Bay Trail that runs the lenght of town on the SF Bay side. For more info:

http://baytrail.abag.ca.gov/vtour/map2/access/BTFoster/BTFoster.htm

Some homeowners and others, including home inspectors, have reported that Neighborhood #2 has had issues with Foundation related problems and with Aircraft noise as it’s historically been under the SFO flight pattern. Some streets on the northern most portion of this neighborhood also have had noise related issues regarding Highway 92. There are many wonderful homes in this neighborhood and it’s features have great value but I would recommend any property purchased here have an engineer’s inspection.

. Neighborhood #1 is an area whose theme is Famous Ships and that includes single family, townhouses, condos and apartments bound by the Foster City lagoon on the east and south as well as Foster City Blvd and Hillsdale Blvd.  The neighborhood includes the waterfront islands on Flying Cloud Isle, Flying Mist Isle and Shooting Star Isle. It also includes the waterfront Erckenbrack Park and Brewer Island School. In addition the Treasure Isle townhouse project and the Admiralty condos are in Neighborhood #1 along with Foster City’s few duplexes that exist on Comet Drive.

Waterfront living has long been one of the primary draws to living in Foster City and the “Isles” provide wonderful exposure, to both wide and narrow water. It’s been said as well that this neighborhood is the most convenient to the new Peninsula Jewish Community Center and what will undoubtedly be the heart of the new Foster City downtown when the Village Square project debuts on 11 acres of land next to City Hall.

Some homeowners have noted that the flight patterns for incoming aircraft into San Francisco International Airport have gradually been encroaching into this part of Foster City and noise levels here have reportedly been increasing.

The City of Foster City does an excellent job of posting community events, government meetings, department contact info, city municiple codes and recreation opportunities on their site:

www.fostercity.org

This category is for Parents and Students of Bowditch Middle School. Please feel free to post any items relevant to Bowditch.

www.smfc.k12.ca.us/profile/bowditch.html

This category is for Parents and Students of Audobon School. Please feel free to post any items relevant to Audobon.

www.smfc.k12.ca.us/audobon/home.html

This category is for Parents and Students of Foster City School. Please feel free to post any items relevant to School.

www.smfc.k12.ca.us/fostercity/

This category is for Parents and Students of Brewer Island School. Please feel free to post any items relevant to Brewer Island.

 www.smfc.k12.ca.us/brewer_island/Index.htm