Covering the northwest corner of the city, the Richmond police district is largely residential, but also includes the long commercial, shopping, and restaurant corridors of Geary Boulevard and Clement Street, most of Golden Gate Park, the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and the University of San Francisco campus.

Built in 1927 in a red-brick Romanesque Revival style, the station was remodeled and reopened in 1996. In keeping with the desires of many local residents and merchants, all the main original design elements were retained. Additions were constructed of reinforced concrete and steel, and the seismically upgraded station includes a community room, a lunch and exercise room for officers, expanded locker space and public art.