The recently fenced McCoppin Hub Park is always locked and closed.
Earlier posts:
https://sffnb.org/2017/06/13/contractors-begin-building-permanent-mccoppin-hub-fence/
https://sffnb.org/2017/05/29/mccoppin-hub-update/
https://sffnb.org/2017/02/09/san-francisco-sanctuary-city-closes-mccoppin-hub/
https://sffnb.org/2016/07/27/mccoppin-hub-plaza-park-update/
https://sffnb.org/2015/09/16/keep-mccoppin-hub-plaza-open-and-unfenced/
When Supervisor Jane Kim proposed fencing in the park as a solution to the non-problem of people using an unenclosed public space, the deal included that the park would be open during certain hours and locked at night.
In reality, all the gates are always locked like this:
Indeed, the park contains a sign with hours of operation:
For accuracy, the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department should replace this sign with one that reads, “Closed Permanently Because of Civic Callousness and Political Cowardice.”
Here we are. Millions spent to transform a dead end street into a useless locked off space.
Money for nothing.
Eddie Stiel
San Francisco Food Not Bombs 
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December 29, 2017 at 4:57 am
Starchild
“Civic callousness and political cowardice” sounds pretty accurate to me. This is a shameful story that the public needs to be aware of – thanks for posting!
October 8, 2018 at 8:12 am
BART Removes Benches From 16th Street/Mission Street Plaza | San Francisco Food Not Bombs
[…] Several years ago, the SFMTA permanently removed public seating from its plaza at the Castro Street Muni station. Likewise, the SF Recreation and Parks Department permanently closed the McCoppin Hub park in early 2017. Its status is unchanged since our last postings about that shameful fiasco: https://sffnb.org/2018/03/03/demonstration-gardens-relocate-to-still-closed-mccoppin-hub/ and https://sffnb.org/2017/11/24/mccoppin-hub-indefinitely-locked/. […]