San Juan, Puerto Rico

About San Juan

Set in the northeastern part of Puerto Rico, San Juan is a storied little place.

San Juan holds the status of a zona urbana — the urban heart of its Puerto Rico municipio. The community covers 39.81 square miles.

📰 San Juan News Today

• What you need to know about the water crisis in Puerto Rico Yale Climate Connections · Aug 13
• Bad Bunny Announces Final ‘Debí Tirar Más Fotos’ Shows in Puerto Rico: How to Get Tickets Complex · Aug 18
• Inside Puerto Rico's Condado Vanderbilt, the century-old icon that still defines luxury in San Juan Yahoo Creators · Aug 14
• Puerto Rico is rationing water amid historic drought Reuters · Aug 13
• Puerto Rico’s Water Crisis Is Also a Debt Crisis Jacobin · Aug 18

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes San Juan Unique

• Positioned in northeastern Puerto Rico, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Puerto Rico — one of 292 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 5 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in San Juan

• Affogato PR — coffee shop (café)
• Applebee's — american
• As' Salam Restaurant — arab
• Cafe Paraiso — regional (café)
• Double Cake Baking Studio — coffee shop (café)
• El Ceviche Del Rey
• El Guajolotero — mexican
• Kamakura — japanese
• La Preñá
• Loverbar

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• EcoExploratorio · Museum
• Dave & Buster's
• Museo de Biologia · Museum
• Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte de la UPR · Museum
• Paseo José de Diego · Attraction
• Survey 2 · Attraction
• Survey 4 · Attraction
• Survey 5 orange one · Attraction

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in San Juan

• Arboretum ABCC · Garden reviews ★
• Bosque Urbano del Nuevo Milenio · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Complejo Deportivo Rio Piedras Heights reviews ★
• Jardín Botánico de la Universidad de Puerto Rico reviews ★
• Jardín Comunitario Verde Luz · Garden reviews ★
• Jardín Monet · Garden reviews ★
• Jardín de Las Esculturas · Garden reviews ★
• Parque Arraq reviews ★
• Parque Borinquen Gardens reviews ★
• Parque Fraigcomar reviews ★
• Parque Hiram Arroyo Guzmán reviews ★
• Parque Isabel La Católica reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in San Juan

• ALBERT EINSTEIN
• ALEJANDRO TAPIA Y RIVERA SAN JUAN
• ANTONIO B. CAIMARY
• DR. FACUNDO BUESO
• DR. FRANCISCO HERNANDEZ Y GAETAN
• DR. JULIO J. HENNA
• ELEMENTAL NUEVA DE SAN JUAN
• ERNESTO RAMOS ANTONINI SAN JUAN
• FEDERICO ASENJO - PRETECNICA
• FRAY BARTOLOME DE LAS CASAS
• INSTITUTO LOAIZA CORDERO
• LCDO. GUILLERMO ATILES MOREAU
• MANUEL BOADA
• MANUEL ELZABURU Y VIZCARRONDO

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

🏥 Hospitals & Healthcare

• Auxilio Mutuo Hospital ★★★★ (4/5 CMS rating) · 24/7 ER
• San Juan Va Medical Center ★★ (2/5 CMS rating) · 24/7 ER
• Hospital Pavia Santurce ★ (1/5 CMS rating) · 24/7 ER
• Presbyterian Community Hospital · 24/7 ER
• Asociacion Hospital Del Maestro, Inc · 24/7 ER
• Hospital Oncologico Dr Isaac Gonzalez Martinez
• Hospital San Francisco · 24/7 ER
• Metropolitan Hospital · 24/7 ER

Medicare-registered hospitals with official CMS star ratings.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of San Juan

🏘️ Nearby Communities