St. Leo's, San Jose

St. Leo's is a small neighborhood of The Alameda district, in Central San Jose, California.

A collection of bungalow neighborhoods bordered by The Alameda, Park Avenue, Diridon Station, and Race Street.

Known as San Jose's Gay neighborhood,[1] St Leo's featured the Watergarden (a gay bath house, now closed due to the covid pandemic),[2] The Billy DeFrank LGBT Community Center, Carla's Social Club for cross dressers and transgender events, Leather Masters adult store and Health Trust's AIDS Service program.

The annual San Jose Gay Pride festival is held at nearby Discovery Meadow in Guadalupe River Park.

St Leo neighborhood and church are mentioned in Smash Mouth's song "Heave-Ho" where guitarist and songwriter Greg Camp rented a home (47 S. Morrison Ave., San Jose, CA 95126) and wrote about his neighbors and landlord.

Spanish Colonial Revival architecture on Race St.