Santa Cruz, often abbreviated as Sta. Cruz is a barangay located in the San Francisco Del Monte district of Quezon City. It has an approximate land area of 44 hectares and is bounded by South and West Triangles in the East, Quezon Avenue and Barangay Paligsahan in the South, Nayong Kanluran in the Northeast and Barangay Paltok in the North.
Neighboring barangays include Mariblo, Paraiso, Paltok, Talayan, Sto. Domingo, Paligsahan, and the West and South Triangles are under the first and fourth Legislative districts in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines.
Its barangay hall is near the Mariblo bridge, separating the area from Barangay Mariblo.
Fisher Mall, the former Pantranco bus terminal site, is located at the corner of Roosevelt and Quezon Avenues. At the same time, Halili School of Ballet and Phoenix Publishing House are found along Quezon Avenue. PMI Colleges also has a presence in the area.
Heroes Hill, encompassing more than three-fourths (3/4) of the entire barangay, is a closed gated community developed by Trans-American Sales and Exposition for former American soldiers in the Philippine-American War.
The new Barangay and SK Councils were elected on May 14, 2018.
As of the 2015 census of the National Statistics Office (Philippines), the population of Santa Cruz is 4,784.