Lombard Street ( San Francisco ) - wikipedia Lombard Street ( San Francisco ) Lombard Street Lombard Street seen from Coit Tower Maintained by San Francisco DPW Caltrans ( US 101 portion ) 37 ° 48 ′ 07 '' N 122 ° 25 ′ 08 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 37.80194 ° N 122.41889 ° W ﻿ / 37.80194 ; - 122.41889 West end Presidio Boulevard Major junctions US 101 East end The Embarcadero Lombard Street is an east -- west street in San Francisco, California that is famous for a steep, one - block section with eight hairpin turns. Stretching from The Presidio east to The Embarcadero ( with a gap on Telegraph Hill ), most of the street 's western segment is a major thoroughfare designated as part of U.S. Route 101. The famous one - block section, claimed as `` the crookedest street in the world '', is located along the eastern segment in the Russian Hill neighborhood. The street was named after Lombard Street in Philadelphia by San Francisco surveyor Jasper O'Farrell. Contents 1 Route description 2 Gallery 3 See also 4 References 5 External links Route description Looking east down the curvy block of Lombard Street, with the straight section continuing towards Telegraph Hill and Coit Tower Lombard Street 's west end is at Presidio Boulevard inside The Presidio ; it then heads east through the Cow Hollow neighborhood. For twelve blocks, between Broderick Street and Van Ness Avenue, it is an arterial road that is co-signed as U.S. Route 101. Lombard Street continues through the Russian Hill neighborhood and to the Telegraph Hill neighborhood. At Telegraph Hill it turns south, becoming Telegraph Hill Boulevard to Pioneer Park and Coit Tower. Lombard Street starts again at Winthrop Street and ends at The Embarcadero as a collector road. Lombard Street is known for the one - way block on Russian Hill between Hyde and Leavenworth Streets, where eight sharp turns are said to make it the most crooked street in the world. The design, first suggested by property owner Carl Henry and built in 1922, was intended to reduce the hill 's natural 27 % grade, which was too steep for most vehicles. The crooked block is perhaps 600 feet ( 180 m ) long ( 412.5 feet ( 125.7 m ) straightline ), is one - way ( downhill ) and is paved with red bricks. The sign at the top recommends 5 mph ( 8 km / h ). The Powell - Hyde cable car stops at the top of the block on Hyde Street. Today, the Academy of Art University owns and operates a building called Star Hall on the street for housing purposes. Past residents of Lombard Street include Rowena Meeks Abdy, an early California painter who worked in the style of Impressionism. Gallery Looking up Lombard Street Traffic caution sign at top of switchbacks recommends a top speed of 5 miles per hour ( 8.0 km / h ) Cars exit from lowest switchback section Time - exposure photo at night clearly shows the 8 switchbacks Sign for Lombard Street at intersection with Leavenworth Street A panoramic view of Lombard Street See also San Francisco Bay Area portal 49 - Mile Scenic Drive Vermont Street, the other San Francisco street claimed to be the `` most crooked '' has seven turns instead of eight, but its hill is steeper than Lombard 's Snake Alley in Burlington, Iowa, once recognized by Ripley 's Believe It or Not ! as `` The Crookedest Street in the World ''. Like Lombard Street it has eight turns but over a shorter distance. References Jump up ^ Loewenstein, Louis, K. ( 1984 ) Streets of San Francisco : The Origins of Street and Place Names. Do n't Call It Frisco Press. Jump up ^ Google. `` Lombard Street '' ( Map ). Google Maps. Google. Jump up ^ Saperstein, Susan ( February 2009 ). `` Lombard Street ''. San Francisco City Guides. Retrieved 2012 - 09 - 30. Jump up ^ Brown - Martin, Darcey ( September -- October 2001 ). `` An Honestly Crooked Street ''. via Magazine. Jump up ^ Saperstein, Susan. `` Lombard Street ''. San Francisco City Guides. Retrieved June 22, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Hyde St & Lombard St ''. San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. Retrieved September 15, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Academy of Art University Campus Map '' ( PDF ). academyart.edu. Academy of Art University. Retrieved 18 April 2017. Jump up ^ `` Rowena Meeks F. Abdy American 1887 -- 1945 Biography ''. The Annex Galleries. Retrieved 2012 - 09 - 30. Jump up ^ `` Lombard Street, San Francisco ''. San Francisco. a view on cities. Retrieved August 27, 2009. External links External media Images This early image shows Lombard Street in 1933, before the hydrangeas were planted. This early image shows the houses on the south side of the block were destroyed to create a fire break during the 1906 earthquake and fire. In this photo taken during street construction, the south side is still not built up. Lombard Street view from Telegraph Hill, with Candyland promotional striping, August 2009 on Flickr Video Down Lombard Street view in Video with interactive map on Kinomap Media related to Lombard Street at Wikimedia Commons Tourist Trapped : The Crookedest Street In The World, SFGate Culture Blog Lombard Street on San Francisco To Do Lombard Street, SF GuideLines Route map : Google Template : Attached KML / Lombard Street ( San Francisco ) KML is from Wikidata Streets in San Francisco Numbered streets Third Street 16th Street 19th Avenue 22nd Street 24th Street 49 - Mile Scenic Drive North -- south streets Castro Street Divisadero Street Embarcadero Freeway Fillmore Street Folsom Street Grant Avenue Great Highway Hyde Street Junipero Serra Boulevard Kearny Street Mission Street Montgomery Street Octavia Boulevard Park Presidio Boulevard Polk Street Powell Street Skyline Boulevard Rescue Row Stockton Street Stanyan Street Van Ness Avenue Vermont Street East -- west streets Broadway California Street Clay Street Commercial Street Filbert Street Geary Boulevard Haight Street Jackson Street Lincoln Way Lombard Street Union Street Diagonal streets Alemany Boulevard Don Chee Way The Embarcadero Howard Street Market Street Columbus Avenue New Montgomery Street Alleyways Balmy Alley Belden Place Clarion Alley Jack Kerouac Alley Macondray Lane Maiden Lane Ross Alley Routes SR 1 SR 35 SR 82 US 101 San Francisco place names etymologies Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lombard_Street_(San_Francisco)&oldid=800369458 '' Categories : Landmarks in San Francisco Russian Hill, San Francisco Streets in San Francisco U.S. Route 101 Hidden categories : Commons category with local link different than on Wikidata Articles using KML from Wikidata Talk Contents About Wikipedia Български Català Čeština Dansk Deutsch Español فارسی Français 한국어 Հայերեն Italiano Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk Polski Português Русский Suomi Svenska Tiếng Việt 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 13 September 2017, at 03 : 19. 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Question: what is the windiest street in san francisco
Answer: Lombard Street