Lombard Street (crooked section)

The steep, switchback block of Lombard Street between Hyde and Leavenworth is famous as the 'crookedest' single block in the city and attracts large numbers of tourists and photographers. Photographs and short videos of cars navigating the tight turns are frequently circulated on social media and repurposed in memes to emphasize San Francisco's steep hills and quirky urban layout. The visual of the red-brick roadway and landscaped switchbacks has become a common internet shorthand for the city.