And then, of course, you have Lombard St, the crookedest street in the world.

Absolutely the crookedest street in the world, yeah.

More famous than these is Lombard Street, also between Hyde and Leavenworth, known as the world's crookedest street because of its eight hairpin curves.

The tourist board has dubbed this 'the world's crookedest street, ' which is factually incorrect.

Sightseeing First-time visitors make traffic along the "world's crookedest street" - Lombard between Hyde and Leavenworth - move even more slowly than it would normally.

Lombard Street, on Russian Hill, has eight hairpin turns and is billed as the crookedest street in the world.

Lombard Street Lombard Street is San Francisco's-and America's-crookedest street.

Invariably, non-San Franciscans hear "Lombard" and still picture the flowery curves of "the world's crookedest street," up over Russian Hill.

San Francisco visitors looking to take a joy ride down "the crookedest street in the world" may have a hard time even getting there.

He scrutinized them closely, burning details into his scout's memory cells, and he watched until they turned down Lombard, "the crookedest street in the world."