Filbert Street

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Filbert Street is an east-west street in San Francisco, California. It originates at Lyon Street on the eastern edge of The Presidio and runs eastward from there, intersecting major thoroughfares Van Ness Avenue and Columbus Avenue. When Filbert reaches the Telegraph Hill neighborhood, it terminates at Kearny Street near Coit Tower and continues as a pedestrian stairway known as the Filbert Street Steps.

Filbert Street and 22nd Street in San Francisco are two of the steepest in the Western Hemisphere at a maximum gradient of 31.5% (approximately 17°).

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