Step street

Examples

• In New York City, there are 102 step streets across the city's five boroughs. Of these, the majority are in the Bronx, which contains 64 step stairs. Others are scattered through hilly areas of Upper Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, and Staten Island. Some of the more notable step streets in New York City include Bushman Steps, which led to the Polo Grounds stadium in Upper Manhattan, as well as the Joker Stairs in the Bronx, one of the filming locations for the 2019 movie Joker.
• Rue Foyatier in Montmartre, Paris, is said to be the most photographed staircase in Paris, with over 250 steps.
• There are also several step streets in San Francisco, California. One of these is the Lyon Street Steps between Broadway and Green Street in Pacific Heights, with 332 steps. Another, the Filbert Street Steps, descend the east slope of Telegraph Hill and run through the Grace Marchant Garden, tended by the residents who live along these steps. In total, there are 600 public stairs in San Francisco, not all of which are step streets.