Eldred Street - Maybe the Steepest Street in Los Angeles 

Fargo is the steepest street in LA, also the 2nd steepest in the nation. Located in echo park.

Kudos to the man climbing up a steep hill while narrating his journey. I felt gassed out just watching his video.

Thank you for the video. I was raised in Highland park, and wound run up that street and the stairs back in High school. I was in the track team and the cross country team while attending Franklin high school in the 90’s . The camera doesn’t do it justice , that hill is insane when you look at it in person. I just remember my lungs felt like they were on fire , I can’t believe I would run without stopping all the way up , boy things have changed for me now 😔

I used to live in Highland Park in the late 80s and most of the 90s. That area used to be full of gangs and there was always shooting every other night. I grew up near that hill. Aldama school is near it and i lived near Ave 52 and Aldama. We used to race down the hills with our BMX bikes.

I have been to Eldred Street in Los Angeles and it is very steep. I have driven up this street in a car. It is very difficult to turn a car around at the top of Eldred Street. Streets like this one will not be built again, because around 1950 a law was made limiting streets in Los Angeles to a 15 percent grade. Likely that law was made for safety reasons.

Wow....I have lived in H P for more than 30 years and have never heard of this street!

I lived there and after a couple of years my left leg was longer the the right so I had to move to the other side of the street.

WoW! Thanks so much for sharing! It’s amazing!

I used to Uber drive in this area. I had to drive people up single lane hillside roads with no turnaround. Backing up all the way down is the worst. You see the lack of guard rails! Duane Street is a killer-steep one too.

Some of the best look out points are up on Mount Washington I sure do miss it

Actually the steepest streets are in Silverlake, next to the 2 freeway terminus. Many insist Baxter is steepest, tho my bet is Fargo, or Apex. Check these streets out, I’ve been to NYE events on Fargo and try walking that one after a few cocktails!

thank you for Posting this video. Enjoyed your Commentary.. Yes Steep as in 33% grade. Many bike riders GO up Eldred St. everyday. And there is A Strava Bike Competition Segment to how many Bike Riders ride up this road... portion of Eldred St. is so STEEP for bike riders , you can actually FALL backwards. there have been some HORRIFIC Vehicle crashes on this road..

Very steep. Like I said in the other video I've tried to drive up this street about 6 times. I always chicken out because it's a dead end so you have to go up it then carefully turn around at the top which terrifies me lol. The other super steep streets in Silver Lake like Duane, Fargo and Baxter are no problem because you can just go up one side and down the other.

According to Google Maps, Eldred Street is not only the steepest street in LA, but it's the steepest road in all California.

8:06 as someone who's breathless after walking upstairs for more than 3 floors, I'd faint here lol

That was cool lol I run around the ridiculously steep hills in echo park. Baxter St all the way up to Park Ave (overlooking Elysian park and DTLA) is a must see

I like the two vintage Mercedes Benz . You should have interviewed the lady would have been nice to get her thoughts on camera.

I've been meaning to walk all the staircases in Highland Park. There's quite a few of them leading up to Mt. Washington.

You're a brave man. Geez, even the thought of that terrifies me. 😨

Many years ago I saw an article about Farley St in LA. Fear of Farley hill climb

I lived there,and have nightmares,because of how steep, Beautiful 😅 ,came from the top ,,short cut from Mt Washington, I was 22, and came from Maryland, lived in a condemned house. This was a short cut to Figueroa

That exact silver car is on google maps at that house.

Up those stairs may be private property. Maybe some celebrities live up there. I'm glad he didn't get told to leave.😮

you're literally just driving around my neighborhood

Nobody's heard of Low or 1st gear?

I'd love to do a hill start on a stick car right at the very top of the hill. Easy!🤣🤣

I believe the steepest street in Los Angeles is actually Baxter Street and Echo Park

Hello from Kansas 🇺🇸

That's a lot of work and dangerous too just to live on that street. I imagine a sudden downpour would cause chaos

lol my friends house is right in front of you when you start the video and you pass my house too at 1:45

I lived there with out steps

Can't wait to drive my stick there

what camera you use?

You should drive Herbert Ave east Los Angeles it's real strep also

Cynic...I have money. Let me build my house on the steepest street. And, of course THE PROVERBIAL TRUCK...always in the way.

Plenty of lizards on Figueroa! Your telling me you didn't go to 69th and Fig. Come on

BAXTER ST IS THE STEEPEST ITS IN SILVER LAKE ....

Baxter street steeper

THE 3RD STEEPEST STREET IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!

3rd steepest in the country

Get on a bike and go up and down it. Then we can really see how steep it is!😂

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Allot of those homes originally built up there were cabins or hunting homes outside the city . Highland Park wasn’t always part of Los Angeles. And before automobile travel was prevalent.

There’s a video of a guy in a bike going up on it