Columbus Avenue (San Francisco)

Columbus Avenue is one of the major streets of San Francisco that runs diagonally through the North Beach and Chinatown areas of San Francisco, California, from Washington and Montgomery Streets by the Transamerica Pyramid to Beach Street near Fisherman's Wharf. This street is home to several notable venues, such as Jack Kerouac Alley, named for poet Jack Kerouac, City Lights Bookstore, Vesuvio Cafe, Specs' Twelve Adler Museum Cafe (in an alley off Columbus), and Bimbo's 365 Club.

Columbus Avenue

The Transamerica Pyramid rising from the foot of Columbus Avenue
Maintained by	San Francisco DPW
Location	San Francisco
Coordinates	37.80107°N 122.41137°W / 37.80107; -122.41137
Southeast end	Washington and Montgomery Streets
Northwest end	Beach Street

The street's original name was Montgomery Avenue, and was built in the 1870s.^[1][2] It was renamed Columbus Avenue in 1909.^[3]