King Street, Sydney
King Street is a street in the Sydney central business district in New South Wales, Australia. It stretches from King Street Wharf and Lime Street near Darling Harbour in the west, to Queens Square at St James railway station in the east.[1]
King Street | |
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| A contemporary view of King Street, looking east from George Street | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Street |
| Length | 900 m (0.6 mi) |
| Major junctions | |
| Western end | Lime Street Sydney CBD |
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| Eastern end | Macquarie Street Sydney CBD |
| Location(s) | |
| LGA(s) | City of Sydney |
| Major suburbs | Sydney CBD |
History and description
King Street was named after Governor Phillip Gidley King, the third Governor of New South Wales.
The Watsons Bay tramway ran down King Street until its closure and replacement by buses in 1960.[2]
King Street provides the northern border of Pitt Street Mall. 25 Martin Place is a skyscraper that sits on the corner of Castlereagh Street. Other prominent buildings along King Street include the Supreme Court of New South Wales, St James Church and St James campus of the Sydney Law School.
References
Template:Attached KML/King Street, Sydney
KML is from Wikidata
- Gregory's Sydney Street Directory (2002) Maps C,D
- D. Keenan: Tramways of Sydney. Transit Press 1979
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to King Street, Sydney.
- Margaret Betteridge (2011). "King Street Courts". Dictionary of Sydney. Dictionary of Sydney Trust. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
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