King Street, Sydney

King Street

New South Wales
King Street; New South Wales
	A contemporary view of King Street, looking east from George Street
	Western end Eastern end
Coordinates	33.868734°S 151.202076°E (Western end); 33.869303°S 151.212044°E (Eastern end);
General information
Type	Street
Length	900 m (0.6 mi)
Major junctions
Western end	Lime Street; Sydney CBD
	Shelley Street; Sussex Street; Kent Street; Clarence Street; York Street; George Street; Pitt Street; Castlereagh Street; Elizabeth Street; Phillip Street;
Eastern end	Macquarie Street; Sydney CBD
Location(s)
LGA(s)	City of Sydney
Major suburbs	Sydney CBD

King Street is a street in the central business district of Sydney 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]

This article is for the city street in Sydney central business district. For the street in the suburb of Newtown, see King Street, Newtown.

History and description

Crossing on King Street; George Street is the street visible on the right

King Street has been a busy city street since the early 20th Century

King Street was named after Governor Phillip Gidley King, the third Governor of NSW.

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. The MLC Centre 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, Sydney and St. James campus of the Sydney Law School.

Margaret Betteridge (2011). "King Street Courts". Dictionary of Sydney. Dictionary of Sydney Trust. Retrieved 16 October 2015.

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