Centre Street, Hong Kong

Centre Street, Hong Kong
Traditional Chinese正街
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationYing gāai
JyutpingJing3 gaai1
This article is about the street. For the constituency, see Centre Street (constituency).

Centre Street (Chinese: 正街) is a street in the Sai Ying Pun area of Hong Kong. It is the focal point of the most active traditional market in the Western District of Hong Kong Island. The street was amongst the first to have been planned during early development of the area.

With a 1:4 gradient, Centre Street is one of the steepest roads in Hong Kong, earning it the nickname Long Life Slope. It is used by approximately 10,000 pedestrians per day.

The section north of Queen's Road West and south of Victoria Harbour is a flat road that was originally reclaimed from the sea.

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