Centre Street (Hong Kong)

Centre Street (Chinese: 正街; pinyin: Zhèng Jiē; Cantonese Yale: jing3 gaai1) is a street in the Sai Ying Pun area of Hong Kong. Centre Street is the central point of the most active traditional market in Western District of Hong Kong Island. The street is part of planned streets in the early development of the area.

Centre Street runs north to south from Connaught Road, crossing Des Voeux Road West and Queen's Road West then climbing steeply up the hill crossing First Street, Second Street, Third Street, High Street then ends in steps to Bonham Road. Western Street and Eastern Street run parallel north to south steeply. The top part of the street has a slope of 1:4. It is used by approximately 10,000 pedestrians per day.

From north to south:

Lanes off Centre Street include Ying Wah Terrace, Cheung On Lane, Yu Lok Lane, and David Lane (containing the Yu Kwan Yick chili sauce factory). These lanes are only accessible to pedestrians, and contain stairs.

Traffic conditions vary with the area between High Street and Second Street blocked to vehicles. The uppermost part is two-way traffic to the stairs, and the lowermost part is one-way to Connaught Road West where vehicles can turn left or right.

Green Mini Bus 12 has a terminus on the lower part of the street, and bus route 5S has a morning run starting from the lower part.

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