Potts Point, New South Wales

Potts Point Sydney, New South Wales
View across Potts Point to the Sydney CBD, from St Neot Avenue
Potts Point
Coordinates	33°52′5″S 151°13′27″E / 33.86806°S 151.22417°E / -33.86806; 151.22417Coordinates: 33°52′5″S 151°13′27″E / 33.86806°S 151.22417°E / -33.86806; 151.22417
Population	6,862 (2011 census)
• Density	9,800/km2 (25,400/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	2011
Area	0.7 km2 (0.3 sq mi)
Location	3 km (2 mi) east of Sydney CBD
LGA(s)	City of Sydney
State electorate(s)	Sydney
Federal Division(s)	Wentworth
Suburbs around Potts Point: Port Jackson Woolloomooloo Potts Point Elizabeth Bay Darlinghurst Darlinghurst Rushcutters Bay

Potts Point is a small, densely populated suburb of inner-city Sydney, Australia. Potts Point is located 3 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney.

Potts Point sits on a ridge immediately east of Woolloomooloo, west of Elizabeth Bay and Rushcutters Bay and north of Darlinghurst. The suburb has a roughly trapezoidal shape, and at its greatest extent is no more than 1 kilometre long by 200 metres wide. Potts Point's eastern boundary is Macleay Street. The suburb's other boundaries include Darlinghurst Road to the southeast, William Street to the south, Brougham Street and part of Cowper Road to the west.

Kings Cross is not an officially designated suburb of Sydney, but rather a locality encompassed entirely by the suburbs of Potts Point and Elizabeth Bay. Kings Cross is a commercial area that is dominated by bars, restaurants, nightclubs, strip clubs and adult bookstores. Kings Cross railway station is situated beneath Darlinghurst Road and the Garden Island facility of the Royal Australian Navy sits on the north end of Potts Point.

Potts Point is named for Joseph Hyde Potts, who was employed by the Bank of New South Wales. He purchased six-and-a-half acres of harbourside land in an area then known as Woolloomooloo Hill – which he renamed Potts Point.