Smithfield, Hong Kong

Smithfield

North section of Smithfield, looking south.
Length	1.38 km (0.86 mi) 1.10 km (0.68 mi) two-way, 0.28 km (0.17 mi) one-way
South end	Pok Fu Lam Road / Mount Davis Road
North end	New Praya Kennedy Town / Shing Sai Road

Smithfield (Chinese: 士美菲路, formerly 士美非路; si6 mei5 fei1 lou6) is a street with a length of approximately 1,300 m in Kennedy Town, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Its northern section is a commercial and residential area, while its southern section is a road connecting it to Pok Fu Lam Road. Smithfield was historically the site of a cattle quarantine depot and a slaughterhouse, and was probably named after its London namesake.

The street begins at New Praya, Kennedy Town (堅彌地城新海旁) at the Victoria Harbour shore of the town, at Belcher Bay, and extends south into Mount Davis. It crosses two of the main streets of Kennedy Town: Catchick Street (吉席街) and Belcher's Street. To the south, Smithfield forms T-intersections with Rock Hill Street (石山街), Forbes Street (科士街), Pokfield Road, Lung Wah Street (龍華街). It ends at a junction with Pok Fu Lam Road and Mount Davis Road (摩星嶺道).

The area bound by the present day Rock Hill Street and Pokfield Path (蒲飛徑) was historically the site of a cattle quarantine depot and a slaughterhouse to house and slaughter live cattle when the animals first arrived in Hong Kong via the piers in Kennedy Town. The Kennedy Town Slaughterhouse was established in 1894.

Smithfield was an area frequented by people who worked as labourers at the cattle station, and the marketplaces nearby that have since become the Forbes Street Temporary Playground (科士街臨時遊樂場) and the North Street (北街) red minibus terminus, and for the loading and unloading of sea cargo coming in and out of the piers of Kennedy Town.