Park Street, Kolkata

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Park Street is probably the most prestigious thoroughfare of the city of Kolkata, India. The street derives its name from a deer park of Sir Elijah Impey , Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in Calcutta, 1773-1789, that was located on this street.

[edit] Landmarks

Asiatic Society
St. Xavier's College
Park Hotel
South Park Street Cemetery
Famous restaurants and night clubs

[edit] Location and importance

This road runs from Chowringhee Avenue in the west to Park Circus in the east. The portion of Park Street between Chowringhee Avenue and Mullick Bazar has been the one of the city's main attractions for years. It connects directly to Park Circus on the east from where other major roads such as Gariahat Road starts and connects to important areas such as Ballygunge of south Kolkata.

Park Street remains Kolkata's foremost dining district with noted restaurants and pubs such as Trinca's, Mocambo, Bluefox, Peter Cat, Flury's, Bar B Q, Oasis, Olympia, Moulin Rouge and many others. Celebrity restaurants like Indian Cricket icon Saurav Ganguly's signature restaurant-Saurav's- The Food Pavilion is a top draw. Then there is the Park Hotel, Kolkata, famous for it's in-house restaurants and night club. Kolkata's nightlife revolves around Park Street's nightclubs, pubs and coffee houses. Also there are landmark coffee shops like The Atrium and Barista's.

Park Centre offers a wide variety of apparel, especially ladies’ garments, cosmetics and electronic gadgets.

Have you gone through "Gorosthane Sabdhan". The gorosthan aka. cemetery is the famous south Park Street Cemetery. Easy to find, this place is worth visiting.

Park Street has several notable buildings such as the Asiatic Society, St. Xavier's College, Calcutta, a Seventh-day Adventist Church, and the South Park Street Cemetery has cenotaphs and tombs of prominent figures from the British Raj era and Kolkata's Armenian population. Park Street remains the recreation zone for Kolkata people since the British era. Whenever you go in Kolkata, it will not be fulfilled until you visit this place full of livelyhood.

[edit] Renaming

Park Street was earlier known as Burial Ground Road. It has been recently renamed Mother Teresa Sarani by Kolkata Municipal Corporation after Mother Teresa.