Third Street (Hong Kong)


Third Street, is a street in Sai Ying Pun neighbourhood of Hong Kong. It runs one way from Pok Fu Lam Road, then crosses Water Street, then Pok Fu Lam Road again, then Western Street, Centre Street and terminates at Eastern Street.
The street is part of planned streets in the early development. High Street, Third Street, Second Street and First Street run east to west horizontally on a slope while Centre Street, Western Street and Eastern Street run north to south steeply.
There are 2572 addresses on Third Street.

Side lanes

Along Third Street there are many small businesses including ten food retailers, seven food wholesalers, six cafés, a Chinese liquor factory, the Yu Kwan Yick chili sauce factory outlet, five tutors, five music schools, five electrical shops, two laundries, seven real estate agents, two restaurants, five auto mechanics, four green grocers, three decoration shops, four clothes shops, two beauty salons, three builders, and a drink shop, a florist, cleaning products shop, hair dresser, pet products, vet, art school, carpet shop, a stationer, a paper goods shop, a hardware store, a paper recycler, an Indonesian products shop and a refuse collection depot.
The top of the Sai Ying Pun Market opens on to Third Street with fish mongers and butcher stalls on that level.

Notable buildings

An escalator can take pedestrians up from First or Second Street through the market to Third Street. A Red Mini Bus travels to the east of Hong Kong labelled Dai Maru. Green Mini Bus 12 also travels along the street.

Use in fiction

The TVB drama A Journey Called Life was supposedly set on Third Street, Sai Ying Pun. A main character, Fat Boss played by Kent Cheng was described as the Security Guard of No. 3 Street.