King Street is a street in the Sydney central business district in New South Wales, Australia. It stretches from King Street Wharf and Lime Street near Darling Harbour in the west, to Queens Square at St James railway station in the east.^[1]

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King Street New South Wales
A contemporary view of King Street, looking east from George Street
Western end Eastern end
Coordinates	33.868734°S 151.202076°E / -33.868734; 151.202076 (Western end) 33.869303°S 151.212044°E / -33.869303; 151.212044 (Eastern end)
General information
Type	Street
Length	900 m (0.6 mi)
Major junctions
Western end	Lime Street Sydney CBD
	Shelley Street Sussex Street Kent Street Clarence Street York Street George Street Pitt Street Castlereagh Street Elizabeth Street Phillip Street
Eastern end	Macquarie Street Sydney CBD
Location(s)
LGA(s)	City of Sydney
Major suburbs	Sydney CBD

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King Street was named after Governor Phillip Gidley King, the third Governor of New South Wales.^{[citation needed]}

The Watsons Bay tramway ran down King Street until its closure and replacement by buses in 1960.^[2]

King Street provides the northern border of Pitt Street Mall. 25 Martin Place is a skyscraper that sits on the corner of Castlereagh Street. Other prominent buildings along King Street include the Supreme Court of New South Wales, St James Church and St James campus of the Sydney Law School.^{[citation needed]}

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