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| K' Road | |
.jpg) Karangahape Road from the intersection with Pitt Street, showing the H B Building (left), Naval and Family Hotel (right) and Family Bar (centre background) | |
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| Length | 1 km (0.62 mi) |
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| Location | Auckland CBD, Auckland, New Zealand |
| Coordinates | 36°51′28″S 174°45′35″E / 36.8577935°S 174.7597039°E |
| West end | Ponsonby Road, Great North Road, Newton Road |
| East end | Symonds Street, Grafton Bridge |
Karangahape Road (commonly known as K' Road) is one of the main streets in the central business district (CBD) of Auckland, New Zealand. The massive expansion of motorways through the nearby inner city area – and subsequent flight of residents and retail into the suburbs from the 1960s onwards – turned it from one of Auckland's premier shopping streets into a marginal area with the reputation of a red-light district. Now considered to be one of the cultural centres of Auckland, since the 1980s–1990s it has been undergoing a slow process of gentrification, and is now known for off-beat cafes and boutique shops.
It runs west–east along a ridge at the southern edge of the Auckland CBD, perpendicular to Queen Street, the city's main street. At its intersection with Ponsonby Road in the west, Karangahape Road becomes Great North Road, at its eastern end it connects to Grafton Bridge.