Park Street | |
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Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta) | |
Country | India |
State | West Bengal |
District | Kolkata |
City | Kolkata |
Metro Station | Park Street |
KMC wards | 61, 63, 64 |
Government | |
• Body | Kolkata Municipal Corporation |
Languages | |
• Official | Bengali, English |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 700016, 700017 |
Lok Sabha constituency | Kolkata Dakshin |
Vidhan Sabha constituency | Bhabanipur and Ballygunge |
Planning agency | KMDA |
Civic agency | Kolkata Municipal Corporation |
Website | www |
Park Street, is a famous thoroughfare in downtown Kolkata, India. In Bengali, it is often referred as Shaheb -er Para or the “neighbourhood of Englishmen”.The street runs through what was a deer park of Sir Elijah Impey, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in Calcutta from 1773 to 1789, hence the earlier name. It's located in central part of Calcutta.