Shakespeare Sarani is a street running in the central business district

Central business district

A central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city. In North America this part of a city is commonly referred to as "downtown" or "city center"...

 of Kolkata

Kolkata

Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

, from Park Circus

Park Circus

- Location :Park Circus is an area in South Kolkata. It has Entally and Sealdah to its north, Park Street and Chowringhee to its west, Taltala to its north west, Topsia and Ballygunge to its south & Tangra to its east. It is connected to both Park Street and AJC Bose Road. It is a locality of...

 to Jawaharlal Nehru Road (Chowringhee

Chowringhee

Chowringhee is a neighbourhood in central Kolkata, earlier known as Calcutta, in the Indian state of West Bengal. Jawaharlal Nehru Road runs on its western side...

 Road). It was renamed on April 24, 1964 after William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...

, to mark the fourth birth centenary of the legendary playright. It considered to be a high street

High Street

High Street, or the High Street, is a metonym for the generic name of the primary business street of towns or cities, especially in the United Kingdom. It is usually a focal point for shops and retailers in city centres, and is most often used in reference to retailing...

 of Kolkata with many commercial establishments, offices, shops and restaurants situated by the road. It intersects with other important roads in the CBD like AJC Bose Road & APC Road

AJC Bose Road & APC Road

Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road, earlier known as Lower Circular Road & its continuation northwards called Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road [Upper Circular Road] is the longest and the most important north-south thoroughfare in Kolkata....

, Camac Street

Camac Street

Camac Street is a street running in the central business district of Kolkata, India, from Park Street to AJC Bose Road. The road was named after William Camac, a senior merchant in the days of Lord Cornwallis and Lord Wellesley...

, Loudon Street and Rawdon Street. Few other roads like, Little Russel Street, Wood Street

Wood Street

Things called Wood Street:* Wood Street, London - a street in the City of London, England* Wood Street Counter - a small prison in the City of London, destroyed in 1666* Wood Street, Bath - Bath, Somerset, England...

, Picasso Bithi & Lord Sinha Road criss-crosses or merge into Shakespeare Sarani from North or South.

Landmarks

• Kala Mandir
• Nagaland House
• Express Tower (Houses number of food outlets and offices)
• International Club (earlier Swiss Club)
• State Archive
• AC Market (The first air-conditioned shopping mall in Kolkata)
• New B K Market
• Sri Aurobindo Bhavan
• Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad (Indian Language Council)
• Rani Birla Girls' College
• Duckback House
• Astor Hotel
• New Kenilworth Hotel (at Little Russell Street crossing)
• Shakespeare Court (at Camac Street crossing)
• The Legacy
• Premlata building
• Unilever House
• L&T House (at Little Russell Street crossing)
• Jasmine Tower
• Marda Plaza (A Retail cum commercial complex)
• Consulate of Phillippines