Junction Road () is a road in

Kowloon Kowloon () is one of the areas of Hong Kong, three areas of Hong Kong, along with Hong Kong Island and the New Territories. It is an urban area comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. It has a population of 2,019,533 and a populat ...

, Hong Kong which runs between

Kowloon City Kowloon City is an area in New Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is part of Kowloon City District. Compared with the council area of Kowloon City District, the Kowloon City area is History As early as in the Qin dynasty (221–206 BCE), Kowloon ...

and

Kowloon Tong Kowloon Tong () is an area of Hong Kong located in Kowloon. The majority of the area is in the Kowloon City District. Its exaclocationis south of the Lion Rock, north of Boundary Street, east of the East Rail line and west of Grampian Road. It ...

History

The streets in Kowloon City, including Junction Road, were laid out in the late 1920s and early 1930s. However, at this stage, Junction Road only extended a short distance from Prince Edward Road. By 1960, Junction Road had been extended as far as Dumbarton Road and during the 1960s, it was extended through

Lok Fu Lok Fu () is a place in Wong Tai Sin District, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is located to the east of Kowloon Tsai, the west of Wong Tai Sin and the north of Kowloon City. History The only village in this area in the 19th century was Ta Ku Ling o ...

to Waterloo Road. As a child

Bruce Lee Bruce Lee (born Lee Jun-fan; November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973) was an American-born Hong Kong martial artist, actor, filmmaker, and philosopher. He was the founder of Jeet Kune Do, a hybrid martial arts philosophy which was formed from ...

was in a gang called the ''Junction Street Eight Tigers''.

Location

Junction Road runs north–south connecting Waterloo Road and

Prince Edward Road West Prince Edward Road East ( Chinese: 太子道東) and Prince Edward Road West ( Chinese: 太子道西) are roads in Kowloon, Hong Kong, going in an east-west direction and linking Tai Kok Tsui, Mong Kok, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon City and San Po Kon ...

. At a length of 1600 metres, it runs through the areas of

Kowloon Tsai Kowloon Tsai () is a place Hong Kong. It was formerly a village in a valley, which has now been developed into a low-density and upscale residential area in New Kowloon. History According to the ''Gazetteer of Xin'an county'', Kowloon Tsai v ...

and

Features

Features from north to south include: *

Kowloon East Barracks Kowloon East Barracks (), formerly Osborn Barracks (), is a former British Army facility now in use by the People's Liberation Army in Kowloon City District, Hong Kong located in the northern part of Kowloon on Waterloo Road and Junction Road ...

* Junction Road Park * Lok Fu Park *

Lok Fu Estate Lok Fu Estate () is a Public housing in Hong Kong, public housing estate in Lok Fu, Wong Tai Sin District, Kowloon, Hong Kong, near Lok Fu station on the MTR. Hong Keung Court () is a Home Ownership Scheme court near Lok Tung House, Lok Fu E ...

* Bishop Walsh Primary School (#150) * Chinese Christian Cemetery * Arts & Technology Education Centre * HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity * Mei Tung Estate (Mei Yan House) *

Hau Wong Temple Hau Wong or Hou Wang () is a title that can be translated as ''"Prince Marquis"'' or ''"Holy Marquis"''. It is not any one person's name. Hau Wong refers usually to (), a loyal and courageous general. Despite his failing health, he remained in t ...

, at the junction with Tung Tau Tsuen Road. Built around 1730. * Munsang College * Carpenter Road Park * Holy Family Canossian School

References

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