Kennedy Road (Chinese: 堅尼地道; Cantonese Yale: gin1 nei4 dei6 dou6) is a road in the Mid-levels on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It is named after Arthur Kennedy, the seventh governor of Hong Kong.
At the time of construction, it was the second major east-west route from the sea, in the local area. Thus being nicknamed second road.
Starting from Garden Road in the west, it goes past St. Joseph's College, Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong Park and Hopewell Centre and ends at the junction with Queen's Road East near Morrison Hill in Wan Chai.
No. 1: Zetland Hall Masonic LodgeNo. 6: a Grade II Historic BuildingNo. 7: St. Joseph's College. The North and West Blocks are declared monumentsNo. 7A: Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, housed in the former Cassels Block, former barracks for married British officers, of Victoria Barracks. (a Grade I Historic Building)No. 8: a Grade II Historic BuildingNo. 9–13: St. Francis' Canossian CollegeNo. 15: Former Tung Chi College. The building is mostly demolishedNo. 17: Hopewell Centre. Back entrance on the 17th floorNo. 22A: Union ChurchNo. 25–27: Hong Kong Tang King Po CollegeNo. 26: St. Paul's Co-educational (Kennedy Road) Primary School (a Grade I Historic Building)No. 28: Office of Former Chief Executives (a Grade I Historic Building)No. 39: Phoenix CourtNo. 42: Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China in the Hong Kong Special Administrative RegionNo. 42A: Jockey Club New Life Hostel, housed in the former Roberts Block of Victoria Barracks (a Grade I Historic Building)No. 42B: Mother's Choice Limited, housed in the former Montgomery Block of Victoria Barracks (a Grade I Historic Building)No. 44: Hongkong Electric CentreNo. 64: a Grade III Historic BuildingNo. 84: Bamboo GroveThe Kennedy Road station of the Peak Tram is located on Kennedy Road.
Other forms of public transportation near or in Kennedy Road include:
Mass Transit Railway (MTR) located in Wan Chai which is at the end of the junctionPublic light bus (also known as the mini bus) including Green Mini Bus Route 28 which runs through Caine Road, Nethersol Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, and Pok Fu Lam
