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Kings Cross is a neighborhood in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It lies about 2 kilometers east of Sydney's central business district, in the City of Sydney's local government region. Potts Point, Elizabeth Bay, Rushcutters Bay, and Darlinghurst are the suburbs that surround it.

The Cross, as it was originally known, was historically famed for its music halls and large theatres. The flood of servicemen returning and visiting from the neighboring Garden Island naval base changed it quickly after World War II. It became renowned as Sydney's nightlife and red-light district; however, owing to Sydney lockout regulations, many nightclubs, pubs, and adult entertainment facilities shuttered. It is now a mixed neighborhood with amenities such as a train station, gyms, supermarkets, and bakeries, as well as entertainment outlets such as pubs, restaurants, nightclubs, brothels, and strip clubs.

Landmarks

The El Alamein Fountain, located at the entrance of Fitzroy Gardens on the junction of Darlinghurst Road and Macleay Street, was commissioned as a tribute to troops who perished in two battles at El Alamein, Egypt, during World War II in 1942. Robert Woodward, a New Zealand-born architect, designed it in 1961. Its dandelion design, which has subsequently been replicated for fountains all around the world, was created by Woodward.

The Coca-Cola billboard, which has since been decommissioned and replaced with a new sign in 2016. The original sign was auctioned off on eBay, with the proceeds benefiting the Wayside Chapel.

Walter Liberty Vernon, the Government Architect, planned and erected the Fire Station at the junction of Darlinghurst Road and Victoria Street between 1910 and 1912. It is an example of Federation Free Style and is currently on the National Estate Register. [24]

Kings Cross railway station is an underground railway station on the Sydney Trains network's Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line.

The Les Girls building, now known as the Empire Hotel, stood conspicuously on the junction of Darlinghurst Road and Roslyn Street in the Cross. The building housed the renowned Les Girls "drag queen" performance, featuring Carlotta, from 1963 to 1993. Throughout the 1990s, the building, which still had its original 1960s characteristics, housed alternative cabaret, including the popular Sunday nightclub The Tender Trap.