It runs from Pilestræde in the southwest to Kristen Bernikows Gade in the northeast.

9 are listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places.

Its name was later changed to Antonistræde after the Hospital Brothers of St. Anthony in Præstø who until the Reformation owned a building approximately where Silkegade 6Mbsash&8 is today.

It was built in 1902 to design by city architect Hans Wright (1854–1925).

The police station was decommissioned in 1990-1991 and the building has later been converted into offices.