The area has many famous landmarks beside its long and winding stretch, from the Breach Candy Hospital to the Amarsons and Tata gardens and Lincoln House, former location of the Consulate General of the United States, Mumbai.

The elite Breach Candy Club in the neighbourhood features the country's largest India-shaped swimming pool.

The 18th century Mahalaxmi Temple, which honors the Hindu goddess of wealth and wisdom, is situated nearby on the edge of sea.

[citation needed] The area falls under the 'D-Ward' of the BMC and shares the postal code 400 026 under the Cumballa Hill post office.

What are now the Amarson and Tata gardens were landfills with abandoned construction trucks, cranes and bulldozers probably used in land reclamation projects.