Centre Street is the central point of the most active traditional market in Western District of Hong Kong Island.
Green Mini Bus 12 has a terminus on the lower part of the street, and bus route 5S has a morning run starting from the lower part.
A series of escalators run uphill in the Centre Street Market and the Sai Ying Pun Market buildings, taking pedestrians from First to Third Street.
The polling station was located in the Kau Yan Church and school in High Street.
On 11 June 2006, a by-election elected Lee Chi Hang (李志恆), Sidney.