It belongs on the harbour line of suburban railways and offers the best connectivity with Mumbai Monorail, Santacruz- Chembur Link Road, Airport, Jeejamata Bhosle Marg (from Chembur-Mankhurd), Eastern Freeway, Eastern Express Highway, BKC connector, and Mumbai Satara highway (Sion-Panvel).

[12] The current sitting Member of Parliament of Mumbai South Central is Shiv Sena (UBT) Anil Desai.

[13] The Current Member of the Legislative Assembly of Chembur is Mr. Prakash Vaikunth Phaterpekar of the Shiv Sena (UBT).

[16] [17] Chembur is surrounded by the neighborhoods of Kurla, Mankhurd,Wadala, BKC, Trombay, Govandi, Chunabhatti, Vidyavihar and Ghatkopar.

Stretches from Chembur Railway Station to Sion Panvel Highway, formerly and commonly called Central Avenue Road.

[22] Studies of Chembur have also found high levels of copper, chromium, calcium, arsenic and mercury in groundwater.

[18] Effluents from oil refineries, fertilizer plants and reactors in Chembur are also said to have polluted seawater in Thane Creek and affected marine life.

[18] The main problem was the uncontrolled release of ammonia and nitrous oxides from the Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilisers (RCF) complex.

[24] Again in 2012, the residents complained to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on the smoke coming out of the dumping ground, which has been affecting asthma patients.