Chinchpokli

[1] The neighbourhood is named after the Marathi words for tamarind (chinch) and betel nut (pofali).

[5] There is a Jewish Cemetery, laid out by Elias David Sassoon in 1878, which lies parallel to the railway tracks.

[6] In 1896, during the Bombay plague epidemic, the Chinchpokli Station was converted into medical transit place.

[8] Kasturba Hospital run by Municipal Corporation is located in Chinchpokli West.

[9][10] Opposite to this hospital lies the Mumbai Central Prison, also referred to as Arthur Road Jail.