The street is part of the planned layout of the early development.
Side lanes include Algar Court, going down to Queen's Road West, between Western and Centre Street.
There is also an unnamed lane going down to Queen's Road West, between Centre and Eastern Streets.
This lane runs from Eastern to Centre Street, and is for foot traffic only.
Larger enterprises include the Bank of China branch, a Wellcome supermarket, Government offices (Drainage, Labour and Social Welfare) in the Western Magistracy, the Agency for Volunteer Service Elderly Centre, Centre Street Market, including, the cooked food centre, public toilet, refuse collection point, and an escalator to Sai Ying Pun Market.