Market Street is located in the heart of the Sydney central business district shopping precinct.

A footbridge at the end of Market street provides a direct link to Pyrmont Bridge and Darling Harbour.

A flyover is located at the end Market Street which links traffic to the Western Distributor and then Ultimo, Pyrmont, the Anzac Bridge and beyond.

Market Street is where prominent cricketer Victor Trumper owned a sporting goods store.

It was at this store in a series of meetings between Trumper, J J Giltinan and others, that the creation of the New South Wales Rugby Football League was conceived.