York Street runs 1.050 kilometres (0.652 mi)[1] in a north to south direction only.

The City Circle and North Shore railway lines run under York Street.

The southern end became home to many import and export companies, being attracted to the area by the markets established there in Macquarie's time.

Half of this new section, along with Princes Street into which it ran, disappeared with the resumption of land for the Sydney Harbour Bridge approaches in The Rocks area.

[2] On 21 July 1997, a bus lane was introduced along the full length of York Street.