Zincirlikuyu is known as a major junction, where Barbaros Boulevard coming from Beşiktaş meets Büyükdere Avenue in direction to Levent, and crosses over the motorway Otoyol 1 connecting the Bosphorus Bridge with another important hub Mecidiyeköy.

[6] The İSOV Vocational High School (Turkish: Sanayi Odası Vakfı Yapı Teknik ve Endüstri Meslek Lisesi), a secondary educational institution for construction of built environment run by the Foundation of Istanbul Chamber of Industry (İSOV), neighbors to the south of Zincirlikuyu Cemetery.

The school complex, consisting of several buildings on a land of 40 daa (40,000 m2), was constructed by the court architect Sarkis Balyan (1835–1899) in 1884.

[7][8] It was used in the beginnings as a summer hunting mansion by Yusuf Izzettin Efendi (1857-1916), the son of Sultan Abdülaziz (1830–1876) and the Crown Prince of the Ottoman Empire from 1909 until his death.

[7][9] Following his death, his family resided in the premises, which consisted of three buildings, for women (harem), men and guests and servants.