City Garden is a private housing estate

Private housing estate

A private housing estate is a term in Hong Kong that refers to a housing estate developed by a private developer, as opposed to a public housing estate built by the Hong Kong Housing Authority or the Hong Kong Housing Society. It usually is characterised with a cluster of high-rise buildings,...

 in North Point

North Point

North Point is a mixed-use urban area in the Eastern District of Hong Kong. It is the northernmost point of Hong Kong Island, adjacent to both Causeway Bay and Quarry Bay, and projecting toward Kowloon Bay. Fortress Hill occupies the western end of the North Point area.-History:In 1899, The...

, Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

. It was built from 1983 to 1986 by Cheung Kong Holdings Limited. It consists of 14 blocks, each 28 storeys tall. Part of the site was occupied North Point Power Station

North Point Power Station

North Point Power Station was a former power station in Hong Kong located on Electric Road near Fortress Hill to the west side of the City Garden), built to replace the inadequate Wan Chai Power Station...

 before 1983.

Structure

City Garden is located at 233 Electric Road

Electric Road

Electric Road is a road in North Point on the Hong Kong Island of Hong Kong. Its spans from Fortress Hill of North Point and Tin Hau area of Causeway Bay. The road connects east onto Java Road.-History:...

, North Point, Hong Kong. It is located beside Victoria Harbour

Victoria Harbour

Victoria Harbour is a natural landform harbour situated between Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula in Hong Kong. The harbour's deep, sheltered waters and strategic location on the South China Sea were instrumental in Hong Kong's establishment as a British colony and its subsequent...

. It consists of 14 residential buildings with 28 levels each. Phase 1 includes Block 1-6 while phase 2 includes Block 7-14. There are 2,393 residential units which accommodate more than 9,000 residents. City Garden's lot is approximately 400000 square feet (37,161.2 m²) in size. City Garden Road is a two-lane road which serves as the main thoroughfare through City Garden.

Facilities

City Garden facilities include:

• 3-level basement carpark
• Park
• Residential club, which has an indoor swimming pool, a fitness room, squash courts, sauna room, and a guest club
• Shopping mall
• Wellcome
  Wellcome
  Wellcome is a supermarket chain owned by Jardine Matheson Holdings via its Dairy Farm subsidiary. The Wellcome supermarket chain is one of the two largest supermarket chains in Hong Kong, the other being PARKnSHOP. Wellcome also operates supermarkets in Taiwan under the Wellcome name...
  
   supermarket
• City Garden Hotel, Hong Kong

Security

Cayley Property Management Limited provides 24/7 security service for City Garden. Security guards are allocated at each residential building's lobby, the park and the basement carpark. A password, set by management, is needed to enter the residential building. On 1 March 2007, a registered Octopus Card

Octopus card

The Octopus card is a rechargeable contactless stored value smart card used to transfer electronic payments in online or offline systems in Hong Kong...

 can also function as entrance permit into the residential building.

Transportation

MTR Exit B of Fortress Hill Station, which is on the Island Line

Island Line

Island Line can refer to:*Island Line , one of the ten lines of the MTR metro system in Hong Kong*Island Line, Isle of Wight, a railway line on the Isle of Wight, England*Island Line Trains, a train operating company in the United Kingdom...

 is the MTR station for City Garden.

Tram
Fortress Hill Road stop serves City Garden.

Bus
There are many bus routes, both local and cross-harbour, that service City Garden. They include,

• Routes: 2, 2A, 8X, 10, 18, 18P, 19, 23, 25A, 25C, 27, 38, 41A, 42, 63, 65, 77, 81, 99, 529, 529P, 89R, 102, 106, 110, 112, 116, 118, 307P, 601, 619, 671, 680, 680A, 690, 692, 811, R11
• Overnight routes: N8, N8X, N72, N118, N122, N619, N680, N691
• Airport Bus: A11, Electric Road
  Electric Road
  Electric Road is a road in North Point on the Hong Kong Island of Hong Kong. Its spans from Fortress Hill of North Point and Tin Hau area of Causeway Bay. The road connects east onto Java Road.-History:...
  
   Market bus stop (18th) city-bound; Fortress Hill Station bus stop airport-bound
• Disneyland Resort
  Hong Kong Disneyland Resort
  The Hong Kong Disneyland Resort is a resort built by the Government of Hong Kong and The Walt Disney Company in Hong Kong on reclaimed land beside Penny's Bay, at the northeastern tip of Lantau Island, approximately two kilometres from Discovery Bay...
  
   route: R11, Electric Road Market bus stop (17th) city-bound; bus runs frequently after 8PM; R8, Lantau Link Toll Plaza stop, interchange to A11, Electric Road Market bus stop (18th) for whole-day service

Mini-bus
Mini-bus

Public light bus

A Public light bus is a common public mode of transport in Hong Kong. It mainly serves the area that standard Hong Kong bus lines cannot reach as efficiently. It is also colloquially known as a minibus or a van, defined as a kind of share taxi....

 are another way of transportation. The routes that serve City Garden include 49M, 56, 69

Taxis The red taxi

Taxicabs of Hong Kong

Taxicabs of Hong Kong provide a taxi system. Most taxis are independently owned and operated, but some are owned by taxi companies, and the drivers are employees....

serve City Garden. There is a taxi stand beside City Garden Hotel.

External links

• City Garden Hotel Official Website