Waterloo Street (

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: 滑铁卢街/四马路) is a two-way street in

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stretching from Rochor Road to

Bras Basah Road Bras Basah Road () is a one-way road in Singapore in the planning areas of Museum and Downtown Core. The road starts at the junction of Orchard Road and Handy Road, at the ERP gantry towards the Central Business District, and ends at the junc ...

. It passes through the planning areas of

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and

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. Formerly a one-way street, the street has been converted to a two-way street and the northern end of the street has been converted into a

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to ease the problem of

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s, as well as the crowd at Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple, which was most packed during the weekends and public holidays. The street, which previously extended to

Stamford Road Stamford Road ( Chinese: 史丹福路; ) is a one-way road in Singapore within the planning areas of Downtown Core and Museum. The road continues after the traffic light junction of Nicoll Highway, Esplanade Drive and Raffles Avenue towards Or ...

, has been shortened after the construction of the

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's city campus and the MRT station. There are several well-known landmarks, including the

Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple () is a traditional Chinese temple situated at 178 Waterloo Street in Singapore. The temple is of significance to the Buddhist community among Chinese Singaporeans, and is believed to bring worshippers good luck ...

, Maghain Aboth Synagogue, Sculpture Square, and Sri Krishnan Temple. The Maghain Aboth Synagogue is the oldest synagogue in Singapore and was built by the local Jewish community in 1878. Waterloo Street Chinese New Year 2024 Festive Market

Waterloo Street Chinese New Year 2024 Festive Market

Waterloo Street is parallel to North Bridge Road, Victoria Street, and Queen Street (in sequence); these were previously the major roads to the city. As the road names were too difficult to pronounce for the locals, they simply called them ''Toa Beh Lo'', ''Tzee Beh Lo'', and ''Sa Beh Lo'' which means "the big (first) road", "the second road", "the third road". The Hokkiens and Teochews call Waterloo Street ''si beh'' lo which simply means "the fourth road". A mini Chinese New Year bazaar is usually hosted at the upper stretch of Waterloo Street in the weeks leading up to the festival.

Landmarks

In order from Rochor Road to

: * OG Albert Complex * The Bencoolen * Fu Lu Shou Complex * Albert Centre and Cheng Yan Court *

South East Asia Hotel The South East Asia Hotel is a hotel on Waterloo Street in downtown Singapore. History Piling work on the four-storey building, which was designed by Chan Yee Lim, began in October 1952. The building cost $600,000 and its main part was schedul ...

* Sri Krishnan Temple * Stamford Arts Centre * Fortune Centre * Sculpture Square ( Former Middle Road Church, which is now known as

Kampong Kapor Methodist Church Kampong Kapor Methodist Church (Abbreviation: KKMC) is located on Kampong Kapor Road in Singapore's Little India district. The church is approximately 300 metres from Jalan Besar MRT station. Founded in 1894, KKMC is one of the first Peranakan ch ...

) * Singapore Council of Women's Organisations Centre *

60 Waterloo Street 60 Waterloo Street is a historic bungalow on Waterloo Street in Central Area, Singapore, downtown Singapore. A second four-storey building was constructed behind the bungalow when the Dance Ensemble Singapore moved into the bungalow in 1995. Descr ...

* 54-58 Waterloo Street * Singapore Calligraphy Centre * 42 Waterloo Street * Maghain Aboth Synagogue * Jacob Ballas Centre *

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* Plaza by the Park

References

* Victor R Savage, Brenda S A Yeoh (2004), ''Toponymics – A Study of Singapore's Street Names'', Easter University Press. {{coord missing, Singapore Roads in Singapore Museum Planning Area Rochor 1837 establishments in Asia 19th-century establishments in Singapore