13 Streets
The 13 Streets is an area in Ma Tau Kok, Kowloon City District, Hong Kong.Orientation
It consists of 11 parallel short streets, bordered by Kowloon City Road, To Kwa Wan Road, Mok Cheong Street and Ma Tau Kok Road. Their names are mostly related to auspicious animals, namely dragon, phoenix, deer, unicorn, eagle, lark, egret, cicada, swallow, horse and crane.
There are 83 buildings in the 13 Streets area, built between 1958 and 1960. They contain a total of about 2,500 residential flats and 418 shops at the street level. Due to lack of maintenance, the buildings are a in dilapidated condition.
The 11 parallel streets are, from west to east:
- Lung To Street
- Fung Yi Street
- Luk Ming Street
- Lun Cheung Street
- Ying Yeung Street
- Pang Ching Street
- Hung Wan Street
- Shim Luen Street
- Yin On Street
- Tsun Fat Street
- Hok Ling Street
